Le vendredi 27 mai 2011 à 16:34 -0400, Richard Stallman a écrit : > I'd like to ask the candidates this question: > > * What do you think GNOME should do to help promote the ideals of free > software, beyond being composed of free programs.
From my experience, a lot of people believe that Free Software are not trustworthy because there's no support nor any guarantee. It's a bit astonishing to see people thinking that because: - Support for non-free software is not always good - There is generally no guarantees at all with any software We should change the bad perception around free softwares and advertise that: + Free software enforces competition and thus allows you to choose the best provider of support + Free software avoids vendor lock-in + Free software usually have open communities which allows some basic free support and free documentation. I think that improving the commercial support is a great way of promoting free softwares. By gaining economic weight, free software will also gain politic weight. Lionel _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
