Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread mray
On 21.06.2017 12:45, mray wrote: > > > I think treating them as second class could be OK: > > 1. post on a free software platform > 2. don't reply on twitter or facebook, just link to the original > > > -Robert > Following this whole thread I think I changed my mind: We can't give in to th

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread Ksamak
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 09:14:17AM +0200, mray wrote: > > > On 21.06.2017 12:45, mray wrote: > > > > > > I think treating them as second class could be OK: > > > > 1. post on a free software platform > > 2. don't reply on twitter or facebook, just link to the original > > > > > > -Robert > >

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread Max Mehl
# mray [2017-07-25 09:14 +0200]: On 21.06.2017 12:45, mray wrote: I think treating them as second class could be OK: 1. post on a free software platform 2. don't reply on twitter or facebook, just link to the original Well, that's more or less exactly what the FSFE is doing at the moment, exc

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread Paul Boddie
On Tuesday 25. July 2017 11.41.48 Max Mehl wrote: > > I would love to live in a world where we could abolish all proprietary > tools. But unfortunately the carefully dosed usage of some proprietary > networks is important for us to fulfil our mission [1]. Especially > Twitter is more or less the o

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread Jonas Oberg
Hi, > Personally, I'm rather irritated by the spread of Twitter as a > replacement for basic communications. I tend to agree with you, and it irritates me to no end when an organisation asks me to contact them on Twitter. The FSFE doesn't do this: our main contact points are email and phone. But

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread Max Mehl
# Paul Boddie [2017-07-25 12:58 +0200]: On Tuesday 25. July 2017 11.41.48 Max Mehl wrote: I would love to live in a world where we could abolish all proprietary tools. But unfortunately the carefully dosed usage of some proprietary networks is important for us to fulfil our mission [1]. Especia

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 25/07/17 14:19, Max Mehl wrote: > # Paul Boddie [2017-07-25 12:58 +0200]: >> On Tuesday 25. July 2017 11.41.48 Max Mehl wrote: >>> >>> I would love to live in a world where we could abolish all proprietary >>> tools. But unfortunately the carefully dosed usage of some proprietary >>> networks

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread Erik Albers
On 24.07.2017 14:14, Daniel Pocock wrote: > On 24/07/17 11:48, Xavi Drudis Ferran wrote: >> >> What I mean is maybe we _should_ debate if social media should or not >> be part of our life (or which social media or whatever). And once >> there's a position on that it'll be easier to decide whether

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread Max Mehl
# Daniel Pocock [2017-07-25 14:37 +0200]: What is the value of 1000 new followers though? Are people actually switching to free software, or are the followers, shares and likes more like monopoly money which is never converted into anything tangible? It's a huge potential. Imagine you're givin

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread Adonay Felipe Nogueira
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Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 25/07/17 14:56, Max Mehl wrote: > # Daniel Pocock [2017-07-25 14:37 +0200]: >> What is the value of 1000 new followers though? >> >> Are people actually switching to free software, or are the followers, >> shares and likes more like monopoly money which is never converted into >> anything tang

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread Paul Boddie
On Tuesday 25. July 2017 14.56.55 Erik Albers wrote: > > But still, this is not so special about "social media". It is the internet > in general. And it also effects for example your email-exchange. There is > a disturbing analysis by Benjamin Mako Hill who runs his own email-server > but has to r

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread Max Mehl
# Paul Boddie [2017-07-25 15:15 +0200]: What the FSFE should probably be doing is helping people find alternative ways of managing their communications. While we currently don't have a concrete campaign covering that, the FSFE is quite advanced in advertising Free Software social networks. For

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread Erik Albers
On 25.07.2017 15:15, Paul Boddie wrote: >> Should we, however, take down our web-page for saving users from being >> tracked by third-parties (e.g. via their cookies) while they are browsing >> our web-pages? > > Are the FSFE Web pages serving up tracking cookies? of course not. But many pages no

Fwd: [English] The municipality of Tirana goes free open source by using NextCloud

2017-07-25 Thread Daniel Pocock
Visited the Open Labs team in Tirana last week, it is really good to see everything they are achieving there. Forwarded Message Subject:[English] The municipality of Tirana goes free open source by using NextCloud Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 16:05:52 + From: Redon S

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread mray
On 25.07.2017 14:56, Max Mehl wrote: > # Daniel Pocock [2017-07-25 14:37 +0200]: >> What is the value of 1000 new followers though? >> >> Are people actually switching to free software, or are the followers, >> shares and likes more like monopoly money which is never converted into >> anything ta

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread mray
On 25.07.2017 21:44, mray wrote: > Reaching people isn't the end goal. Just like market share isn't. > We are about freedom. What if I asked FSFE to tweet its take on using > twitter? Wouldn' the honest tweet be: > >"You should not use twitter > as it is a walled garden and > proprie

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread Max Mehl
# mray [2017-07-25 22:02 +0200]: On 25.07.2017 21:44, mray wrote: Reaching people isn't the end goal. Just like market share isn't. We are about freedom. What if I asked FSFE to tweet its take on using twitter? Wouldn' the honest tweet be: "You should not use twitter as it is a walled ga

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread mray
On 25.07.2017 22:22, Max Mehl wrote: > # mray [2017-07-25 22:02 +0200]: >> On 25.07.2017 21:44, mray wrote: >>> Reaching people isn't the end goal. Just like market share isn't. >>> We are about freedom. What if I asked FSFE to tweet its take on using >>> twitter? Wouldn' the honest tweet be: >>>

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread Guido Arnold
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 03:10:59PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: > On 25/07/17 14:56, Max Mehl wrote: > > # Daniel Pocock [2017-07-25 14:37 +0200]: > >> What is the value of 1000 new followers though? > >> > >> Are people actually switching to free software, or are the followers, > >> shares and like