[pp.int.general] Pirate Party of Germany chooses proprietary software

[piratska partija]

I have to say that decisions like this are dangerous and erode the
consistency of ideology. Also we should check the info since the post has
been made in the name of trolling.

cheerz

2011/7/30 Rok Andrée <rok.andree at piratskastranka.net>

> Gonna have to agree with Boris and Andrew.
>
> Beeing opensource/free(as in freedome) gives software extra points but it
> does not disqualify nonfree software.
>
> Lp
> Rok Andrée
> Blagajnik - Treasurer
> Piratska stranka Slovenije - Slovenian Pirate Party
>
>
>
> On 30 July 2011 22:26, Andrew Norton <ktetch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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>> On 7/30/2011 4:01 PM, Boris Turovskiy wrote:
>> > */this is a trolling post/*
>> > Ahoi,
>> >
>> > The Pirate Party of Germany has decided to use a proprietary, commercial
>> > software tool for accounting and member management. After a review of
>> > all possibilities that software was the only one which conformed to all
>> > requirements.
>> > As you can surmise I'm fully supportive of the German Pirate Party
>> > Board's approach, as I consider a software to be a tool which has to be
>> > chosen based on its suitability.
>>
>> I'm with you, Boris. Choosing tools based on ideology, rather than
>> suitability is like fighting sweatshops by never wearing shoes. It makes
>> little difference overall, and hurts your ability to perform optimally.
>>
>> Pirate Parties are *NOT* FOSS-cheerleading orgs, they're freedom, and
>> progress orgs. That might mean promoting FOSS alternatives at times
>> (particularly if they're the better option), but when there isn't one,
>> but there is a non-FOSS method that works perfectly, then use the
>> non-FOSS.
>>
>> Personally, if non-FOSS is a fair way ahead of the FOSS equivalent, I'm
>> not going to cripple my ability to do things on ideological grounds.
>> That's just stupid. Just like the politicians here in the US right now.
>>
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> > However, I know that there are some people in the international Pirate
>> > movement who see software as a principal issue (invoking terms like
>> > "freedom" and other utter bullshit), for whom I wish to create this
>> > thread. They can safely troll here in the knowledge that no0 one takes
>> > them seriously.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > Boris
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> - --
>> Andrew Norton
>> http://ktetch.blogspot.com
>> Tel: (352)6-KTETCH [352-658-3824]
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