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Subject:    Re: [Ilugc] Re: fossconf logo
From:       "Praveen A" <pravi.a () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-11-27 12:51:03
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2007/11/26, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon@thenilgiris.com>:
>
> On 26-Nov-07, at 8:46 PM, Praveen A wrote:
>
> > I'm in the community because I like being part of it. I spent my time
> > here because I feel it is useful to the community. I look at other
> > people's commitment by looking at how much they are giving back to the
> > community. So whenever I see someone who does not play well with the
> > community (Novell with their patent trap and Canonical with their
> > non-free launchpad) I decide not to play with them (I hope there are
> > others in the community who share the same view).
>
> I am just looking at a huge advertisement in the newspaper - Compaq
> recommends Microsoft Windows Vista - so do you refuse to play with HP
> for doing things like this? You think we should refuse sponsorships
> from HP, Sun, IBM ... all of whom also make/use closed source software?

These are not the same as a FOSS guy "choosing" to go non-free where
he have the authority to decide.

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