On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Irving Rivas <[email protected]> wrote:
> I agree with the initiative. I could help both with the documentation in > English and the Spanish translation. > > Wouldn't be nice if someone got gNS then started downloading non-free > codecs, for instance, just because they don't understand the ethics behind > our position. > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Osama KM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, GNUers. >> >> What does Free Software Movement need the most right now is raising >> the awareness of free software social movement. This can only happen >> if we can reach as much people as we can, by writing articles, drawing >> artworks and launching more free software events. >> >> Unfortunately, gNewSense current Help and Support Center (System -> >> Help and Support) doesn't really do what we aim to. In fact, it >> doesn't say _anything_ (as far as I could find) about the free >> software movement and why using gNewSense, although there are too much >> things to be said. (i.e. what's wrong with other distributions, why >> there is no "Firefox", how to get gNewSense working with more drivers, >> how can someone help, updated list of working drivers, especially >> wirelesses, and many other important things). >> >> These things need to be included in the distribution instead of being >> available only online or through IRC conversions. >> >> Ubuntu has good, free (CC-BY-SA 2.5), basic documentation, although it >> doesn't focus on ethics and philosophical background, but still, it >> can be helpful and changeable to our needs. >> >> If someone got a gNewSense CD from a friend or a website, they'd never >> know its story due to the lack of basic documentation. >> >> This documentation should be translatable, again, to reach as much >> people as we can. >> >> I'm not even sure if there is a team dealing with this issue, but I >> could find something about this in the wiki. Instead, it links to >> Ubuntu support websites and probably to some non-free documentation. >> >> I'm not good as an English writer, so I won't be able to write >> original documentations, but definitely I'll review the original texts >> and translate them to the Arabic language. >> >> Thank you for what you've done! >> -- >> OsamaKhalid >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gNewSense-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev >> > > > > -- > Irving Axel Rivas > iajrz > -- Irving Axel Rivas iajrz
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