I think as long as someone uses legal proprietary software is perfectly alright. A proprietary software may be technically supirior to an equivalent Free version. In that case there is no harm choosing the proprietary software if the aim is to make the final product of the best quality.
-Saugata --- Jaybrata Bhattacharyya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is the post: > > > Today I received a mail from FSF India list about > a new logo for FSF > > India. Curious to see how this fine logo was > produced using free > > software i checked it up using pdfinfo, here is > the result > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] fsf]$ wget -q > http://gnu.org.in/graphics/FSFIndia.pdf > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] fsf]$ pdfinfo FSFIndia.pdf > > Title: FSFIndia.pdf > > Creator: Adobe Illustrator 9.0 > > Producer: Adobe PDF library 4.800 > > CreationDate: Sat Apr 26 04:18:34 2003 > > Tagged: no > > Pages: 1 > > Encrypted: no > > Page size: 595.275 x 841.89 pts > > File size: 56828 bytes > > Optimized: no > > PDF version: 1.3 > > > > > > I was shocked and surprised at this blatant use > of proprietary software > > by FSF India. Now curious to see if this is an > aberration or a practice, > > I checked other posters from the site. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] fsf]$ wget -q > http://gnu.org.in/graphics/poster01.jpg > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] fsf]$ ./jhead -v poster01.jpg > > Exif header 5530 bytes long > > <snip> > > Software = "Adobe Photoshop 7.0?" > > DateTime = "2003:03:18 15:14:43?" > > <snip> > > > > nuff said, but insults to Stallman and FSF do not > end here, The text in > > poster5, http://gnu.org.in/graphics/poster05.jpg > asks all of us to use > > "Linux" that too in bold red colour. It is also a > good exercise to > > check other pdfs in that page. > > > > I do not want to make any comments about the > hypocrisy of FSF India, as > > facts speak for themselves. But one thing is sure, > people responsible > > for this have no clue about the principals of Free > Software or GNU > > project or are least bothered about all that. If > there is some one in > > FSF india who care about the stuff written in the > posters please bring > > out a public apology for doing exactly opposite > of what you all have > > been preaching for long and redo all the graphics > using free software. > > > > raj > > > > PS: The pages referred here are from > http://gnu.org.in/graphics/. I know > > this is a bit off topic here, but the main FSF > list do not tolerate any > > critisism of FSF India. > > > > And this is the reply: > > > > > Actually none of those documents has bee produced > by FSF, India or > > other. They are all contributed by individuals, > on the invitation of > > FSF-India to make appropriate posters, logos, etc. > I guess you could > > carry advocacy/fanaticism to the point of not > accepting any document > > (which includes pdfs and graphics) that has been > produced using > > proprietary tools, but it'd be a bit extreme IMO. > > > > Similarly, the Kandalaya logo was produced by a > professional using > > Adobe Photoshop. I have no compunctions in > putting it up on my web > > site, even though I myself wouldn't use Photoshop > (and not just > > because I don't even know how to draw a circle in > Gimp either!) > > > > Regards, > > > > -- Raju > > Now i can't agree with this reply. what is your > opinion? > > > jaybrata > \ / > (+) (+) > > > The mystery of creation is like the darkness of > night--it is > great. Delusions of knowledge are like the fog of > the morning. > > > ----- Rabindranath Tagore > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
