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  • It’s not about proprietary stuff, it’s about US software patents. The codecs are open source, but you can’t use them under US law because of patents. Fedora cares about that because they are closely tied to Red Hat which is an American company. Community distros without any corporate affiliation like Arch or Debian generally don’t give a shit since there is no commercial entity to sue. IDK how Canonical circumvents that though.
















  • That’s how you get “general secretaries” and “chairmen of military commission” who are totally not Supreme Leaders.

    Any attempt to “limit” power by declaring that there are no rulers and everyone is “just a comrade” only leads to obfuscation of power and complete shift to backroom politics.

    There are people who like being told what to do and there those who enjoy giving orders (and “apolitical” people who “just want to live their lives” are actually part of the first group). Hierarchical systems will form one way or another, whether codified or not.