I for one like these documents. They fill a need, because unfortunately there are things for which no good FOSS alternative exists. If you (or anyone else) determines that I'm not "allowed" to install non-free software, you are actually taking away a piece of my freedom, and I resent that. Besides, some people use their computer to actually get some work done, and if no free alternative exists, using the non-free software is the only available option, other than telling people to use windows to access files for which no free viewer exists (which doesn't solve your problem, since then the people need a non-free OS in addition to the non-free viewer software, miking the world even less free). David Jansen On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 06:05:32AM -0500, Adam Kosmin wrote: > Sam, > > I'll spell it out for you. By allowing this documentation to exist on > fedoranews.org, readers are basically being told "It's ok to use and > install non-FOSS software on your computer. In fact, we'll even show you > how!". > > Now I'm not going to question your views on or commitment toward FOSS > (not sure I want to know based off your reaction) but will only ask you > to acknowledge that what I have described above is not in line with the > objectives of The Fedora Project. > > http://fedora.redhat.com/about/objectives.html > > Adam Kosmin >
