Op Mon, 7 Oct 2013 18:03:52 +0200 schreef Marek Buras <[email protected]>:
> Are they really bugs? In all cases there's a word "free" used as in > "free beer" in relation to some propriatary programs which are (or > where at the time of writing the files) free as in beer and nothing > more. Noone suggests using those programs nor the information is > visible in the libraries. Should we really patch those packages? In the context of gNewSense the word "free" often refers to freedom. When we refer to price we make that explicit in the context or by using an unambiguous synonym (e.g. gratis). So when our documentation says that software is "freely available" it is reasonable for the user to assume that the program comes with software freedom. I agree that the comments are not really encouraging the use of the programs (though they look like an endorsement in a certain angle and a certain light), so maybe not strictly FSDG issues. But it's better to not have the ambiguity. Besides, they're excellent low hanging fruit [1] for newcomers. [1] http://www.gnewsense.org/DevelopmentTeam/EasyBugs _______________________________________________ gNewSense-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev
