thank you all for your input on this, it really helps energize our team I am sharing your thoughts in Spanish with the Ubuntu-ve team. this is what Ubuntu is about.
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 2:32 AM, Jan Claeys <[email protected]> wrote: > Op zondag 04-04-2010 om 17:35 uur [tijdzone -0430], schreef Efrain > Valles: >> I would like to salute everyone out there representing Ubuntu in >> events around the globe. With this email, The Venezuelan Team seeks a >> bit of council with regards the things we go through when we decide to >> go out and promote Ubuntu in our country. We seek to share experiences >> and possible solutions that you around the globe may have found when >> facing similar situations. >> >> Since its beginnings, Ubuntu-ve has participated in the National >> Congress of Free Software and many other events where we share with >> sister projects of distributions and lugs. In recent years, the >> Ubuntu-ve has been put in situations where we participate in events >> and there is always a speaker or organizer of the event questioning >> Ubuntu's commitment with software freedom. This is something that we >> all know could lead to endless unfruitful conversations about ethics >> and other aspects. It is a good thing that over the years Ubuntu as a >> project has proved its solid commitment to Software Freedom and >> Ubuntu-ve has tried hard to convey that in our Local participation. >> >> This year, The National Summit of Free Software considered leaving out >> Ubuntu all together based on the differences between GNU project in >> Venezuela and their opinion on Ubuntu as Free Software. > > If they want to be FSF-pure they should exclude all distros except the > ones listed at: http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html > > If people want to be pure about free software and still want to use > Ubuntu or Debian, their is the package 'vrms' to report regularly on > non-free packages they might have installed accidentally. And AFAIK > vrms is even more restrictive than RMS about what's "free"... ;-) > > > -- > Jan Claeys > > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > -- Efrain Valles Ubuntu LoCo Council Member https://launchpad.net/~effie-jayx -- loco-contacts mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
