On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Ciaran O'Riordan <cia...@member.fsf.org> wrote: > Can you say what freedom of choice means? > > Is it the freedom to choose between various software packages, i.e "Will I > choose to use Flash or Silverlight?" > > Or is it always having the choice of downloading the source code, and the > freedom for the community to choose to modify and distribute modified > versions of all the software they use?
Hi there Ciarán, thank you for your question. For one thing, GNOME has always meant freedom of downloading the source code and being able to modify, fork, distribute, do whatever catches your fancy. The inclusion of Flash, Silverlight, etc is not a GNOME thing per se but more of a distribution decision. In other words, GNOME does not handle the decision of what other distributions choose to ship. We focus on providing quality software and empowering people to work or even create new component that they want to use. So, to answer your question, "GNOME means choose what you want to use and by the way, here's the source code and mailing lists, and forums and channels where you can learn how to use the source code." Cheers, -- Og B. Maciel omac...@foresightlinux.org ogmac...@gnome.org ogmac...@ubuntu.com GPG Keys: D5CFC202 http://www.ogmaciel.com (en_US) http://blog.ogmaciel.com (pt_BR) _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list