Re: Question for candidates

[Alberto Ruiz <aruiz gnome org>]

2011/6/1 Richard Stallman <rms gnu org>:
> This is independent, in practice, of the technical work of improving
> GNOME, so there is no obstacle to doing both.  However, doing this
> does require thought and planning.  So I'm asking candidates to think
> about this avenue.  What would you have GNOME to do grow the subset of
> users who will, in five years, choose GNOME because they want the
> freedom that proprietary rivals will never give them?

Richard, I think it is fair to asks these questions to the board
members to see their point of view. However, I think that in your
conversation you are also implying that they have the responsibility
to actually make things happen. This is not how the board works IMHO
though. In GNOME things happen because someone makes them happen. I do
not think it is fair to ask the board members specific ways to solve a
given problem. Rather than asking them "If I was up to do this and
this and this task, would you support me? and how?"

I guess that what I'm trying to say is, that it is not the board's job
to find solutions to those problems, it's the community's job. All we
can ask them is support if we as a community find a way to articulate
these goals (using GNOME as a channel to spread awareness of the
importance of software freedom is a goal I think we all share) into
specific actions or strategies.

My 2 cents.

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Cheers,
Alberto Ruiz