On Sat, 26 Nov 2005, Alan Horkan wrote: > > Does "ISV" stand for "Independent Software Vendor"? If so, the term is > > often misleading, because the most important developers of GNOME > > applications--those developing free software--are mostly not vendors. > > The important point is the need for clear documentation making it easier > for those who want to work with Gnome including businesses which self > identify under the term ISV. I'm sure the intention was not to exclude > anyone.
And as an individual, I think that choice of word did fail. Whenever I saw/read ISV in any context in GNOME, I thought of it as issues concerning businesses only, not myself as a *user* of the GNOME libraries, etc. I'm sure I'm not the only one. So the concern is real IMO. behdad _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list