A description plus examples of software that does not fulfil these promises. Basically to help a non-coder understand how the free software ideals actually manifest themselves.
One promise could be, we will never restrict your ability to share this software. Examples of stuff you can't share: Windows On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 21:19, Martin Owens <[email protected]> wrote: > You need to define if you mean examples, description or one liners. > > I'm confused. > > On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 19:18 -0500, Danny Piccirillo wrote: > > Spreading the ideals of FOSS is a bit difficult when we have to > > explain how our tools respect freedom and why peer-review and our > > methods create better software. I propose that we put together a solid > > list of Free Software (Open Source) promises that people can expect > > from FOSS tools. That is, a list of things that would never happen > > with FOSS with examples of where it has happened with major > > proprietary software. Example: DRM > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > -- > > .danny > > > > ☮♥Ⓐ - http://www.google.com/profiles/danny.piccirillo > > Every (in)decision matters. > > > > > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ma mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma > But the philosophy *is* very important, and the people who are here because of it (don't underestimate that number) are the passionate ones. On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 21:53, James Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > From my experience most users come to FOSS because they like the > software and the community not because they like the philosophy. Even > a user friendly user interface takes time to learn and change usually > comes with resistance. Users need a motivation to change that they > can get when they recognize the benefits and experience them directly > rather then being presented in an abstract way. > > Target your audience - if you are speaking to arty types then present > the multi-media compatibilities, if speaking to science folks then > focus on the large amount of scientific software available. Don't > just talk about this software - show them. > > Just my two cents. -- .danny ☮♥Ⓐ - http://www.google.com/profiles/danny.piccirillo Every (in)decision matters.
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