Richard Stallman <r...@gnu.org> wrote: > > I would like GNOME to positively influence other projects both > > propriety and Free Software ones. > > A positive influence has to be a good thing -- but what does > it mean to have a positive influence on a proprietary program? > > Convincing its developers to make it free software is the biggest form > of positive influence. But we can only occasionally achieve that > much. Short of that, what kind of change would be positive?
Respecting privacy and allowing interoperability with Free Software are the obvious possibilities. It's also possible for proprietary software to use Free Software components and tools. And to be clear - I only mentioned proprietary software as one possible aspect of a wider attempt to positively influence software projects. Free Software is (and should continue to be) our primary focus. Allan _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
