On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 12:51 +0530, Rajeev J Sebastian wrote: > Well from history ... GNOME was started because supposedly Qt was not > "free" (whatever that is supposed to mean).
I think that is supposed to mean "free" as in "freedom" and "free software". The whole point of "Free Software" is making software "free" as in "freedom". Since KDE was based on QT and QT was not "free" as in "freedom", "Free Software" people felt a need to build a graphical interface that is "free" as in "freedom". Of course, QT is available under a free licence now and, therefore, KDE is no longer non-free. > There are still people > though who think thats still true even after all these years. Maybe > some or all of the GNOMIES are still a part of that time-warp :P Of course, all of us are in a "time-warp" because we are talking about "freedom" which is an outdated concept. Such ideals belong to a world that has disappeared long back. Words like "idealism" and "ideology" are outdated and suck. But we are still talking about "freedom" and "ideals" instead of something more "in" such as "efficiency", "productivity", "profits" and so on that rock. GNOME may be ancient and outdated, but I still use GNOME because I have used it for a long time and I find certain conveniences in it. In that sense, of course, I am a GNOMIE and part of that time warp. Thanks for pointing it out. But I prefer to remain that way. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar http://swatantryam.blogspot.com -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
