Ankur Sinha (sanjay.ankur@xxxxxxxxx) said: > > The context is irrelevant. If someone does not know about free > > software, how it works, and how they can participate to improve it, > > then of course they are going to be willing to move to non-free > > software. Who isn't looking for the easiest and most pain-free way to > > get something done? > > That's quite the point that I made in my earliest mail[1]: that this > proposal *takes away* the step where people learn about FOSS and > Fedora's stance on FOSS *because* they couldn't find a "one/two click" > method of installing non-FOSS software right out of the box. > > Not having the application listed in Fedora at all makes them look > around, and run into FOSS alternatives if they exist. If no alternatives > are available at all, it helps them gain some understanding of why > Fedora does not provide the non-FOSS software they require. Is this really the right level to have this dialogue with the user, though - when they go to install some app? Not to put too tortured of an analogy on it, but if I walk blindly into the restaurant down the street and order the shrimp & grits, having the staff *then* tell me all they serve are vegan shrimp substitute, and why that's so much better for me, my health, the planet, etc. That may be true. And it may be a worthwhile conversation to have. But I think it's probably the wrong place in the interaction to do so. Bill _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
