Re: GNOME now

[Emily Gonyer <emilyyrose gmail com>]

Good point... perhaps make it a seperate app then? Just call it "About
GNOME" that way anytime you open up the applications over view its the
first listing. Give it a GNOME foot logo, and write it in Python &
GTK+3 (or similar basic languages) so its simple to update and edit as
needed.

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 13:38 -0500, Emily Gonyer wrote:
>> Why not just include an "About GNOME" section in System Settings
>
> It would be a start, but some down sides might be -
> . administrators locking away access to "about gnome"
> . people not thinking to look in a configuration tool for information on
> the project as a whole.
>
>
>> we can talk about these sorts of things - about software freedom and
>> what it means. About DRM and why we don't include tools to allow its
>> use, and why free formats like OGG are preferable. We could have
>> multiple tabs: One about GNOME, another about DRM, another about
>> software freedom generally and then a third with copies of the various
>> free software licenses and explanations of them (ie GPL, LGPL, BSD,
>> etc).
>>
> This is going in a good direction, as long as it gets simplified after
> consensus on what to include ;-) It should include other important
> goals, such as universal access (accessibility, internationalisation,
> working on as many devices as possible and on lower-end devices)...
>
> Liam
>
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