Em Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:49:52 +0000 SJS <wma...@stremler.net> escreveu:
> > Don't understand this promptness to move to GNU, too. Where's the > > fire? > > Ideology. > > All non-GNU software must die, the sooner the better. X11 and TeX are examples of components of the GNU system that aren't GNU packages. There is a big body of free software out there that is not used in the GNU system and we don't have the want of affiliating them so we could use them, as well. It's unreasonable to state that our policy would be something so foolish like that. There are, however, software that we would like to make GNU packages based on technical and strategical matters; that's the case of Window Maker. > > However, I see no problem at all with fork, if Carlos and other > > contributors would continue to improve this here project. > > Yup. Don't like how somone is running a project? No need to stage > a coup, no need for nasty political battles, just fork it. The GNU project holds that it's best to avoid a fork, if possible at all --- cooperation is one of the pillars of our community. > > BTW, what's this about the term 'open source' disallowed or smth.? > Again, Ideology. > > It's not Linux, it's GNU/Linux. The "GNU" comes first because, to > the GNU folks, the GNU part is more important than the Linux part. For our views on that see the GNU/Linux FAQ[1]. > GNU prefers the term "free software", and "open source" is seen as > fork from the pure and unadulterated holy camp of "free software". For our views on this subject see why open source misses the point of free software[2]. Footnotes: [1] https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html [2] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html -- ,= ,-_-. =. Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro (oitofelix) [0x28D618AF] ((_/)o o(\_)) There is no system but GNU; `-'(. .)`-' GNU Linux-libre is one of its official kernels; \_/ All software must be free as in freedom; -- To unsubscribe, send mail to wmaker-dev-unsubscr...@lists.windowmaker.org.
