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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Talking about non-free software on the list
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Bob Ham |
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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Talking about non-free software on the list |
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Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:13:34 +0000 |
On Thu, 2013-03-21 at 14:34 +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
> Bob Ham <address@hidden>
> > On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 19:12 +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
> > > Quiliro Ordóñez wrote:
> > > > By the way of your reasoning, would it be OK to explain how to edit the
> > > > registry of Microsoft Windows on Debian as long as it was installed in a
> > > > VirtualBox instance?
> >
> > > why not, if it's necessary to get/change something
> > > there to make Debian work?
> >
> > Suppose there are two pieces of software, A and B. If A depends on B
> > and B is non-free then A is not free.
>
> Like the saying goes: for every problem, there is a solution that is
> simple, plausible AND WRONG.
>
> Suppose there is a piece of hardware with two pieces of software, MS
> and D. If MS is non-free and D cannot run on that hardware until MS
> is used to change some setting back, is D free or not?
If D can run on other hardware without MS being used, D is free.
If D cannot run on any hardware until MS is used, D is not free.
--
Bob Ham <address@hidden>
for (;;) { ++pancakes; }
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- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Talking about non-free software on the list, (continued)
- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Talking about non-free software on the list, John, 2013/03/21
- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Talking about non-free software on the list, Quiliro Ordóñez, 2013/03/22
- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Talking about non-free software on the list, Quiliro Ordóñez, 2013/03/22
- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Talking about non-free software on the list, Quiliro Ordóñez, 2013/03/20
- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Talking about non-free software on the list, MJ Ray, 2013/03/20
- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Talking about non-free software on the list, Bob Ham, 2013/03/21
- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Talking about non-free software on the list, MJ Ray, 2013/03/21
- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Talking about non-free software on the list,
Bob Ham <=
- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Talking about non-free software on the list, Chris Warburton, 2013/03/21
- Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Talking about non-free software on the list, Simon Ward, 2013/03/21