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Jim Cheetham wrote:

> Nick Rout wrote:
>  > "Gentoo Linux is and will remain Free Software
> Interesting to note that Debian's Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) 
> basically *are* the OSI's, because of the guiding hand of Bruce 
> Perens, who produced both of them (in their original forms, that is)
>
> Also, after having an interesting time perusing the range of data that 
> passes for information these days :-) I found this (relatively recent) 
> post from RMS expanding on his official position :-
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/09/msg00301.html
> > The FSF has not endorsed any GNU/Linux distribution in recent years,
> > and perhaps never, but my memory is not certain.
> > ...
> > While nominally Debian GNU/Linux does not include the non-free
> > software, the non-free software is distributed from the same server.
> > We cannot recommend one without effectively recommending the other.
>
> This sounds like a very weak excuse to me. If he could have said "the 
> default installation of Debian includes non-free software" this would 
> have been a good excuse, however this is not so.
>
> -jim, adding fuel to the fire ...
>
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