Re: Announce: new EchoLink Howto
On Monday 29 September 2003 03:01, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> Michael.
Moin,
sorry for the delay, I was busy.
> In no way was my message intended to disparage your work. I never
> looked at it and I did not comment upon it.
I never thought this.
> My point, that was probably too carefully hidden, was that this is the
> Debian Hams mailing list and Debian is the distribution of choice for
> those of us that value Free Software. Free Software and Debian have
> progressed to the point that, it seems to me at least, that the Non-Free
> portion of the distribution is a very low priority. It stands to reason
> that not much enthusiasm would exist on this list for an Echolink on
> Debian HOWTO.
Well, what should debian-hams be for? Debian Packages for radio amateurs,
something that deals with Debian and/or amateur radio. Or only free software
for ham radio if there is a debian package ....?
The main reason wyh I choose the debian list for my announcement is it's
popularity. Since I announced the howto the first time more than 300 people
downloaded it. However: I got no response at all, no clue how many read and
adopted the howto.
> For me, at least, GPL'ed software is more than just a free W*****s
> replacement. It's the freedom to learn from those more skilled than I
> and to experiment to extend my knowledge.
I totally agree to this. But sometimes, when there is no acceptable
alternative .....
However: because I don't use EchoLink at the moment and because I belief
version 1.0 is every usefull information I change my focus to other projects.
> 73, de Nate >>
73
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