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 Originally Posted by dale
RMS allows for one version of freedom, whilst Torvalds allows for many. That he accused Torvalds of not believing in freedom is distasteful at best.
Like I said, both have their axe to grind, and both have their Sacred Cows. As I recall, Torvalds has issued his fair share of accusations over the years. When it comes to such stuff, you pick and choose, rather than swallow whole what either is pushing...unless you're a devotee (and I'm not). When it comes to DRM, RMS agrees with my conclusions, and Torvalds obviously does not. If Torvalds really allowed "for many" versions of freedom as you suggest, there would be an actual choice for those like myself. There would be a Linux kernel version, and at least one distro, that is DRM-free.
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The Linux kernel is made freely available. The source is open, and anyone is welcome to hack it. You could essentially build your own distribution if you so choose. How is this a proof of Torvalds disallowing the freedom of choice for you? Just because there is a lack of DRM-free choices out there -- or even, if you cannot find anything out there, does not mean that it is not allowed. It just means that the crowd as a grossly generalised whole have not been putting their effort there.
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Originally Posted by dale
The Linux kernel is made freely available. The source is open, and anyone is welcome to hack it. You could essentially build your own distribution if you so choose. How is this a proof of Torvalds disallowing the freedom of choice for you? Just because there is a lack of DRM-free choices out there -- or even, if you cannot find anything out there, does not mean that it is not allowed. It just means that the crowd as a grossly generalised whole have not been putting their effort there.
Freedom of choice depends entirely, first and foremost, on having a choice...and no, I don't mean 'my way or the highway' choice, as with RMS. Secondly, a newbie is not going to be able to rebuild, reconfigure, and so on until he learns how, which will take awhile, and until then he is stuck no choice. How hard is it to make two copies of a kernel...one you load up with DRM , one you don't?
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