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jonobacon@home: Features vs. Freedom

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JB
Jono Bacon
Dec 20, 2006

“Recently there has been a lot of discussion bubbling up
regarding the possibility that Ubuntu will ship proprietary 3D
drivers by default for some video cards. My aim here is not to
discuss the specifics of that decision, which is still being
fleshed out and ratified, but to instead define my views on the
bigger picture behind the discussion–features vs. freedom.

“I will warn you now people, my views and opinions on this are
not exactly simple…”

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JB

Jono Bacon

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