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  1. Ah, great news! Silber from Canonical says !Ubuntu on Android will be !Free Software: http://is.gd/yQtDI1 !linux /cc @mlinksva

    Tuesday, 21-Feb-12 23:06:25 UTC from identi.ca
    1. @forteller Except for the kernel, of course. And hardware drivers... oh, and the proprietary software in the repo, it'll be free.

      Tuesday, 21-Feb-12 23:29:03 UTC from identi.ca
      1. @jxself What do you mean? Ubuntu is Linux. The Linux kernel is Free last time I checked… This is Ubuntu side by side with Android AFAIK

        Tuesday, 21-Feb-12 23:31:57 UTC from identi.ca
        1. @forteller So much misunderstanding in that single dent... Where to start?

          Tuesday, 21-Feb-12 23:42:09 UTC from identi.ca
        2. # - Ubuntu is not "Linux" http://ur1.ca/8aml9 and "Linux" hasn't been free for years http://ur1.ca/8amnm

          Tuesday, 21-Feb-12 23:47:35 UTC from identi.ca
          1. @jxself Thanks for the links! :)

            Tuesday, 21-Feb-12 23:52:45 UTC from identi.ca
        3. @forteller # People still end up with the proprietary software of both Android and Ubuntu: http://ur1.ca/56f56 and http://ur1.ca/2kwoy

          Tuesday, 21-Feb-12 23:47:09 UTC from identi.ca