Dear Fedora Community, what do you want?

[Marc Lucke]

Is there a moderator for this email list?  I think we need one.

Bryan Encina wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
>>[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Sean Estabrooks
>>Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 7:15 AM
>>To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>>Cc: cchan at outblaze.com
>>Subject: Re: Dear Fedora Community, what do you want?
>>
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>>The developers gave you the operating system you seem to enjoy.
>>They did it with a commitment to open source that didn't falter
>>the second something wasn't quite as good as was available elsewhere.
>>There is a need to support those companies that respect Linux and its
>>development process.   An eager willingness to embrace binary
>>only solutions suggests a lack of respect for Linux and
>>misunderstanding
>>of how it was created.
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>The last time I checked (which was never) Fedora (or any Linux distro)
>didn't come with a restriction that said you must "respect" Linux, how it
>was created, or the developers.  It's out there for everyone to use
>regardless of whether or not they appreciate it.
>
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>>Yes.   There still is a lot of open hardware.   No thanks to
>>people who
>>say they don't care one way or the other if an open source
>>solution is available.   The following comment from you
>>suggests a lack
>>of real support for open source and a lack of respect for the process
>>that created Linux:
>>
>>"stable drivers is all that matters to me. GPL great but not
>>required."
>>
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>Again, I wasn't aware that use of open source software required "real
>support for open source and respect for the process."  Don't get me wrong, I
>personally am grateful for all the community hard work (and I do help with
>some open source projects) however it's not a prerequisite that you believe
>in the "open source movement" to use open source products as long as you
>don't break any of the licensing agreements.
>
>-b
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