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From: ams@gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt)
Subject: Re: (Really) Free Software future
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:40:26 -0400
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   systemd binaries are dependent on systemd and replaces programs that
   did not have such dependencies. It is creating similar situation as
   vendor lock-in is creating.

That is the case with any system, things depend on things -- what is
important is not to depend on non-free software.