On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:03:45 -0700 David Rogers <davidandrewrog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Janek Warchoł <janek.lilyp...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > PS concerning the girl, she's pretty indeed, but some of the > > /priests/ using Lily might have a problem with that :) > > > I'm not a priest. However, I still don't like the picture. I don't > mean that I disapprove, I mean that I don't think it looks good > enough to be used as advertising. To be (possibly a little too) > blunt, the fact that it's obviously not a professional job of > makeup, wardrobe, and photography is a major part of that. But > essentially, from my point of view, (and to be even more > unpleasantly blunt) if software needs a picture of a pretty girl > to sell it when in fact it's already free, then there must be > something wrong with the software - or with the salesman. I don't > think that's the best possible impression Lilypond can give. > On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:20:56 +0100 Graham Percival <gra...@percival-music.ca> wrote: > I agree. It reminds me of sleazy 1990s CD-roms selling shareware > sofware. I am also not a priest, but I think the picture, along with the message it accompanies, is in poor taste: although some people may find that particular pretty face gives them a warm feeling and a motivation to make more beautiful things, many other people are likely to find that picture exclusive of their selves. A lot of those people who are likely to feel excluded by software conflating pictures of attractive blond women with universal beauty just happen to be some of the same people who already tend to feel (and are) marginalized in free software and open source communities, not to mention the tech industry in general. This list is probably not the place for in-depth discussion of these kinds of matters, so if anybody disagrees or is offended or confused by my point, please respond to me directly. Good thing Lilypond is good enough on its own grounds that I can suggest it to people without sending them to gatekeepers who use sleaze to market it :) —Josiah _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user