On 18 July 2016 at 23:15, Sebastian Silva <sebast...@fuentelibre.org> wrote:
> El 18/07/16 a las 19:55, Laura Vargas escribió: > > How does Google resonate with SL values more than Microsoft? > They should mean the same really. I see nothing wrong with accepting > their funds. > > That doesn't mean that we endorse technology that doesn't respect a > user's rights. > > In fact - producers of such technology should help offset the evil they > do by actively supporting Free (Libre) Software. Kind of how polluters > offset their carbon footprint by buying carbon bonds (for funding > reforestation/conservation). > I think the way the FSF and Debian handle sponsorship is good. If MS gave SL money, and asked for its logo on the website in a similar way, would anyone object? The FSF shows Google, IBM and HP logos on https://www.fsf.org/patrons Debian shows HP logo on https://www.debian.org/partners/ -- Cheers Dave
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