On 11/19/2012 08:57 AM, Stéphane Raimbault wrote:
> If we need a marketing director to convince people to use GNOME, we failed.
This is a cute statement, but is it really true?
The people that could most benefit from our choice to build a "simple to
use" system are those that are least likely to
It's with *much* reluctance that I've rejoined this mailing list. But
since Dr. Richard Stallman has seemingly forgot events of the past 3
months, I figure I'll share a recap of our discussion for all of our
benefit.
> I raised this issue as soon as I became aware of the campaign, which
> was when
On 01/03/2015 07:48 AM, Richard Stallman wrote:
> That's because the several crowdfunding sites I had investigated all
> had the same unethical practice of requiring donors to run nonfree
> software. There was not one that we could use without contradicting
> the principles of the free software mo
On 01/05/2015 03:44 PM, Magdalen Berns wrote:
> To elaborate on the point about fundraisers a little further: Also
> though I have to wonder whether future fundraisers could maybe be
> handled in the same way as the groupon fundraiser was managed.
> http://www.gnome.org/groupon/ since that did not
On 01/06/2015 10:24 AM, Richard Stallman wrote:
> I understand that you can't move the campaign now. But can you post a
> bitcoin address, and invite people to send money that way if they
> don't want to run nonfree JS code?
I've added a section to the campaign borrowed from crowdsupply.
Alter
On 01/06/2015 02:54 PM, Magdalen Berns wrote:
> The stigma related to bitcoin is just the media doing their thing to try
> and discredit it, in my humble view. A lot of people do not buy into that
> stuff. With that said, it is reasonable for anyone to be uncomfortable with
> something and not be m
On 02/04/2015 06:28 AM, Inge Wallin wrote:
> As a great proponent of ODF, I think it would be interesting to know what
> Gnome actually does for ODF? I mean aside thinking that it's a good idea in
> general...
If I'm not mistaken, both AbiWord and Gnumeric support ODFs. Gnumeric is
actually dev
On 02/04/2015 08:25 AM, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> I'm not sure what it rhymes with but that caught my eye as well. The
> current name might be more effective.
Let's not trivialize this into a discussion of a name.
Good luck with the move Marina, Karen, and others. Let me know if I can
help with
On 02/12/2015 07:33 PM, Cosimo Cecchi wrote:
I think you bring up an interesting point, but I also like the idea
that foundation membership is not a badge you earn if you contribute
"enough", but hints to a deeper involvement with the community inner
workings.
I argue that a 3-months contributi
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Foundation Members,
Over the years, I have watched our Board of Directors knowing that
someday I wanted to contribute on that level. This past year has
Hi,
On 05/21/2015 02:25 PM, Karen Sandler wrote:
> I have a few questions for the candidates too. I agree with what has
> been said by Jeff and Josh that it's important that people on the board
> have a diverse skillset, so I wouldn't expect all board members to
> answer yes on these, but I think
On 07/20/2015 12:41 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
> I would love to see this happen. I wonder if I can volunteer people.
> :-) I can also present on their behalf as well. But I would like
> someone to talk about:
>
> 1) xdg-app
> 2) changes in GTK+ - maybe the CSS
> 3) gnome-builder
I'll proba
Friends,
It is with both a sad heart and great excitement for the future that I'm
notifying you of my decision to step down from the GNOME Board of Directors.
As of Oct 5th, I will be a RedHat employee. There are already two
wonderful board members who are also employed at RedHat (our limit
On 12/24/2015 11:17 AM, philip.chime...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I'm really interested in participating but circumstances prevent me from
> attending in person. I just signed up as the first remote participant.
> My purpose with this e-mail is to encourage other remotees to sign up;
> and to ask for s
On 12/27/2015 07:57 PM, Richard Stallman wrote:
> Google Hangouts requires nonfree software. Please don't ask people to
> run a nonfree program in order to view something.
>
> It is easy to do streaming with free software, in a way that lets
> everyone watch with free software, and I know people
On 12/29/2015 10:14 PM, Richard Stallman wrote:
> We don't know how similar or dissimilar they are, but you can find out
> quickly by writing to Mallory Knodel .
I did contact her yesterday and the answer was jitsi. It seems
reasonable, but I haven't had a chance to test it out yet.
https://jitsi
On 09/15/2017 02:07 PM, Richard Stallman wrote:
2. Would you like to check whether a person can use Transferwise
without the person's running nonfree software? I am concerned
that its web site may send nonfree software to the user's browder
and require the user to run it.
It's difficult and ti
On 12/2/18 9:51 AM, Neil McGovern wrote:
> I'm sure you'll all give him a warm welcome in this new role!
I couldn't be more happy to hear this news! Congrats Emmanuele, it's
well deserved!
-- Christian
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