#57: Seeking Council feedback/input on draft third party software policy
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Reporter: pfrields | Owner:
Status: new | Priority: normal
Component: General | Resolution:
Keywords: workstation |
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Comment (by mattdm):
Replying to [comment:39 uraeus]:
And to some degree if people search for Chrome then prioritizing
Chromium could maybe be justified although I am already feeling we are
close to being annoying with such a move. And it also feels very Chrome
specific, as the number of 'non-free' applications with a open source twin
is a very small club. And of course returning for instance Web or Firefox
on a 'Chrome' search is without a doubt crossing the line from trying to
gently push people in the right direction to just being obnoxious.
I think reasonable people can disagree on where exactly that line is. A
gentle push that no one notices is... too gentle. Personally, I'm willing
for us to err on the "obnoxious" side if that best advances the mission of
promoting free/open source software. Of course, ideally, we have a
solution that's both non-obnoxious *and* pro-free-software. In the real
world, there's a balance somewhere; in finding that balance, communicating
the preference for free software should be a primary objective, not
something done only if it can be done without annoying anyone.
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