[Tango-artists] Boycott Everything Novell

[Simon Otter]

On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 05:18:50 +0100, Landy DeField <landy at revelinux.com>  
wrote:

> It is indeed a sad week for anyone who supports and contributes to free  
> software. Unfortunately Novell the company who is funding the  
> development of the Tango icon set has gone and done something very  
> foolish. As a result many developers and other companies that have a  
> much longer and better history of contributing to FOSS may be seriously  
> hurt. I cannot in good conscious use or support the use of the Tango  
> icon set. I would encourage everyone who values freedom above all else  
> to remove all SUSE/Novell products and discontinue use of all Novell  
> projects including Tango.
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This is strictly off-topic, as your original message. I think its a bit  
childish to boycott Novell for signing a deal with Microsoft, they're not  
giving away anything to Microsoft, nor are they handing over their  
intellectual property to Microsoft. So I really don't get what you are  
talking about. Also saying "..has gone and done something very foolish"  
and leaving out all the facts is a shady way to rally a boycott.

Now Tango ISN'T NOVELL, some of the contributors are working for Novell,  
but Tango itself is Creative Commons which you seem to have missed.

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Yours Sincerely Simon Otter
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