Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-05 Thread Olav Vitters
On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 06:18:03PM +, Alberto Ruiz wrote: > Is anyone against placing a banner on PGO to support Builder's campaign on > IndieGoGo? The campaign is going alright but I think it's in our best > interest as a community that we push to make sure he gets the 100K and can > work on t

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-03 Thread Richard Stallman
> does > anyone else here use IceCat or LibreJS and believe that donating to the > Builder campaign via Indiegogo is unethical due to its use of > obfuscated Javascipt? That's not quite what I said. The act of donating is not unethical. Running that nonfree software hurts you, but no o

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-03 Thread Richard Stallman
[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > Hmm I am not so sure: The chip in your own card There is no chip in my ATM card,

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-02 Thread Alberto Ruiz
My question was if someone was against it. Some people is against any website with obfuscated javascript (a concern and a discussion worth the while from a FOSS perspective I think, but beyond practical in this context), there seems to be consensus that supporting this campaign is the right thing.

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-02 Thread Alexandre Franke
On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 4:24 AM, Alberto Ruiz wrote: > I would _really_ appreciate if you guys held a discussion about things that > quite frankly don't have anything to do with my original question in a > different thread. Thank you. Your question was if we should add a link to the campaign on a

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-02 Thread Alberto Ruiz
I would _really_ appreciate if you guys held a discussion about things that quite frankly don't have anything to do with my original question in a different thread. Thank you. 2015-01-03 3:21 GMT+00:00 Michael Catanzaro : > Hi, > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Magdalen Berns > wrote: > > Hmm

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-02 Thread Michael Catanzaro
Hi, On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Magdalen Berns wrote: Hmm I am not so sure: The chip in your own card will be programmed with non-free software technically the transaction can't work unless the ATM is reading that. For the ATM to read your chip you are required you to physically connect

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-02 Thread Magdalen Berns
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Richard Stallman wrote: > > Are we considering not linking to this fundraiser because it is hosted > on a > > website that uses non-free software? > > That depends what you mean by "considering". > Several people are arguing vigorously against that idea, > but

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-02 Thread Alexandre Franke
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Richard Stallman wrote: > Can someone tell me the URL of the Builder project's own site? Here it is: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Builder/ -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org ht

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-02 Thread Richard Stallman
[I deleted my normal message to the NSA and FBI out of consideration for the people on this list who report feeling annoyed by it] > If are you really concerned about people using non free software, you > should take everything in consideration, no? It would be a mistake to "take everything i

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-02 Thread Richard Stallman
> Are we considering not linking to this fundraiser because it is hosted on a > website that uses non-free software? That depends what you mean by "considering". Several people are arguing vigorously against that idea, but nobody proposed it and nobody advocates it. The issue I've raised is n

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-02 Thread Richard Stallman
I generally take these things step by step. Explaining the problem (with supporting Builder through Indiegogo) is the first step. Solving it (finding another way) is the next step. I expect that some of the people on this list already know the situation with Builder and could quickly propose anot

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-02 Thread Richard Stallman
> 1) Which bank is used for keeping/receiving money for FSF?. I'd rather not give out that information. > 2) Are you sure that any kind of nonfree software is not used for > anyone in the bank? "Used for anyone in the bank" is not ordinary English usage and I can only guess what meaning yo

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-02 Thread Richard Stallman
[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] I wrote: > > IndieGoGo has an ethical problem: to donate requires running nonfree

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-02 Thread Victor Toso
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 5:31 AM, meg ford wrote: > I also support putting a banner on Planet GNOME. > > Meg > +1 (25 days left) ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-01 Thread meg ford
I also support putting a banner on Planet GNOME. Meg On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Magdalen Berns wrote: > Oh dear. > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:39 AM, Fabiano Fidêncio > wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 2:24 AM, Alexandre Franke >> wrote: >> > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Fabiano Fidê

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-01 Thread Magdalen Berns
Oh dear. On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:39 AM, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote: > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 2:24 AM, Alexandre Franke > wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Fabiano Fidêncio > wrote: > >>> Can you be more explicit about what you mean with "tools used to do > >>> your/the bank transactions

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-01 Thread Fabiano Fidêncio
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 2:24 AM, Alexandre Franke wrote: > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote: >>> Can you be more explicit about what you mean with "tools used to do >>> your/the bank transactions run nonfree software" >> >> AFAIU, when you do a bank transfer, the job responsi

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-01 Thread Alexandre Franke
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote: >> Can you be more explicit about what you mean with "tools used to do >> your/the bank transactions run nonfree software" > > AFAIU, when you do a bank transfer, the job responsible for your > transaction will be executed in the next schedul

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-01 Thread Fabiano Fidêncio
On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 11:27 PM, Alexandre Franke wrote: > On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote: >>> > 4) If not, considering that your bank have some people running nonfree >>> > software, should not we close the bank account once we would be paying >>> > for someone use a nonf

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-01 Thread Magdalen Berns
Hi, Right. So, to recap: those who are objecting have never used a credit/debit card to buy stuff or get cash out the wall? What seems to be being suggested by some members of the community here, is that it's physically possible to achieve certain everything we wish to do in the technological wor

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-01 Thread Alexandre Franke
On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote: >> > 4) If not, considering that your bank have some people running nonfree >> > software, should not we close the bank account once we would be paying >> > for someone use a nonfree software and it is an ethical problem? >> >> The issue Rich

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-01 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 5:29 AM, Michael Catanzaro wrote: > On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 4:04 AM, Igor Gnatenko wrote: > > What nonfree software is needed? I think I don't have nonfree software, but > I donated without problems. > > He doesn't like obfuscated JavaScript: > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-01 Thread Fabiano Fidêncio
On Jan 1, 2015 5:23 PM, "Alexandre Franke" wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote: > > 4) If not, considering that your bank have some people running nonfree > > software, should not we close the bank account once we would be paying > > for someone use a nonfree softwar

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-01 Thread Alexandre Franke
On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote: > 4) If not, considering that your bank have some people running nonfree > software, should not we close the bank account once we would be paying > for someone use a nonfree software and it is an ethical problem? The issue Richard is pointin

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-01 Thread Fabiano Fidêncio
Richard, On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Richard Stallman wrote: > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > > Is a

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-01 Thread Michael Catanzaro
On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 4:04 AM, Igor Gnatenko wrote: What nonfree software is needed? I think I don't have nonfree software, but I donated without problems. He doesn't like obfuscated JavaScript: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html Let's not let that hold us back from support

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-01 Thread Igor Gnatenko
-Igor Gnatenko On Jan 1, 2015 12:59 PM, "Richard Stallman" wrote: > > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > > Is

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2015-01-01 Thread Richard Stallman
[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > Is anyone against placing a banner on PGO to support Builder's campaign on > In

Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2014-12-31 Thread Alexandre Franke
On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 7:18 PM, Alberto Ruiz wrote: > Hello Foundation members, Hey, > Is anyone against placing a banner on PGO to support Builder's campaign on > IndieGoGo? The campaign is going alright but I think it's in our best > interest as a community that we push to make sure he gets t

Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

2014-12-31 Thread Alberto Ruiz
Hello Foundation members, Is anyone against placing a banner on PGO to support Builder's campaign on IndieGoGo? The campaign is going alright but I think it's in our best interest as a community that we push to make sure he gets the 100K and can work on this full time for the whole year. -- Un s