On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Fabiano Fidêncio <fabi...@fidencio.org> wrote: >> > 4) If not, considering that your bank have some people running nonfree >> > software, should not we close the bank account once we would be paying >> > for someone use a nonfree software and it is an ethical problem? >> >> The issue Richard is pointing to with IndieGogo is that non-free >> software is mandatory to use the service (make a donation). > > As I said, I didn't ask about the IndieGoGo issue.
I was putting things in context to explain why the issue with IndieGogo is not as much of an issue anymore when it comes to banking. >> Even if a >> bank uses non-free software on its website, and unless it's a 100% >> online bank, you can still use their service (make a deposit, >> transfer, or withdraw money) by going to the bank and talking to a >> person, so nobody forces non-free software on you. > > But if all the tools used to do your/the bank transactions run nonfree > software it can be an issue, as fair as I can see (and as far as I > understand we should avoid it instead of just ask for a layer of free > software running). Can you be more explicit about what you mean with "tools used to do your/the bank transactions run nonfree software" >> > 5) If we don't find any bank that can provide a service without run a >> > nonfree software, what would be your recommendation? >> >> Moot. > > Didn't get what you mean by moot. I meant that given my answer to question 4, question 5 did not stand anymore. Cheers, -- Alexandre Franke _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
