if a free software debian version was available would trisquel still be made?
- Vous devez vous identifier ou créer un compte pour écrire des commentaires
By free software debian version I mean an iso about which fsf would have no non free software objections. I do not blame debian for providing non free software isos. But I think debian makes a mistake by not also providing a free software iso. An iso which would adhere to fsf's free software definitions. In not doing so I believe debian does not live up to its own free software aspirations. In fact debian's behavior is dismissing free software people. I wrote that in a post on a debian forum. A moderator who is also a debian programmer censored the post. Under these circumstances I understand why trisquel is being made. But what if debian was to be loyal to free software people and always also provided free software isos? Would trisquel still be made? I partly ask this question because I would find it a waste of resources making trisquel if there also were free software debian isos.
Debian already had fully-free ISO. It's only recently that they started shipping non-free drivers in the default installer image. Trisquel's goal is to have a Ubuntu-level user-friendly free GNU/Linux. I don't think they have the manpower to get Debian to that level of user-friendliness.
There are loads of copies of distros. Already, PureOS is recognised by the FSF as 100% free software. PureOS is based on Debian. However, Trisquel still exists. Further, the GNU+Linux ecosystem is stock full of copies and redundancies this is what you would expect from a free software community. I prefer Trisquel to PureOS since Trisquel is community developed and has a netinstaller option. Plus, its the most beautiful distro out there asthetically.
Even if Debian produced a fully libre iso to install a fully libre OS as long as they somehow provide a way to get non-libre software the FSF will never recommend Debian, as they only recommend distros that ONLY provide free software.
I think it would be because the goal is to "make a free Ubuntu", not a free Debian. Not a free Fedora. Not a free anything else.