<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 July 2016 at 23:15, Sebastian Silva <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sebastian@fuentelibre.org" target="_blank">sebastian@fuentelibre.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div id=":6pt" class="">El 18/07/16 a las 19:55, Laura Vargas escribió:<br>
<span class="">> How does Google resonate with SL values more than Microsoft?<br>
</span>They should mean the same really. I see nothing wrong with accepting<br>
their funds.<br>
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That doesn't mean that we endorse technology that doesn't respect a<br>
user's rights.<br>
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In fact - producers of such technology should help offset the evil they<br>
do by actively supporting Free (Libre) Software. Kind of how polluters<br>
offset their carbon footprint by buying carbon bonds (for funding<br>
reforestation/conservation).</div></blockquote></div><br>I think the way the FSF and Debian handle sponsorship is good. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">If MS gave SL money, and asked for its logo on the website in a similar way, would anyone object?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">The FSF shows Google, IBM and HP logos on <a href="https://www.fsf.org/patrons">https://www.fsf.org/patrons</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Debian shows HP logo on <a href="https://www.debian.org/partners/">https://www.debian.org/partners/</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Cheers<br>Dave</div>
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