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Today's Topic:


   1. Re: How to update patches for higher version? (Leena Chourey)
   2. Reply to Leena Chourey

   Why are you using a NON free GNU/linux distribution like ubuntu ?

   Damages of NON  free GNU/linux diwstributions:

   http://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html

    Ubuntu GNU/Linux

Ubuntu provides specific repositories of nonfree software, and Canonical
expressly promotes and recommends nonfree software under the Ubuntu name
in some of their distribution channels. Ubuntu offers the option to
install only free packages, which means it also offers the option to
install nonfree packages too. In addition, the version of Linux, the
kernel, included in Ubuntu contains firmware blobs.

Ubuntu's trademark policy prohibits commercial redistribution of exact
copies of Ubuntu, denying an important freedom.

As of October 2012, Ubuntu sends personal data about users' searches
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/does-ubuntus-amazon-lens-break-eu-law
to a server belonging to Canonical, which sends back ads to buy things
from Amazon. This does not, strictly speaking, affect whether Ubuntu is
free software, but it is a violation of users' privacy. It also encourages
buying from Amazon, a company associated with DRM
http://defectivebydesign.org as well as mistreatment of workers, authors
and publishers.

This adware is one of the rare occasions in which a free software
developer persists in keeping a malicious feature in its version of a
program.

You can choose between many other ones GNU/linux Distributions who are
100% Free Software: http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html like

GNU/linux Blag ; GNU/linux Dragora; GNU/linux Dynebolic;
GNU/linux gNewSense; GNU/linux Guix; GNU/linux Musix; GNU/linux Parabola;
GNU/linux Trisquel; GNU/linux Ututo

Just you are using Ubuntu, i invite to use GNU/linux Trisquel
http://trisquel.info/ (Trisquel, a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu
that's oriented toward small enterprises, domestic users and educational
centers.)

You are on https://www.gnu.org how do you think to have support for 100%
NON Free GNU/linux distributions ?

https://www.gnu.org/

What is GNU?

GNU is an operating system that is free software
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html —that is, it respects users'
freedom. The development of GNU made it possible to use a computer without
software that would trample your freedom.

We recommend installable versions of GNU
http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html (more precisely, GNU/Linux
distributions) which are entirely free software. More about GNU below.
http://www.gnu.org/#More-GNU

What is the Free Software Movement?

The free software movement campaigns to win for the users of computing the
freedom that comes from free software. Free software puts its users in
control of their own computing. Non-free software puts its users under the
power of the software's developer. See the video explanation.
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/20140407-geneva-tedx-talk-free-software-free-society

What is Free Software?

Free software means the users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute,
study, change and improve the software.

Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the
concept, you should think of “free” as in “free speech”, not as in “free
beer”.

More precisely, free software means users of a program have the four
essential freedoms: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

    * The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom
0).
    * The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your
needs (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for
this.
    * The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor
(freedom 2).
    * The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to
the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3). Access
to the source code is a precondition for this.

Developments in technology and network use have made these freedoms even
more important now
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html than
they were in 1983.

Nowadays the free software movement goes far beyond developing the GNU
system. See the Free Software Foundation's website https://fsf.org/ for
more about what we do, and a list of ways you can help.

More about GNU

GNU is a Unix-like operating system. That means it is a collection of many
programs: applications, libraries, developer tools, even games. The
development of GNU, started in January 1984, is known as the GNU Project.
Many of the programs in GNU are released under the auspices of the GNU
Project; those we call GNU packages. http://www.gnu.org/software/

The name “GNU” is a recursive acronym for “GNU's Not Unix.” “GNU” is
pronounced g'noo, http://www.gnu.org/pronunciation/pronunciation.html as
one syllable, like saying “grew” but replacing the r with n.

The program in a Unix-like system that allocates machine resources and
talk to the hardware is called the “kernel”. GNU is typically used with a
kernel called Linux. This combination is the GNU/Linux operating system.
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html GNU/Linux is used by millions,
though many call it “Linux” by mistake.
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html

GNU's own kernel, The Hurd, http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html was
started in 1990 (before Linux was started). Volunteers continue developing
the Hurd because it is an interesting technical project.

More information http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu.html

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Updated: $Date: 2015/02/17 10:13:09 $

happy hacking


pdb

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: How to update patches for higher version? (Leena Chourey)


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Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 09:32:33 +0530
From: Leena Chourey <address@hidden>
To: Michael Catanzaro <address@hidden>
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Subject: Re: [Accessibility] How to update patches for higher version?
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Nautilus <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=613111> and Orca
<https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=616820> related patches were
submitted to community

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 7:57 PM, Michael Catanzaro <address@hidden>
wrote:

> And while I don't expect anyone to help you update your patches, which
> you should have worked to upstream when you wrote them if you weren't
> prepared to maintain them... there's no chance of getting help if you
> don't post any patches. :)
>
> Michael
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