Re: Code of Conduct and Foundation membership

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

On 12/14/2009 05:26 PM, Philip Van Hoof wrote:
> But what if advocating free software means that the minimal support
> GNOME should do for GNU, is to claim that proprietary is illegitimate?

Exactly.

I have been supporting Free Software for over ten years, and will probably do 
for the rest of my life.  But, as an Iranian witnessing what's going on in 
Iran right now, I can't agree to any kind of anti-something or 
against-something or death-to-something.  Tolerance is key.  When someone asks 
me "so why should I use GNOME instead of KDE", or "why should I use Linux 
instead of Windows", my only reply is "use whatever works better for you". 
I'm sick of fanaticism, and my friends in Iran are being beaten and killed 
because of it.  I can't justify being a fanatic when it comes to software freedom.

These days, Free Software does many things better than the alternatives.  Many 
of my friends use it because they find it better.  And that simply makes me 
happy.  But when someone chooses to use OS X, I respect their freedom of choice.

behdad