> > > En/na Thomas Wood ha escrit: > >> Here's an idea though.. Would anyone object to a "Seasons Greetings" >> splash? > > Although I see the good aim and will in this idea... > > IMveryHO GNOME should not get into this games, as the international and > multicultural project that is. Christmas is an originally Christian > celebration convered into a huge ad campaign that might get confused as > a global phenomenon but it's not. > > Since GNOME don't pretend to show a Christian background, nor to promote > consumerism campaigns, nor show a preference for some parts of the > World, I would just let this event pass. > > Not to talk about the fact that Christmas is not a free software related > topic. > > Also as an excersise, would gnome.org have a banner in the homepage > greeting season in times of Ramadan? Or celebrating China's new year? Or > the Football World Cup? :)
That's why I suggested "Seasons Greetings" rather than "Merry Christmas". However, I understand these concerns, so perhaps instead the next splash could be an internationalisation one, to celebrate GNOME's multicultural outreach. :-) -Thomas _______________________________________________ gnome-web-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-web-list
