Re: gnuherds host -- Distribution to use

[Davi Leal]

Ward Vandewege wrote:
> Davi Leal wrote:
> > At first glance I was surprised you were using Ubuntu branded free
> > software, and not Debian for example.  Following the RMS criteria we have
> > classified some software _distributions_. It reads:
> >
> >   * Debian is Almost-Free Software. Debian is a general term which
> >     refer to Debian GNU/Linux and all Debian ports. The Debian project
> >     offers the download of some Non-Free Software packages from its
> >     archives and website.
> >
> >   * Ubuntu is Partially-Free Software because it is made of many
> >     programs; some are free and some are not.
> >
> >   Ref.: http://gnuherds.org/faq#FS_criteria
> >
> > So the Ubuntu brand is less free than the Debian one, being almost the
> > same software. If there is any mistake in the classification we will fix
> > it.
>
> Regardless of the distribution, all of the software actually used by our
> systems is free.
>
> While we support distributions that do exclusively free software and have a
> long-term organizational plan to move all of our systems to such a
> distribution (for instance, gNewSense), we face technical realities that
> require customization on our part, like 64-bit support and the availability
> of a server edition.
>
> gNewSense does not have a server edition nor a 64-bit edition, so we have
> to use something else for now - in this case, Ubuntu or Debian minus the
> non-free bits.
>
> This is consistent with what we recommend to others, which is that they
> also move toward the goal of using an entirely free distribution,

It is OK.  IMHO it is consistent too with the Free Software criteria exposed 
at http://gnuherds.org/faq#FS_criteria

Davi