On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 05:12:54PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote: > The FDL is not a free software licence, so I feel that funding that > does not support software freedom.
Good, free, documentation is very much a part of free software. To argue otherwise is patently absurd. > that link didn't look like it was directed for a > propagandist-propaganda campaign. I'm sorry, I have absolutely no idea what this means. > I think posting a barely-relevant FSF donation link to an FSFE list > is borderline trolling. The poster I was responding to mentioned funding or donating to continued free software development and so suggesting that they donate to the FSF is IMHO highly relevant. Also, I think that you need to go read the definition of "trolling" before you throw it around so causally in public. To suggest I was trolling is to suggest I was making an unsincere statement for the express purpose of provoking a negative reaction. I assure you that as an FSF associate member my suggestion was both sincere and intended to be light hearted. > Support the European organisation, please! The mind boggles how you could call me a troll in one instance and then repeat the very behaviour you chastised me for. The FSFE is a /very/ different and completely seperate organisation from the FSF and your statement, I think, is deliberately misleading in this manner. It is important for people to be aware that these two organisations are, from what I gather, not linked in any way and share different outlooks/goals/methods/roadmaps etc. I financially support the FSF for my own reasons and that is not to say I don't appreciate the work the FSFE does, but your trolling me in public for a lighthearted suggestion and then directing people away from the FSF donations page under false pretences seems a little off. -- Noah Slater <http://bytesexual.org/> "Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results." - R. Stallman _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
