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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Post Bug Reporting talk (was Apologies and thanks.


From: Simon Ward
Subject: Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Post Bug Reporting talk (was Apologies and thanks.)
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 22:57:59 +0000
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[I missed this, but somebody mentioned it and suggested I read it.]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 08:16:54PM +0000, Michael Dorrington wrote:
> Since the talk I've submitted two bug reports so far.

Good work on the bug reports, and it’s nice to see contribution
encouraged.  There are, however, many ways of contributing to free
software other than bug reporting.  Bug reporting just happens to be one
of the easiest things to do…

> In the talk I was going to say: "Don't call yourself a free software
> advocate if you haven't submitted a bug report." but thought it might
> be too harsh.

Meaning this is way to harsh as you initially thought.

You don’t even have to directly contribute to free software to be an
advocate of it.  Spreading the word, and educating people about free
software can be a massive contribution in its own right, and is written
in our manifesto.

> But now I think that whether you've submitted a bug report, or not,
> separates out the freedom lovers, which is what free software is
> about, from the freetards, who want things at no cost, which is *not*
> what free software is about.

If you haven’t submitted a bug report you are a “freetard”[1], who wants
things at no cost?  Are we down to calling people names now?  I know,
sticks and stones, but this is low.

[1] freetard, a term originally used to refer to free software zealots
<http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=fake+steve+jobs+%2Bfreetard>.

Simon
-- 
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a
simple system that works.—John Gall

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