The GNU education team looked at software-carpentry.org and reported important flaws. They use the Mac and Windows platforms, and they include flash videos in their web pages. These work directly against users' freedom.
At the philosophical level, they are in the open source camp. They use the term open source, and their ideas are the open source ideas too. They don't say a word about software freedom. I think their actions are a reflection of their views. It is possible to agree inwardly with the ideas of software freedom but present only the open source ideas in one's discourse. This is what Stormy says she does. However, most of those who say "open source" are saying what they really think. You can find hundreds of projects which develop a program that is free, but base their actions on open source ideas, and make secondary decisions in a way that works against software freedom. Mozilla and OpenOffice are two examples. Whatever your thoughts may be, what you say makes a difference. Inward support for the free software ideas won't lead others if you don't show it in your words (and actions, of course). When we work to get academic activities involved with GNOME, let's take care to lead them away from the path software-carpentry.org chose. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
