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From: Olivier Charles Christian Mauclair <oliviermauclair49@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 07:27:27 +0100
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Subject: Free software and non-free software
To: ~alpine/devel@lists.alpinelinux.org
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Hello everyone,

I've been trying to learn quite a lot about alpine Linux, and I found it
very interesting and very well for speed and clean code. I would personally
consider to use it soon, however I've been looking for answers that have
not been able to find clearly concerning free software and non-free
software. It seems to be like alpine Linux is made of free software mainly,
however there is probably not free software as well. Of course, I'm not
totally against the non-free software because we need them sometimes,
especially for the Wi-Fi and the Bluetooth, etc. My questions are simple
but might require a bit of time to answer. First, how do you organize the
separation between non software and free software ? Are you trying to do
like dbn is doing with  main, contrib, nonfree and non-free firmware
branches? Second, how can I know if I have non-free software installed and
if so which ones ? The reasons why I'm asking these questions is because I
would like to contribute to alpine Linux in the future, as I am a computer
science student in the university of Rennes in France, and to be able to
use non-free as less as possible or even ( in a very far future;) ) not at
all. I believe that the Free software is very important and much more
friendly than non-free software. Is there any official statements or
promise from alpine Linux concerning this topic, like the Debian free
software guidelines?

Kind regards,
Olivier Mauclair.

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to">I&#39;ve been trying to learn quite a lot about alpine Linux, and I fou=
nd it very interesting and very well for speed and clean code. I would pers=
onally consider to use it soon, however I&#39;ve been looking for answers t=
hat have not been able to find clearly concerning free software and non-fre=
e software. It seems to be like alpine Linux is made of free software mainl=
y, however there is probably not free software as well. Of course, I&#39;m =
not totally against the non-free software because we need them sometimes, e=
specially for the Wi-Fi and the Bluetooth, etc. My questions are simple but=
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ration between non software and free software ? Are you trying to do like d=
bn is doing with=C2=A0 main, contrib, nonfree and non-free firmware branche=
s? Second, how can I know if I have non-free software installed and if so w=
hich ones ? The reasons why I&#39;m asking these questions is because I wou=
ld like to contribute to alpine Linux in the future, as I am a computer sci=
ence student in the university of Rennes in France, and to be able to use n=
on-free as less as possible or even ( in a very far future;) ) not at all. =
I believe that the Free software is very important and much more friendly t=
han non-free software. Is there any official statements or promise from alp=
ine Linux concerning this topic, like the Debian free software guidelines?<=
/div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Kind regards,</div><div =
dir=3D"auto">Olivier Mauclair.</div></div>

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