Op 22 aug 2010, om 04:35 heeft Yuval Levy het volgende geschreven: > On August 19, 2010 10:53:16 am Camille Bissuel wrote: >> I assume that no proprietary software will be put in the >> software directory > > Why not? > > As a creator I believe I have the right to mix and match proprietary and Free > tools. > > I want the directory to help me make an informed choice. This includes > information on all tools, not just Free ones.
> <snip> I figured Camille meant actual mistakes like: listing Illustrator under a list of free software programs Because whichever stance you take, that’s incorrect. That Camille implied: the site needs an editor. To which I would agree :) If you want politics on the subject of websites and mentioning software, read this: http://www.gnu.org/server/standards/README.webmastering.html#pollinking I think (hope!) we can be more pragmatic than that. Seeing how most contemporary designers work at the moment work with *only* proprietary software, I think you would be hard pressed to explain what we are doing without mentioning it. In fact, I think a lot can be gained by showing how open standards and open tools can come into an existing workflow. Like: how can I use Adobe Illustrator to make SVG Or: how can I use MacPorts to install Unix software Partly because these act like gateway drugs (to inkscape and linux in this case); And partly because the practice of professional designers will, for the foreseeable future, be a mix of both kinds of software, and that’s a situation we should be able to deal with. cheers Eric _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
