ethical ubuntu

[Alexander Jacob Tsykin]

On Tuesday 06 June 2006 01:01, Jack Wasey wrote:
> I'd like to invite comments on the new spec:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EthicalInfo
>
> "Ubuntu has a clear policy on using open and free standards. Making
> installation of Skype and several other applications easy undermines this
> policy. Some software or services have poor ethical reputations. The
> purpose of this spec is to allow the user to make an informed decision
> about what they install, and to offer free, open and ethical alternatives."
>
> I think Ubuntu should be thinking about more than opposition to
> proprietary, closed-source software and protocols. Other things are bad,
> too, and Ubuntu can play a valuable part in informing people of how their
> choices of software affect the real world, not just the free software
> world.

Don't you think, as a supporter of freedom of software, that is wrong to 
inhibit the use of software. I don't use Skype, because I find their 
practices objectionable, but I definitely use picasa and gmail. Don't you 
think that by making it more difficult for me to use them, you are inhibiting 
my freedom? If you don't' want to use them fine, but don't expect everybody 
to agree with you. I know that in the website you said that people would make 
the choice ultimately, but you also made reference to making it harder to 
install these programs or use these services, and that I think is wrong.

Sasha