Re: [ubuntu-marketing] The Free Software, Open Source promise: what FOSS means for non-coders

2010-03-10 Thread Martin Owens
Hey John, Your email was very positive and I liked the tone, but... On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 11:06 -0600, John Vilsack wrote: > DRM as a concept is not inherently bad. Its simply poor > implementations we've seen up to this point and how its been co-opted > by media conglomerates that force us as a

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] The Free Software, Open Source promise: what FOSS means for non-coders

2010-03-10 Thread Danny Piccirillo
Nope, i was in a rush-- it was a bad example, but the other one i provided should make more sense. Besides, let's not get side-tracked. On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 02:33, M. Fioretti wrote: > On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 19:21:51 PM -0500, Danny Piccirillo ( > danny.picciri...@ubuntu.com) wrote: > > > I pro

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] The Free Software, Open Source promise: what FOSS means for non-coders

2010-03-10 Thread John Vilsack
> are you sure this example of yours makes sense? I mean, are you saying > that DRM happens because proprietary software exists? I am not sure I > follow you here. >                                Marco Not to mention a blanket-statement like this is FUD that the Internet slams corporations for.

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] The Free Software, Open Source promise: what FOSS means for non-coders

2010-03-09 Thread M. Fioretti
On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 19:21:51 PM -0500, Danny Piccirillo (danny.picciri...@ubuntu.com) wrote: > I propose that we put together a solid list of Free Software (Open > Source) promises that people can expect from FOSS tools. That is, a > list of things that would never happen with FOSS with examples

[ubuntu-marketing] The Free Software, Open Source promise: what FOSS means for non-coders

2010-03-09 Thread Danny Piccirillo
Spreading the ideals of FOSS is a bit difficult when we have to explain how our tools respect freedom and why peer-review and our methods create better software. I propose that we put together a solid list of Free Software (Open Source) promises that people can expect from FOSS tools. That is, a li