"Koh Choon Lin" <pppd88 <at> gmail.com> writes: > Nobody around me in life and work communicated using ODF or TXT and > people just assumed I am crazy to use them. You have to understand that non-free-software people are often a bit slow... -Miles -- -- Ich bin ein Virus. Mach' mit und kopiere mich in Deine .signature.
Miles Bader wrote: > "Koh Choon Lin" <pppd88 <at> gmail.com> writes: >> Nobody around me in life and work communicated using ODF or TXT and >> people just assumed I am crazy to use them. > > You have to understand that non-free-software people are often a bit slow... > > -Miles > In many cases you can't blame them for being slow. Not only is their only known option a proprietary format, but tons of sites, including specifically education services such as TurnItIn.com, to this date do not accept open document formats for uploads while accepting most other formats. At least they take TXT, or I would have been out on several essays for the past few years, although I still lost points because it wasn't formatted "correctly". -- -- Andrew Gray Free software | Free minds | Free neighbors | Free world
In article <b858a221-c5ba-479c-b0a6-0cbd3fd3bba5 <at> e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com>, sweetandy <at> gmail.com wrote: > It's difficult to be "hip" online with my friends without the ability > to fully use YouTube or complicated flash programs integrated into > Facebook, the social networking site. I can't play the games they want > me to play, I can't "tag" their "wall" in certain ways. I simply > refuse to participate, and it set me in a poor position in their eyes, > as if this is a fault it's cool to attack. I can't play their Windows > games, and I publicly boycott pretty much everything the average teen > does on his computer, including downloading music and video illegally. > I just don't roll that way, and I make it clear to people that I > don't. If they say, "you can just get it off of Limewire," or "I'll > burn you a copy," I respond and say, "That's illegal. I don't need to > hear the song that badly." > > As I've stated before, the result of this behavior is that I become a > social outcast standing up for what I believe. I know that many do not > agree, but I see this as the right thing to do and I don't see another > logical way of living my life. The Free Software Lifestyle, though, > sets me in a position that is difficult to deal with not in a life- > long sense (because that's the easy part), but in a day-to-day sense > in dealing with others. I'm making this post to ask the people of the > Internet about their experiences and their thoughts on this, what is > to me, amazing lifestyle. How has it touched your life? How far do you take this? Do you have a Wii, XBox360, or PS3, or do you avoid those because the software they run and the games they play aren't free?(Continue reading)
Tim Smith <reply_in_group <at> mouse-potato.com> writes: > So what do you actually gain by avoiding the Flash plugin on your > Linux box? Is it really worth hurting your social relationships for > that? Of course another question is whether social relationships which are are dependent on flash are worth saving... -miles -- -- The key to happiness is having dreams. [from a fortune cookie]
Miles Bader wrote: > Of course another question is whether social relationships which are > are dependent on flash are worth saving... > Heh. Indeed. Anyway, just to note in passing that Gnash works for many flash sites now /anyway/ - even including the likes of youtube. http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/
David Golden wrote: > Miles Bader wrote: > >> Of course another question is whether social relationships which are >> are dependent on flash are worth saving... >> > > Heh. Indeed. > > Anyway, just to note in passing that Gnash works for many flash sites > now /anyway/ - even including the likes of youtube. > > http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ > > Hey, thanks! I really should go through my software bookmarks more often to check up on those projects!! Installed ; ) -- -- Andrew Gray Free software | Free minds | Free neighbors | Free world
Tim Smith <reply_in_group <at> mouse-potato.com> writes: > I bet if you look around, you'll find that you are happily using plenty > of things that use non-free software every day. This argument is: You can't attain perfection, so don't try improving. -- -- Ciarán O'Riordan __________________ \ Support Free Software and GNU/Linux http://ciaran.compsoc.com/ _________ \ Join FSFE's Fellowship: http://fsfe.org/fellows/ciaran/weblog \ http://www.fsfe.org
Ciaran O'Riordan wrote: > Tim Smith <reply_in_group <at> mouse-potato.com> writes: >> I bet if you look around, you'll find that you are happily using plenty >> of things that use non-free software every day. > > This argument is: You can't attain perfection, so don't try improving. > > I don't deny that at times free software advocates can seem cultish, and the borders between religion and cult can be somewhat blurry if you don't make major distinctions. With that in mind, let me make a metaphor, albeit a vague one. Catholics aren't Catholic so that they can be perfect; they're Catholic because they are imperfect and they want to strive to improve themselves, both for themselves and for their community. Catholics are Catholic also because they believe it is right. People may sin less if they follow a strict code, but that doesn't mean they're sinless by any means. I try to use Free Software as exclusively as possible not because I'm striving for perfection, but because I'm striving to prove a point by being the best person (by that standard, anyway) that I can be, regardless of whether or not I can attain a wholly exclusive usage. It doesn't mean I'm not apt to slip up every once in a while either by cultural "necessity" or ignorance, but I'm still *trying*. It certainly is a bit of a stretch, but the comparison makes sense to me.(Continue reading)
Hi ! If art (textures, models, audio...) is under a GPL, does that mean it can only be used in applications (e.g. games) that are also GPL ? I didn't find a clear answer to that in the faq, and the people in irc(freenode/#gnu) told me the general opinion is that the license of the artwork doesn't affect the license of the code, but that i should ask here as well. Is there something like a (semi-)official statement about this somewhere ? best regards ghoulsblade PS : is it ok to use GPL2 art in a GPL3 app ?
In article <mailman.5620.1199274647.18990.gnu-misc-discuss <at> gnu.org>, Ciaran O'Riordan <ciaran <at> fsfe.org> wrote: > Tim Smith <reply_in_group <at> mouse-potato.com> writes: > > I bet if you look around, you'll find that you are happily using plenty > > of things that use non-free software every day. > > This argument is: You can't attain perfection, so don't try improving. But you can achieve perfection. The Amish, I suspect, use no closed or proprietary software. -- -- --Tim Smith
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