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Re: Policy on software used to create desktop theme?



* Onsemeliot <onsemeliot@gmail.com> [2016-10-26 12:53:46 +0200]:

> On Wed, 2016-10-26 at 10:50 +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> > How do you feel about a requirement that the next Debian deskop theme is
> > created using only free software?
> 
> I totally support your proposal. I see no good reason to use any
> non-free software for designing purposes and there have been many as
> good proposals done entirely with free software as far as I know. At
> least my proposals have been created without any proprietary tools ...
> 
> And as far as I can see the selected theme doesn't contain anything that
> couldn't have been done with free software entirely.

We don't ban software that hasn't been done with free software entirely, and I
don't think it'd be wise, or even tractable, to impose such a rule.
-- 
Nicolas Dandrimont

BOFH excuse #122:
because Bill Gates is a Jehovah's witness and so nothing can work on St. Swithin's day.

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