On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 03:01:29AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Michael Banck wrote: > > In contrast, having the possibilty to modify $APPLICATION's stock > > 'File->Open' icon in its native form, i.e. gimp layers or whatever seems > > to be of less importance by several orders of magnitude, as long as we > > can *somehow* fix it by e.g. replacing it with another one, or fixing it > > by gimping it up or so. I mean, very few of us are graphic designers or > > so. > Well, I suppose the graphic designers among Debian should comment. :-)
How many are there? How often do you have to modify graphics when packaging stuff? > > Same goes with fonts. > Likewise. You'd find even less people who'd design fonts. And I don't know how many would just modify a given font or rather create a new one from scratch. > > Even less so with "You've got mail" sounds or > > so, what's the use in having the Cubase samples for that or something? > > We could still edit the waveform somehow, even if that would be a bit > > more tedious > Ow. A lot more tedious. Sure. But how often do you have to modify sounds when packaging stuff? Compared to modifying Makefiles or C source code? I agree that programs shipping sounds for the sake of *creating* music (like samples for a tracker) should be capital F free so that people making music can use them in a useful way. But I don't believe the same holds for a 'You've got mail' sound from e.g. Evolution. Perhaps the crucial part is to look whether the file in question can be reasonably/typically used to create new art/software as opposed to just accompain a bigger package. Source code is fundamentally different, because that's in the scope of our core business. Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html
