Re: Non-Free Gnome Software

[Cody Russell <bratsche dfw net>]

There's nothing wrong with a piece of commercial software being listed on
the GNOME software map, in my opinion, so long as it is actually a GNOME
application, and not a GTK+ app.

If GNOME commerical apps start to become more common, it might be nice to
see another field added to the map to list whether it's free or not.

Cody

On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Jeremy Morgan wrote:

> It is my understanding that GNOMEs purpose is to provide a desktop composed of free software.  Today I checked out the
> recent version of IglooFTP (IglooFTP-PRO .9) after I saw its entry updated in the GNOME Software Map.  To my suprise, I
> found that this software is *commercial*--requiring registration if used after 30 days.  
> 
> Now I may be wrong in my argument, but I don't believe that this piece of software should be listed in the GNOME
> Software Map if GNOMEs aim is to supply free software.  
> 
> Is the Software Map an index of GNOME software or just an index of GTK
> software? 
> 
> If it is the latter, and this product has somehow slipped in GNOME, it should be promptly removed and any other
> commercial software, if it exists, should see the same consequence.
> 
> 
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