Dave, Philip, Can you take this one offline unless there's another point you'd like to discuss with the whole Foundation list?
Stormy On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Philip Van Hoof <pvanh...@gnome.org>wrote: > On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 18:57 +0100, Dave Neary wrote: > > > Philip Van Hoof wrote: > > > I fully agree with this statement if you replace free software with > open > > > source. > > > > Please stop trolling. This is not going to lead to anything productive > > (again). > > As Lefty is clarifying here, this isn't trolling at all: > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2010-January/msg00041.html > > I think the discussion about replacing free software with open source > has actually produced a very fruitful discussion and is creating a > productive outcome. > > > > This is an excerpt of a private E-mail that Lefty sent me. The survey's > > > results are open for everybody so this ain't a secret anyway: > > > > > > "There's about twice the uptake for the term "open source software" as > > > there is for "free software"." > > > > > > If the board respects the results of the survey, which I think it > should > > > do, it takes this into account. > > > How about I do a poll whether people think PCs should run Windows or > > another desktop environment? If we respect the results we should stop > > developing GNOME. > > Surveys should be conducted among foundation members. Not all PC users. > > And when you represent my views, it's helpful to acknowledge what I > wrote in front of your reply in the same discussion thread. > > > On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 18:05 +0100, Philip Van Hoof wrote: > > > > Although I would accept that the foundation board has a decisive > > > role in this. Why else do we elect you guys and don't replace you > > > with surveys? > > > Isn't leading by survey one of the issues you had with the Bush & Blair > > administrations? > > This is completely besides the point. > > (When did I say this, anyway? - reply privately -) > > > Cheers, > > -- > Philip Van Hoof, freelance software developer > home: me at pvanhoof dot be > gnome: pvanhoof at gnome dot org > http://pvanhoof.be/blog > http://codeminded.be > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list >
_______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
