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:The Importance of the 'Completely Libre' Distributions
The Importance of the 'Completely Libre' Distributions
Dec 4, 2007, 23 :30 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (5570 reads)

(Other stories by D.C. Parris)

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"The appearance in the past year of so-called 'completely libre' distributions such as gNewSense and Gobuntu, especially against the backdrop of existing distributions, like BLAG, Dyne:bolic, Ututo and others, might seem to point to an increased interest in software freedom. Should we be looking for the 'rise of the completely libre distros,' or is there something more subtle that we should notice?

"I don't know about you, but the announcements of gNewSense and Gobuntu over the past year got me wondering if we might see more such distributions coming down the pike..."

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gNewSense and Gobuntu have contracted mo ...   not libre   
Fred Williams
Dec 5, 2007, 01:23:01
 
I think this is what you're referrin ...   Re: not libre   
D.C. Parris
Dec 5, 2007, 18:35:48
 
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