On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The New Mission Draft > --------------------- > > So, here it is: > > Fedora creates an innovative platform that lights up hardware, > clouds, and containers for software developers and community > members to build tailored solutions for their users. > On one hand, I do like the renewed focus on making Fedora a better platform for people to build their own great solutions. I hope this means that there will be increased interest in this field (as opposed to lackluster interest for the last few years...). However, I'm extremely concerned that Free and Open Source Software isn't mentioned at all in the mission draft. One of the key things that makes Fedora attractive (in my view) is its highly principled stance on providing the best of Free Software, and while we have been watering that down in recent years (like making it less awful to use the proprietary nVidia driver on Fedora), we haven't actually gotten to the point that we're distributing non-free/proprietary software. I'd like it to stay that way. I also think that being an operating system is still a very important aspect of Fedora, and many, many, many people care about this aspect deeply (myself included). It's quite troubling that the Council seems to think that it's okay to let go of these very core aspects of us now. While it might be true that if Fedora was created in 2017, it might not be a full Linux distribution, that's certainly not what happened, and our community is shaped by its experiences. Heck, I've been a contributor to Fedora for nearly a decade, and I've been a user for longer than that. For me (and many others like myself), the FOSS principles and the operating system aspect of the project both matter quite heavily. It's also worth pointing out that if people are seeing it as uninteresting and boring, then perhaps we just need a better message around why it's exciting to help develop a fully featured Free operating system. The new message may even help in that, but we have to remember that we haven't actually "won" the war for Free and Open Source software. There are all-new battles to fight and some of the same old battles are there too. Please consider integrating these core aspects into a new mission draft. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ council-discuss mailing list -- council-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to council-discuss-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
