[Sugar-devel] [RELEASE] Sugar-Artwork 0.111-libre unstable

[Martin Abente]

On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Sebastian Silva <sebastian at fuentelibre.org>
wrote:

>
> On 16/09/17 03:31, Chihurumnaya Ibiam wrote:
>
> Sebastian, do you mind me saying/assuming that you're bringing this up
> because James released 0.111 and you think it has something to do with
> OLPC?.
>
> *Ibiam Chihurumnaya*
>
>
> Hi Ibiam,
>
> Thanks for your interest! It inspires us to continue to make a stand for
> users such as yourself.
>
> Yes it is a reaction to an arbitrary release process by an employee of
> this laptop vendor.
>
> I would like to add that while I think it is likely that *every* current
> and former employee of it, is an *excellent person* individually, and we
> have sincere appreciation for their work, *as an organization*, they've
> been erratic at best.
>
> In fact it is not even clear who they are (Inc? Association? Foundation?)
> - yet we have remained branded with their logo.
>
> Sugar Labs has a duty to protect downstream users, developers and vendor
> freedom, and to remain *truly *neutral to hardware providers.
>
> Happy Software Freedom Day everyone!
>

So much freedom in a software where one developer tries to impose his views
because he is (admittedly) pissed off at another developer and because he
"thinks he is right". A tainted celebration for our community, at best.


>
> Regards,
> Sebastian
>
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