RH9 disks on the net.

[Aaron Howell]

I've answered this before.
I don't believe Redhat chose to include Speakup in RH 8.0.
I believe it was included because RedHat chose to use an Alan Cocks patched kernel, and alan had included speakup.
The fact that Alan happens to be a RedHat employee needs to be set aside here,
The purpose of the -ac series of kernel patches is as a proving ground for patches which may/will one day become part of the standard kernel.
It is for this reason that speakup was in the -ac kernels.
RedHat aren't using a -ac kernel this time around, so no speakup,
and they've chosen for whatever reason - others on list know more about this than me), not to include it themselves as a patch,
even though they could have.
I hardly call the accidental inclusion of an accessibility aid in a release inclusionary practice.
notice that the Readme.accessibility file from RH 8 makes no mention of speakup at all.
Don't you think if it was a deliberate inclusion they would have at least made the effort to mention it there?
I rather suspect, given what i've seen of RH's desire to look good in the public eye while actually doing very little that
if they thought they'd included a major accessibility aid, they would have been crowing about it from here to slashdot.
Regards
Aaron
On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 05:42:56PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> No not quite. Nor can you provide it, as it doesn't exist.
> 
> Two instances of a too-tight RCE policy with no disability accomodations doesn't make a deliberate policy, nor does it constitute "many attempts" to my mind.
> 
> But, more to the point, your original message in this thread claimed the removal of Speakup from the RH 9 kernel is a result of this deliberate policy you imagine. So,
> let me ask you a simple question?
> 
> When did Red Hat change from an inclusive policy to a deliberately discriminatory one? Since they decided on their own to include Speakup in Red Hat 8.0, there must
> have been an inclusive policy at some time. Would you now claim they've actively and deliberately changed their minds in the past six months? How do YOU account for
> Speakup in the 8.0 kernel distribution?
> 
> 
> 
> > From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i at azboss.net>
> >
> > Hi Janina,
> >
> > If you are continuing to read the messages of this thread, you are learning
> > of the evidence.  I consider Red Hat's actions to be deliberate.  Ignorance
> > can not be claimed, since many attempts at enlightenment have been made.  I
> > stand by my consideration of their policies of sub-human treatment for the
> > blind as being deliberate.
> >
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