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Nonfree software found in GNU Boot releases again, many distros affected.

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The political downvoting in this thread is a turn off for me. However, I completely agree with your statement / question.
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@LeFantome @anamethatisnt If people disagree with me and think authors shouldn't be able to specify how their work is used, I'm okay with that. We can agree to disagree.
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Stallman is often batshit insane, but when it comes to tech he knows what he's saying.

I would trust a doctor when he says about something about my stomach, I wouldn't trust them about astrophysics.

I would trust Stallman about how computers can be misused and mistreated, same as Cory Doctorow. I wouldn't trust both about a small part of history, unless it was obvious or very well cited.

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Personally I've upvoted the replies as they keep a relevant and interesting discussion going.
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Also, try not to take my words out of context.


Clarify the part where you said it's like when you were back in college.

The hard part here is that while you get a chance to restate your point, readers may already expect this one to sound belittling and you'll have to try harder so this one also doesn't sound like you're calling people naive.

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Crazy doesn't necessarily mean wrong 🤷‍♂️ Stallman is undeniably crazy
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They are free to use whatever license they want, but I am similarly free to avoid using software under non-FOSS licenses.
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They may be idealists that don't reflect a use case I think is reasonable to expect of the average user, but I would also say that it's very important to have them there, constantly agitating for more and better. They certainly don't manage to land on achieving all their goals, but they also prevent a more compromising, "I just need to use my stuff now, not in 10 years when you figure out a FOSS implementation" stance from being used to slowly bring even more things further away from FOSS principles in the name of pragmatism.
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@Ledivin and if your wifi doesn't work as a result, I'm totally ok with that too.
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Many distros affected by the ability to boot
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