On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 21:43 -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
Another problem with trying to find an issue here is that, depending on
the point of view, Amazon acted within their own Terms (point iii under
Subscriptions).
Legally, that would make a difference; ethically, it is beside
Philip Van Hoof pvanh...@gnome.org writes:
I see it as receiving a
convenience in exchange for an agreement.
More specifically, it's receiving a percentage of sales money in return for
helping to promote Amazon.
Another way of seeing it: the opposite of a boycott.
Ignoring Amazon for a
On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:20:22 +0200
Philip Van Hoof pvanh...@gnome.org wrote:
On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 21:43 -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
Another problem with trying to find an issue here is that, depending on
the point of view, Amazon acted within their own Terms (point iii under
Created some Amazon affiliate accounts in US, UK, Canada and Germany so tha=
t
Jaap can set up stores and a Firefox widget that will enable people to
direct Amazon referral fees for their purchase to GNOME.
It is not a good thing for the GNOME Foundation to support Amazon in
this
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Richard Stallmanr...@gnu.org wrote:
Created some Amazon affiliate accounts in US, UK, Canada and Germany so
tha=
t
Jaap can set up stores and a Firefox widget that will enable people to
direct Amazon referral fees for their purchase to GNOME.
On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:41:36 -0400
Richard Stallman r...@gnu.org wrote:
Created some Amazon affiliate accounts in US, UK, Canada and Germany so
tha=
t
Jaap can set up stores and a Firefox widget that will enable people to
direct Amazon referral fees for their purchase to
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Luis Villal...@tieguy.org wrote:
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Richard Stallmanr...@gnu.org wrote:
Created some Amazon affiliate accounts in US, UK, Canada and Germany so
tha=
t
Jaap can set up stores and a Firefox widget that will enable people
Dear Richard,
An organizations like GNOME is free to decide for themselves which of
the online services they will use.
There are two things you can do here.
o. First is to set up a business that operates the way you want and that
allows an organization like GNOME to sell the kind of things
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Philip Van Hoofpvanh...@gnome.org wrote:
Dear Richard,
An organizations like GNOME is free to decide for themselves which of
the online services they will use.
And as Richard is a member of GNOME (honorary if not in fact) he's
certainly welcome to politely
On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 11:22 -0400, Luis Villa wrote:
Hey Luis!
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Philip Van Hoofpvanh...@gnome.org wrote:
An organizations like GNOME is free to decide for themselves which of
the online services they will use.
And as Richard is a member of GNOME
I think is good that people remind us these issues in order to make good
or, at least, meditated and informed decisions.
Thanks for that:)
-- Juanjo Marín
PS: I'm not a GNOME member, just a GNOME user and humble contributor.
El mar, 21-07-2009 a las 16:04 +0100, Alan Cox escribió:
On Tue,
GNOME can't exist in a cultural vacuum. We should do
everything we can to work against DRM, to support sources of Free
culture, and to educate users about Free culture, DRM, and
non-patent-encumbered media formats.[1] But we also have to make
compromises sometimes, so that
And stupid patents
Many companies get absurd patents -- which does not excuse them -- so
in this regard there is no point singling out Amazon.
However, Amazon is one of the few that has actually sued using a
software patent.
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Amazon was also the first significant provider of mainstream
commercial music to offer a 100% DRM-free music store, and also the
first (as far as I know) to offer a GNU/Linux client (albeit a
non-libre client) for their music store.
Distributing a non-libre program means
Another problem with trying to find an issue here is that, depending on
the point of view, Amazon acted within their own Terms (point iii under
Subscriptions).
Legally, that would make a difference; ethically, it is beside the
point. Some people are willing to sign away their freedom
http://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2009/07/20/stormys-update-week-of-july-13th/
First thing Monday morning I went to the doctor who determined that I had a
sinus infection. (For fellow travelers, if your cheekbones ache and your
teeth feel like they are going to fall out every time the plane takes
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