Re: github and the like (Re: to git or not to git)

2018-08-28 Thread mray
On 28.08.2018 09:29, Bernhard E. Reiter wrote: > Am Dienstag 28 August 2018 01:19:54 schrieb Guido Arnold: >> We need a decentralized infrastructure that makes their intentions >> irrelevant. > > This is the direction where I believe we must head. > Just want to throw in a relevant link to a p

Re: transparency about the fellowship

2018-07-10 Thread mray
The snarky-ness on this entire ML starts being a burden to read. Probably I represent more people than myself with that view. Everybody, please be more excellent to each other. I know you can :) Cheers, Robert signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature _

Re: Good examples where Free Software was used in development countries

2017-09-30 Thread mray
On 29.09.2017 18:18, Bjoern Schiessle wrote: > Hi all, > > in October I will give a talk about how Free Software can help to > export wealth and knowledge to development country in order to empower > them. > > For this I'm looking for some good examples. In the past there was the > "One Laptop pe

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-26 Thread mray
On 26.07.2017 10:05, Max Mehl wrote: > # mray [2017-07-25 22:36 +0200]: >> Services that could potentially be harmful aren't the issue. It is about >> not explicitly stating that we know some of them *are definitively* >> harmful. Yet all we say is: "Be vigila

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread mray
On 25.07.2017 22:22, Max Mehl wrote: > # mray [2017-07-25 22:02 +0200]: >> On 25.07.2017 21:44, mray wrote: >>> Reaching people isn't the end goal. Just like market share isn't. >>> We are about freedom. What if I asked FSFE to tweet its take on using >

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread mray
On 25.07.2017 21:44, mray wrote: > Reaching people isn't the end goal. Just like market share isn't. > We are about freedom. What if I asked FSFE to tweet its take on using > twitter? Wouldn' the honest tweet be: > >"You should not use twitter

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread mray
On 25.07.2017 14:56, Max Mehl wrote: > # Daniel Pocock [2017-07-25 14:37 +0200]: >> What is the value of 1000 new followers though? >> >> Are people actually switching to free software, or are the followers, >> shares and likes more like monopoly money which is never converted into >> anything ta

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-07-25 Thread mray
On 21.06.2017 12:45, mray wrote: > > > I think treating them as second class could be OK: > > 1. post on a free software platform > 2. don't reply on twitter or facebook, just link to the original > > > -Robert > Following this whole thread I think I c

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-06-23 Thread mray
On 22.06.2017 22:05, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > ... > Does a man who is overweight lose weight by continuing to eat donuts? > > Or does he lose weight by going to the gym and acting like the man he > wants to become? > > ... For me – as far as analogies go – it is more like an environmental ac

Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?

2017-06-21 Thread mray
On 21.06.2017 12:22, Erik Albers wrote: > Hi all, > > Maybe you noted in the Newsletter May [1] a pro and contra between our > Executive Director and our Fellowship representative: > > On the FSFE's Planet, we had an interesting dialogue popping up > between our executive director J

Re: On receiving an interview request from Uber

2016-12-18 Thread mray
e with all kinds of transportation like cars, buses, planes,...) Other concerns about maintenance sound sensible as well. > On Dec 17, 2016 8:55 AM, "mray" wrote: > >> >> >> On 17.12.2016 07:56, Daniel Pocock wrote: >>> >>> Elevators used to h

Re: On receiving an interview request from Uber

2016-12-17 Thread mray
On 17.12.2016 07:56, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > Elevators used to have drivers before computers were invented > Very good point. I'd love to know that even elevators run free software, though. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___

Re: Implementing a code of conduct?

2016-11-04 Thread mray
On 03.11.2016 15:19, Erik Albers wrote: > Dear all, > > Are you in favor or against having a general Code of Conduct? +1: In favor. > Are you in favor or against having this Code of Conduct? Sections like "Be collaborative" and "Be open" make me cringe. You literally explain how c