ethical ubuntu

[Robin Sonefors]

I agree with the ethical part, but I feel your spec does it "the wrong
way". When a user has Skype installed already, he'll feel like he's back
in Microsoftland if we start forcing him to "accept the license". 

I feel it would be better to do it the other way - when a user tries to
play a, say, WMV-file, say the things you want to say about Skype, and
that it might be illegal and so on. But. Also include a "I don't give a
damn, just play the damn thing!"-button. Don't stop the user from using
his computer - if the user is to be educated, it is before the problem
is solved, not when the solution (Skype, in your example) is already
downloaded, installed and ready to go.

mån 2006-06-05 klockan 16:01 +0100 skrev Jack Wasey:
> 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.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jack
> 
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