Re: [GNU-linux-libre] review PureOS ISO

[Jean Louis]

Zlatan, it is not the word that is forbidden, at all. And some
articles on FSF websites are obviously 6 years old, older then Free
System Distribution Guidelines.

It is about what a Free System shall promote, not what users shall
promote. As I told you free system is like teacher, users are
students.

Pointing out to mutual breaches of agreements is not elevating neither
of parties higher. In fact on the link I have not seen "alternative",
that was just comment on the mailing list. Mailing list is not Free
System Distribution.

You are programmer and you make me so hard time, like you don't want
to understand?

There is 1 function, Free System Distribution, it shall comply to Free
System Distribution Guidelines. As simple as that.

There are 99 functions, which do not need to comply to those
guidelines.

It is organization that provides guidelines, for those
who wish to apply. Think of it as a computer program and commands to
do. Program the first function correctly, and it will work.

Instead of pointing out to each other, put focus on what you are
doing, make a checklist on how to comply. Your director on mailing
list sounds very reasonable.

While I can bet that members of your group probably have their
proprietary software at home, and some of them still use it, I don't
mind. Just make a checklist, comply to the guidelines and get
approved.

I wish that PureOS get approved.

I understand the combination when you get approved, you get new users,
clients, I am not against that, despite your impression. It is about
teaching, and all the other points in the guidelines.

Making a copy of a system does not make a distribution to be
endorsed. It would be silly. There is more to it, than just a copy of
other operating system.

Jean Louis

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 12:51:13AM +0100, Zlatan Todoric wrote:
> Was tempted to reply but didn't want to make it public, so here is PM to you
> 
> 
> On 11/11/2016 12:38 AM, Matt Lee wrote:
> > There are lots of alternatives to proprietary software listed here:
> > http://www.fsf.org/working-together/moving -- for both OS X and
> > Windows users.
> > 
> 
> One does not simply use forbidden word!
> https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Alternative
>