On Friday 17. November 2017 03.30.40 Mirko Boehm wrote:
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> > On 17. Nov 2017, at 09:13, J.B. Nicholson wrote:
> >
> > That is self-contradictory but begins to get into why the open source
> > development methodology and philosophy exists. In short, open source is
> > (as Stallman has pointed ou
Just for informational purposes: I thank Mx. Piniella and also those
from Doteveryone who replied.
However, I do hope that either:
- the suggestions and notes presented are implemented or discussed
explicitly;
- they discuss the importance of free/libre software philosophy/movement
explicitl
On 11/17/2017 01:54 PM, Paul Boddie wrote:
> Open source is not right wing, and free software is not left wing.
> Nobody is saying that the software is one thing or the other. But I would
> argue that people with a neoliberal perspective are unlikely to talk about
> "Free Software": they will
Hi,
A good reason to stay out of discussions would be if we were to consider
that we have nothing to add that could improve them. A bad reason would
be because the subject matter strains the limits of subjective human
incredulity.
I don't think that J.B. Nicholson's argument rests on whether RMS
On 11/17/2017 02:39 PM, Carsten Agger wrote:
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> On 11/17/2017 01:54 PM, Paul Boddie wrote:
>
>> Open source is not right wing, and free software is not left wing.
>> Nobody is saying that the software is one thing or the other. But I would
>> argue that people with a neoliberal perspective are
On 11/17/2017 02:47 PM, Carsten Agger wrote:
> Admittedly, there's a lot of lack of ambiguity or clarity here.
Argh, not a "lack" of ambiguity - there *is* a lot of ambiguity, sorry.
>
> Check out this very beatiful folder from one of our clients, the
> municipality of Aarhus (in Danish):
>
> htt
Tarin Gamberini wrote another monitoring report about PDFreaders in
Italy: "Adoption of Free Software PDF readers in Italian Regional Public
Administrations (fifth monitoring)"
https://www.taringamberini.com/en/blog/fsfe/adoption-of-free-software-pdf-readers-in-italian-regional-public-administrat
Hi everyone,
in this discussion, as has been pointed out before, it's useful if people
please remember this article, which is the comparison the FSFE points
to officially when people ask:
https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/basics/comparison.en.html
I quote a relevant part:
> The Free Software move
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 02:58:29PM +0100, Carsten Agger (@agger) wrote:
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> The values are more important than the words.
>
Hi Carsten, I think precisely the opposite, that words convey values,
and the values in turn shape the meaning of words. Now we have a
different situation from 1998, and fro
Hi everyone,
I swear this are my fist and *last* two cents about this topic
I'm considering (re)becoming a FSFE Supporter (ex Fellow) after some years
of absence; I feel an urgency to to something after the (last) *desperation*
[1] I suffered for the "MINIX on ring -3" "discovery", I hope to do
Hi,
We do prefer Free Software as a term and happily tell people so. We will never
tell anyone they are wrong to say Open Source though, and we expect others to
extend the same curtsey to us when we talk about Free Software.
Best
Jonas
On November 17, 2017 7:31:26 PM GMT+01:00, Giovanni Bisc
I couldn't have said better. I fully agree with you on these points.
Thank you very much! ;)
hellekin writes:
> Hi Carsten, I think precisely the opposite, that words convey values,
> and the values in turn shape the meaning of words. Now we have a
> different situation from 1998, and from 2013
Hi everyone,
As has already been said, people sometimes talk about "open source" when
they refer to the four freedoms, or vice versa. I do not think it's
helpful for anyone to try to divide people by the terminology they use.
I can not stress this enough, because it strikes a nerve. I am what you
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