On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 2:24 AM, Alexandre Franke <alexandre.fra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Fabiano Fidêncio <fabi...@fidencio.org> wrote: >>> Can you be more explicit about what you mean with "tools used to do >>> your/the bank transactions run nonfree software" >> >> AFAIU, when you do a bank transfer, the job responsible for your >> transaction will be executed in the next scheduled period. >> There are people monitoring and scheduling it (most likely not using >> free software for this), there is a system on where it is being >> running (same here ...). > > According to the GNU/FSF advocacy, in the case of a service it is ok > not to have access to the source code since you're not the one running > the software. > https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.fr.html
Thanks for the link. > >> And I'm really wondering how much these random comments about "not >> good, not free software" coming from and with no real suggestions can >> help instead of just generate noise and silly discussions like this >> one. > > You're mislead about the intentions of people caring about software > freedom. Your stance is that they should not be so focused on their > cause, but maybe you should be a bit more open as well and consider > their points and reasoning rather than just outright claiming it is > noise. I understand their points and I also would love if they could come with a suggestion/an option/an idea/a new way to solve the problem, instead of just pointing them. > > Quite frankly, people that act like that are as tiresome as they claim RMS is. > >> Hmm. Didn't get good examples from "moot" in the Urban Dictionary >> (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=moot). >> Maybe it should be used a bit more carefully. :-) > > Or maybe you should be more careful with the sources you use as > references. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moot adjective, third > definition: > (North America) Having no practical impact or relevance. "That point > may make for a good discussion, but it is moot" > http://www.thefreedictionary.com/moot 1b has a similar definition. I > guess any respectable dictionary will have one. Yeah, I've checked a proper dictionary before, that's the reason I've asked you what did you mean, because it was still not clear to me. Best Regards, -- Fabiano Fidêncio _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
