Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Talking about non-free software on the list

[Quiliro Ordóñez]

El 21/03/13 15:15, John escribió:
> FSF.org supports DyneBolic and Trisquel 
> http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html
>
> Both incorporate MuSE and allow it to stream out via IceCast.
> http://packages.trisquel.info/toutatis/allpackages
>
> IceCast recommends OGG but it does mention how to set up an MP3 stream
> http://www.icecast.org/docs/icecast-2.3.3/icecast2_basicsetup.html
>
> So does that mean DyneBolic and Trisquel should both be removed from 
> the FSF recommended and we should not promote them, because they have a 
> package that in turn explains/instructs producing MP3s?
>
> Or are those distributions OK because they do not explain/instruct and 
> would IceCast be OK if it just hid secret knowledge?
>

MP3 is not a software. It is a format as is OpenXML.

Those distros do not create MP3s. They don't provide instructions to
create MP3s either. They reproduce them. So it breaks a mononopoly
instead of fortifying it.

If you discover something that violates FSF software guidelines, you can
report it on the respective distro mailing list and it will be treated
as a critical bug.

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