-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Frederic Muller - SFI wrote:
Hi!
Just finished watching and I find the Steven Fry video much better for an event like SFD http://www.gnu.org/fry/ . It goes on explaining in layman's terms what is Free Software and that's really what we want: getting the word out to educate and encourage people towards their own Software Freedom.
The Stephen Fry video is good but I'm not sure about his real commitment to Free Software. Not long after he made that video he posted an article about how great the iPad was, <http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/01/28/ipad-about/>. And if you follow the link to his page from the GNU site, <http://www.gnu.org/fry/>, you are presented with an advert for his new book via "iPad APP" and "iPhone APP". So not so much Freedom Fry but more like iFry.
Besides I find Richard's intro is a bit like SFD is his event, and very much pushing his own ideas... while I don't mind so much, it would have been nice of him to acknowledge that others also works towards Software Freedom, and that the FSF is not the sole owner of the term.
I think Richard's video is good, although maybe a bit heavy for a newcomer but it needs explaining to them at some point. I agree with Quiliro Ordóñez that I don't think Richard makes out that SFD is his event. And its hard to overstate how much Richard has done for Software Freedom, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman>. Its a shame that the FSF didn't come up with Software Freedom Day but I am truly thankful to those that did.
I'd like to take this opportunity to send a little hello to any FreeBSD users out there and hope they don't feel "left alone". :)
And the OpenBSD users, NetBSD users, etc. But how strong is FreeBSD's commitment to Software Freedom? The FreeBSD kernel contains non-free software, see the elements discovered by Debian (Ben Hutchings) as part of Debian GNU/kFreeBSD project: kfreebsd-8: "Includes binary-only and obfuscated C code" <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=594940> Note, there are also non-free elements in the Linux kernel <http://kernel.org/> (which is why there is <http://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/> and <http://wiki.debian.org/KernelFirmwareLicensing>) Cheers, Mike. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMoltiAAoJENdybD6q+OPvdfwP/2iK9PKBBfcUSKKU5Z+0GAZj 5p0ShfVoTnMWpUAQ/804jebylN0OnN/HlaevNJLAQPJXQ1rjVDwNQXnlX9XOTJX3 r8mbInJR2FH4RVYQbyCmBp/5PPb2ApKw6xT/AeRqpHVOPHLn4jTxjeeWo5a2NfCx p/lwthl4rnAd21/9Nyny51dycsrKQk34nUY2KtDCHvQAx3CPeIxM79YIOehckRD8 vGVrEsK6aay3J+jbXgqIGJxU9hgsnkR/RkOQAgmKtOl1jTqK/EhuM3aSlRigSUmD 5mjIMOuYqQIHHkKk8izacwhvLjMTKZPWIGE7NRojqVVCht1qBQ8ESbEAMYKta+IS b+t4NDi0lSvjKDzK8m29eGubvUe8X5LssdRHWs0/2LxZcRUfkx9J2653LXgVKGMw Z0PjodljneqtWTxAtRUu1m2iBj8AgWGEmmRIRQ7oKuQtpQrTIvlskB/qQQ8SLw1P BmgPuKjT5S6MUewbGXXfmkOrlYeG7MiA05q/0fGABsN+Xw7PNvJDwfyP+ELogM0Y 0o+KJx5ipbxewlvhDMHfhh07AiPQfpxgbN6/0rObomZAoddnMO/QpHGhxVePIfeM pH8+qXeBD1dAVkgKGsJaIr3VK+qOg/Md5PvT2Ej0OHarNUK1YhCHx2G02fOoxZYo BOdiyMtF+z/peipfDi+y =kk7L -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----