[GNU-linux-libre] Is Kongoni Free again?

[Alexandre Oliva]

Kongoni added some non-Free Software some time ago, and was rightfully
taken out of the recommended distro list for that.

I got word of a new release today
http://www.kongoni.org/index.php/2010/09/11/kongoni-1-12-3-cicero-released/

and I noticed this
http://www.kongoni.org/index.php/2010/08/03/kongoni-1-12-3-rc2-cicero-its-out-in-the-wild/
 :

<quote>
  Another major modification done to Kongoni, is moving from the classic
  kernel, found at kernel.org to the FSF kernel, which has removed all
  of the non-free firmware. Also removed from git repository any trace
  of non-free software and firmware. This means that there will be no
  Adobe Flash, no radeon non-free firmware, no non-free codecs and so
  on. Everything is now open source or free.
</quote>

The *or* is a bit worrisome; it had better be an “and”, or drop the
“open source” altogether.

Still, the new web site points to kernel.org and slackware.org.

I don't know who took over Kongoni, is the new maintainer on this list?


Anyhow, should Kongoni be added to the incoming distros so people keep a
close watch on it for a bit longer before adding it back to the official
list off gnu.org/distros?

-- 
Alexandre Oliva, freedom fighter    http://FSFLA.org/~lxoliva/
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