On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Philip Van Hoof <pvanh...@gnome.org> wrote: > 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.
The FSF is welcome to give their advice; and should be treated with respect when they do give it, the same as anyone else. This is particularly true in this area, where we know we are walking a difficult line between freedom and conciliation with proprietary software, and we have a lot of influences pushing us in the direction of proprietary software and not all that many pushing us in the other direction. Luis _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
