From mcatanzaro at gnome.org Wed Mar 21 19:20:08 2018 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4987075880052555399==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: mcatanzaro at gnome.org To: desktop at lists.fedoraproject.org Subject: Re: 3rd Party software submission Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:19:48 -0500 Message-ID: <1521659988.2578.1@posteo.de> In-Reply-To: CA+xFeF+rFsCJfFBW8O-x2tns3Em_AfQEqd=_ou7RawEROmG_tQ@mail.gmail.com --===============4987075880052555399== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Christian Fredrik Schaller = wrote: > > What I meant with my comment was that we want this to be a positive = > push for free software alternatives, > not a 'your an asshole for using non-free software' because that = > detracts from the goal of promoting free software. These goals are not mutually-exclusive. We should be able to provide = some education on free software in a prominent and meaningful way, = without shaming the user or making it difficult to install the software. Strawman proposal: I'm imagining a moderately-sized red banner that = says something along the lines of "This software does not respect your = freedom. Learn more...", which would be hard to miss, = but also not so large that it gets in the way or slows down the user. = Currently the little red Proprietary license tag is easy to ignore and = doesn't mean much. Kalev showed me a screenshot showing the existing = "Learn more..." link in the software sources dialog, but that's = somewhat buried and very easy to ignore. --===============4987075880052555399== Content-Type: text/html MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="attachment.html" PGRpdiBpZD0iZ2VhcnktYm9keSIgZGlyPSJhdXRvIj5PbiBXZWQsIE1hciAyMSwgMjAxOCBhdCAy OjA3IFBNLCBDaHJpc3RpYW4gRnJlZHJpayBTY2hhbGxlciAmbHQ7Y3NjaGFsbGVAcmVkaGF0LmNv bSZndDsgd3JvdGU6PGJyPjxibG9ja3F1b3RlIHR5cGU9ImNpdGUiPjxkaXY+Jmx0O3NuaXAmZ3Q7 PC9kaXY+PGRpdj5XaGF0IEkgbWVhbnQgd2l0aCBteSBjb21tZW50IHdhcyB0aGF0IHdlIHdhbnQg dGhpcyB0byBiZSBhIHBvc2l0aXZlIHB1c2ggZm9yIGZyZWUgc29mdHdhcmUgYWx0ZXJuYXRpdmVz LDwvZGl2PjxkaXY+bm90IGEgJ3lvdXIgYW4gYXNzaG9sZSBmb3IgdXNpbmcgbm9uLWZyZWUgc29m dHdhcmUnIGJlY2F1c2UgdGhhdCBkZXRyYWN0cyBmcm9tIHRoZSBnb2FsIG9mIHByb21vdGluZyBm cmVlIHNvZnR3YXJlLjwvZGl2PjwvYmxvY2txdW90ZT48ZGl2Pjxicj48L2Rpdj48ZGl2PlRoZXNl IGdvYWxzIGFyZSBub3QgbXV0dWFsbHktZXhjbHVzaXZlLiBXZSBzaG91bGQgYmUgYWJsZSB0byBw cm92aWRlIHNvbWUgZWR1Y2F0aW9uIG9uIGZyZWUgc29mdHdhcmUgaW4gYSBwcm9taW5lbnQgYW5k IG1lYW5pbmdmdWwgd2F5LCB3aXRob3V0IHNoYW1pbmcgdGhlIHVzZXIgb3IgbWFraW5nIGl0IGRp ZmZpY3VsdCB0byBpbnN0YWxsIHRoZSBzb2Z0d2FyZS48L2Rpdj48ZGl2Pjxicj48L2Rpdj48ZGl2 PlN0cmF3bWFuIHByb3Bvc2FsOiBJJ20gaW1hZ2luaW5nIGEgbW9kZXJhdGVseS1zaXplZCByZWQg YmFubmVyIHRoYXQgc2F5cyBzb21ldGhpbmcgYWxvbmcgdGhlIGxpbmVzIG9mICJUaGlzIHNvZnR3 YXJlIGRvZXMgbm90IHJlc3BlY3QgeW91ciBmcmVlZG9tLiAmbHQ7YSBocmVmPSIuLi4iJmd0O0xl YXJuIG1vcmUuLi4mbHQ7L2EmZ3Q7Iiwgd2hpY2ggd291bGQgYmUgaGFyZCB0byBtaXNzLCBidXQg YWxzbyBub3Qgc28gbGFyZ2UgdGhhdCBpdCBnZXRzIGluIHRoZSB3YXkgb3Igc2xvd3MgZG93biB0 aGUgdXNlci4gQ3VycmVudGx5IHRoZSBsaXR0bGUKICByZWQgUHJvcHJpZXRhcnkgbGljZW5zZSB0 YWcgaXMgZWFzeSB0byBpZ25vcmUgYW5kIGRvZXNuJ3QgbWVhbiBtdWNoLiBLYWxldiBzaG93ZWQg bWUgYSBzY3JlZW5zaG90IHNob3dpbmcgdGhlIGV4aXN0aW5nICJMZWFybiBtb3JlLi4uIiBsaW5r IGluIHRoZSBzb2Z0d2FyZSBzb3VyY2VzIGRpYWxvZywgYnV0IHRoYXQncyBzb21ld2hhdCBidXJp ZWQgYW5kIHZlcnkgZWFzeSB0byBpZ25vcmUuPC9kaXY+PC9kaXY+ --===============4987075880052555399==--