Re: The problem on the foundation front page

["Sergey Udaltsov" <sergey udaltsov gmail com>]

Thank you very much! And sorry for being nitpicking;)

Sergey

On Nov 15, 2007 11:37 AM, Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org> wrote:
> Ok, fixed foundation front page to say "GNOME is part of the GNU
> Project, is Free Software, and developed as Open Source software", with
> all the links.
>
> Also updated www.gnome.org front page to say GNU/Linux instead of Linux.
> The /about page has the previous wording of "GNU/Linux (commonly
> referred to as Linux)".
>
> behdad
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> On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 09:18 +0000, Sergey Udaltsov wrote:
> > Behdad
> >
> > > Note that not every GNOME contributor / foundation member agrees with
> > I totally understand that. In my last message I said:
> > Of course, unless GNOME foundation would like to make an accent on the
> > Free Software message - which is definitively not for me to decide.
> >
> > > I think you are reading too much into it.  It's just the front page
> > Quite possible:) I just think that "A sometimes is referred to as B"
> > without saying "but actually these are different things" can be read
> > as "A is about the same as B" (by the people who do not have prior
> > knowledge about difference between A and B). Am I wrong?
> >
> > > Environment".  As for pulling out of GNU, I don't think anyone sees much
> > > problem doing that.
> > It would be a pity, if it is true. I hope it is not. The values of GNU
> > attracted a number of people to GNOME - especially initially, when
> > Qt/KDE was not free.
> >
> > > member.  What I'm saying is that GNOME being part of GNU is symbolic at
> > The main contribution of GNU is ethics. So, either GNOME shares GNU
> > ideas about freedom - or not. If it does - I would not call that
> > relation as "symbolic" in a sense you put into it;)
> > > best.  Neither project uses resources from the other one or anything.  I
> > > don't see any point breaking that symbolic relation for something as
> > > simple as the original issue you raised.
> > Well, I think we could just use slightly more accurate wording - it
> > would be better and simpler from any POV.
> >
> > > Just to get it out of the way, I suggest rewording to... Umm, was going
> > > to suggest something like "GNOME is Free Software and developed as Open
> > > Source" or something, but checking front page right now, seems like
> > > someone already removed that sentence for good.
> > Ghm... I am looking at the page http:///www.gnome.org/foundation and still see:
> >
> > GNOME is part of the GNU Project, and is Free Software  (sometimes
> > referred to as Open Source software).
> >
> > Could you please change it to the variant you propose (or the one
> > proposed by Michael)?
> >
> > Thanks for understanding,
> >
> > Sergey
>
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> behdad
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>  Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
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