Re: A challenge for community to go beyond what's already rule

2020-11-24 Thread Jean Louis
* Fosshost [2020-11-24 14:01]: > Jean > > No charge. People can optionally make a donation. OK but then again, how does that model works, who pays for it? How can users know it is sustainable? I find it right to offer paid services even if voluntary. Why not. ___

Re: A challenge for community to go beyond what's already rule

2020-11-24 Thread Fosshost
Jean No charge. People can optionally make a donation. Kind regards Thomas Founder and CEO Fosshost.org > On 24 Nov 2020, at 06:38, Jean Louis wrote: > > * Fosshost [2020-11-23 18:18]: >> Hi Jean >> Nope, we are not that specific, we provide hosting to free open source >> software p

Re: A challenge for community to go beyond what's already rule

2020-11-24 Thread Jean Louis
* Fosshost [2020-11-23 18:18]: >Hi Jean >Nope, we are not that specific, we provide hosting to free open source >software projects and associated groups, which may do good for the >community. It is not 100% GNU or "libre" and I would be doing you a >disservice if I said it was

Re: A challenge for community to go beyond what's already rule

2020-11-23 Thread Jean Louis
* thi...@softwarelivre.net.br [2020-11-20 19:46]: >Hey there! > >Although I do support this kind of initiative (of new Libreboot laptop >stores), and I am a supporter of libreboot / coreboot as well as Free >Libre / Open Source Hardware, I would like to ask you all here: > >C

Re: A challenge for community to go beyond what's already rule

2020-11-23 Thread Jean Louis
* Fosshost [2020-11-20 20:59]: > Nope, we are not that specific, we provide hosting to free open > source software projects and associated groups, which may do good > for the community.  It is not 100% GNU or "libre" and I would be > doing you a disservice if I said it was. > I was merely raisin

Re: A challenge for community to go beyond what's already rule

2020-11-23 Thread Fosshost
Hi Jean Nope, we are not that specific, we provide hosting to free open source software projects and associated groups, which may do good for the community. It is not 100% GNU or "libre" and I would be doing you a disservice if I said it was. I was merely raising that in the case

Re: A challenge for community to go beyond what's already rule

2020-11-23 Thread Jean Louis
* Fosshost [2020-11-20 20:25]: > Thought it may be helpful at this stage for me to give my 2 cents. I > run a project called fosshost.org and our service has been designed > with those in mind from underrepresented groups across society. This > means where individuals do not have the funds or mean

Re: A challenge for community to go beyond what's already rule

2020-11-23 Thread Jean Louis
* Lori Nagel via libreplanet-discuss [2020-11-20 21:21]: >I believe in buying local if at all possible. Sometimes, that doesn't >work or doesn't really make sense (like if i tried to grow all my >tropical fruit in a greenhouse) I would buy local stuff would it be of good quality. Let

Re: A challenge for community to go beyond what's already rule

2020-11-23 Thread Fosshost
Of course. > On 20 Nov 2020, at 18:20, Jean Louis wrote: > > * Fosshost [2020-11-20 20:59]: > >> Nope, we are not that specific, we provide hosting to free open >> source software projects and associated groups, which may do good >> for the community. It is not 100% GNU or "libre" and I woul

Re: A challenge for community to go beyond what's already rule

2020-11-20 Thread Lori Nagel via libreplanet-discuss
>It is just a matter of attitude. If programmers themselves support >and demand writing only free software then customers will not complain >as customers need a product. I see a lot of programmers who want to write free software, but feel they must bow down to their corporate overlor

Re: A challenge for community to go beyond what's already rule

2020-11-20 Thread Lori Nagel via libreplanet-discuss
I believe in buying local if at all possible. Sometimes, that doesn't work or doesn't really make sense (like if i tried to grow all my tropical fruit in a greenhouse) Part of the problem is that also many things are shipped around the world, I mean, computer chips don't exactly grow

Re: A challenge for community to go beyond what's already rule

2020-11-20 Thread Yoni Rabkin
thi...@softwarelivre.net.br writes: >Hey there! > >Although I do support this kind of initiative (of new Libreboot laptop >stores), and I am a supporter of libreboot / coreboot as well as Free >Libre / Open Source Hardware, I would like to ask you all here: > >Couldn't we have

Re: A challenge for community to go beyond what's already rule

2020-11-20 Thread Fosshost
Hi Thought it may be helpful at this stage for me to give my 2 cents. I run a project called fosshost.org and our service has been designed with those in mind from underrepresented groups across society. This means where individuals do not have the funds or means to be able to purchase hardware

A challenge for community to go beyond what's already rule

2020-11-20 Thread thiago
Hey there! Although I do support this kind of initiative (of new Libreboot laptop stores), and I am a supporter of libreboot / coreboot as well as Free Libre / Open Source Hardware, I would like to ask you all here: Couldn't we have more popular prices? What do we have to do to boo