On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 22:52 +0000, Ciaran O'Riordan wrote: [CUT]
> The last few mails in this thread suggest that people are happy with this > aspect of GNOME's philosophy. So it's something worth maintaining. How do > we ensure that newcomers see the philosophy and the reasons for avoiding or > rewriting non-free/non-open-source software? > Using the term "free software" helps because it leads people to make a > connection with a philosophy that answers exactly that question. Other > helpful measures can include more prominently displaying the fact that GNOME > insists on freedom, and explanations of why software freedom is valuable. As the GNOME community's values have a strong ethical ground, I question the necessity of the FSF's philosophical help. I believe the insinuation that we do is misplaced. [CUT] -- 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
