Re: Thanks, and a Brief Survey

[Dave Neary <dneary gnome org>]

Hi,

Stormy Peters wrote:
> My apologies for continuing the thread. My personal inbox and IM is
> still going and it was suggested that I send out the version of the
> statement that says "free and open source".
> 
> The GNOME Foundation believes in free and open source software but that
> does not mean that GNOME is anti-proprietary software. We believe,
> promote, use and write free and open source software.

Parse error: "We believe... free and open source software" should be
"believe in", presumably.

> We are excited when companies and individuals use GNOME technologies
> because we believe it brings us closer to our mission and vision of a
> free desktop (or mobile interface) accessible to everyone. Sometimes
> those companies are proprietary software companies and while we would
> like them to move closer to free and open source software in the future
> (and that we are helping them do so with the use of GNOME), we are
> delighted that they have chosen to use GNOME and will help them and
> their customers.

Might I suggest a slight change in focus here, which moves us from
passive participants to active participants in a company's choice to
move closer to free software development?

Something like:

Sometimes those companies also produce proprietary software. while we
are happy that they have chosen GNOME as a basis for their products, we
also work with them to encourage them to release more free and open
source software in the future.

Cheers,
Dave.

-- 
Dave Neary
GNOME Foundation member
dneary gnome org