Re: [Off Topic] We need "Vendor"s? [was Words to Avoid "Vendor"]

From: Dave Neary <dneary free fr>
To: Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>
Cc: rms gnu org, foundation-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [Off Topic] We need "Vendor"s? [was Words to Avoid "Vendor"]
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 11:34:55 +0100


Hi,

Murray Cumming wrote:

I think it's a bit silly, but the difference is that RMS would be
incapable of saying "I welcome 3rd party [proprietary] developers building
software on the platform".


Let me read back a bit...

RMS said:

We want to encourage non-free apps to use GNOME, but we don't want to
appear to grant those non-free apps ethical legitimacy.  We have to
choose our words with care to achieve both goals at once.


He seemed pretty capable yesterday...

Cheers,
Dave.

--
David Neary
bolsh gimp org

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [Off Topic] We need "Vendor"s? [was Words to Avoid "Vendor"]
  - From: Kalle Vahlman

References:
- Re: [Off Topic] We need "Vendor"s? [was Words to Avoid "Vendor"]
  - From: Richard M. Stallman
- Re: [Off Topic] We need "Vendor"s? [was Words to Avoid "Vendor"]
  - From: Murray Cumming
- Re: [Off Topic] We need "Vendor"s? [was Words to Avoid "Vendor"]
  - From: Dave Neary
- Re: [Off Topic] We need "Vendor"s? [was Words to Avoid "Vendor"]
  - From: Murray Cumming

[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Thread Index] [Date Index] [Author Index]