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Re: Policy on software used to create desktop theme?



El mié, 26-10-2016 a las 10:50 +0200, Simon Josefsson escribió:
> Hello.  Congratulations on chosing softWaves!  I like the theme, it
> looks very "Debian" to me.
> 
> One aspect of the contribution wiki page [1] sparked my interest.  It
> says Illustrator was used to create the images.  I assume this refers
> to
> Adobe Illustrator, which to my knowledge is non-free proprietary
> software.
> 
> I see a philosophical problem that the Debian project rely on
> proprietary tools in a highly visible area like the look'n'feel of
> the
> distribution.  In my eyes this harms the goal of offering a complete
> free software distribution for users.  It is like saying "we create a
> free OS but for real work like creating our desktop theme we rely on
> proprietary software".
> 
> Does anyone understand my point?  And share the concern?
> 
> How do you feel about a requirement that the next Debian deskop theme
> is
> created using only free software?
> 
> Thanks,
> /Simon
> 
> [1] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/softWaves
> 

Not a bad idea to add a requirement for construction debian Art
* Only use free software
* Only use software Gnu/linux


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