Re: GNOME Speakers & Freebies

[Frederic Muller <fredm gnome org>]

On 06/03/2011 11:11 PM, Stormy Peters wrote:
> Fred,
>
> I think it is ok for people to refer to projects like Koha and GNOME as
> open source. We use the words "free and open source software" because we
> would like to also promote freedom.

I think in this particular instance they are copying the project 
introduction itself AND removing free from it. If the project developers 
feel to highlight their project is FOSS the least one can do is respect 
this wish.

You could say it is nitpicking but for me it is not very ok. Mohd and 
the GNOME community already had a lengthy thread on this topic a month 
or 2 ago with a few of recommendations.

I've removed Mohd from the cc list as this is merely an opinion 
discussion and not much relevant as anything else.

I have to admit I didn't really like the BIG Microsoft Azure image on 
the front page... didn't know Azure was open source software ;-)
(which doesn't mean I don't think it's not ok for GNOME to go if 
Microsoft is there, on the contrary).

Seriously though the conference seems highly cloud focused and I am not 
sure we have much to tell. We are also receiving the request a bit late 
in the race, while everyone else has already a confirmed speaker.

Let's see what Mohd has to say about his expectations from our Speaker.

Fred