On 1 February 2014 09:16, Wally Lepore <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Henning Follmann wrote: > >> Sorry I consider this some form of advertising. >> This is a Debian group! This program is a windows program. So you need a >> windows installation to use this. Sure they claim you can create a bootable >> CD/DVD but you still need a windows installation for that. > > No advertisement at all. I'm a member of this debian user group and > have wheezy installed with the kind help of other members on this > mailing list. I'm fairly new at this and simply suggesting a clone > software that I have used in the past.
If you like Debian and want to be part of its community, then you do need to think more about this. Because you were promoting non-libre gratis freeware there and that is quite rude behaviour in this forum. That program you tried to recommend is the opposite of what Debian users consider as "free" software. It is not "free" as in freedom (libre) because it imposes restrictions on the freedom of its users and competing/contributing developers. It is bait to get users hooked on entirely non-free software and tempt users to abandon some valuable rights, and it requires Windows which is again entirely non-free software. Some more explanation is at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_Libre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software Debian does not exist by magic. It is the accumulation of thousands of thousands of person-hours that have been donated to the honourable cause of software freedom for the benefit of the community, without seeking monetary return. If you are not able to respect that fundamental aspect, then you will not be welcome in this community. I hope this explanation helps you to understand this better. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAMPXz=pP=-afqfcaa-43rjt-ceot0g4txx4ruwh4t8mhmap...@mail.gmail.com
