On 27 April 2013 17:08, Stormy Peters <stormy.pet...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Richard, > > They are open source based startups. They call themselves open source > projects. I think we should refer to them as open source projects > regardless of what we call GNOME. > > If people from open source software projects want to join us at a GNOME > event to learn more about GNOME, we should welcome them. > > Continuously telling some of our biggest fans that they are wrong all the > time is not the way to grow our project. > As a soft note, I did not read Richard's message this way. As I understood, he expressed that, they are OSS start-ups in Portland and that's OK, they may support GNOME, and that's good. *Then*, he expressed that, regarding GNOME, let's call it Free/Libre software (because this is what it is), and let's not call it OSS, which is different. I believe you both agree on your two first paragraphs. Kindly, Luc > > Stormy > > > On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Richard Stallman <r...@gnu.org> wrote: > >> This is true. Portland has a very large presence of many open source >> based >> start ups >> >> We're happy to accept support from those that talk about "open >> source", but let's take care to present GNOME as a free/libre software >> project, with the goal of giving users freedom, rather than using the >> term "open source" ourselves. >> >> -- >> Dr Richard Stallman >> President, Free Software Foundation >> 51 Franklin St >> Boston MA 02110 >> USA >> www.fsf.org www.gnu.org >> Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. >> Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > >
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