Sorry to hi-jack the general assembly thread to reply to the article on planet.
I personally tend to disagree with any extremist idea and have to say, even though I'd love to be in the world described in Daniel's article, I still am for compromises:-) A world without compromise and tolerance is not different than the world full of dictatorship or slavery. I know it sounds like a paradox and it actually is a paradox. By surrounding yourself with the restrictions and walls you do nothing but imprison yourself and it is the same with proprietary software. I personally try to avoid the usage of proprietary solutions but at the same time I don't consider a big tragedy if I happen to have to use proprietary software where there is no equivalent offered. What I am trying to say is that, in my opinion, it is thanks to its interoperability and integration (with non-free environments) that free and open source software achieved a magnificent success for the last 17yrs. I say 17 years because it is 17 years I am using free software and I actively promote it whenever I have/get a chance, I use every opportunity to do that. I'd like to remark the word promoting and not forcing people to use free software:-) Sorry Daniel but I have to go with Jonas on this one and actually I'd love to have a discussion on this topic whenever needed. Stefan On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Jonas Oberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > > I've published another blog on planet[1] today with some of my own views > > on leadership in free software. > > For those favoring a direct link, Daniel's post is here: > > https://danielpocock.com/risks-of-using-proprietary-software > > But I do encourage people to use and follow the Planet regularly too. > I will certainly want to respond to Daniel's post to continue the > discussion, especially as I don't quite agree with it :-) > > I'm happy to hear others weigh in on this discussion, and others. It's > only through such open debates we can progress in our thinking and > everyone's thoughts contribute to shaping the self-conception of the FSFE. > > -- > Jonas Öberg, Executive Director > Free Software Foundation Europe | [email protected] > Your support enables our work (fsfe.org/join) > > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion >
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