Gonna have to agree with Boris and Andrew.<br><br>Beeing opensource/free(as in freedome) gives software extra points but it does not disqualify nonfree software.<div><br clear="all">Lp<br>Rok Andrée<br>Blagajnik -<font size="1"> </font>Treasurer<br>
<div>Piratska stranka Slovenije - Slovenian Pirate Party</div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 July 2011 22:26, Andrew Norton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ktetch@gmail.com">ktetch@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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On 7/30/2011 4:01 PM, Boris Turovskiy wrote:<br>
> */this is a trolling post/*<br>
> Ahoi,<br>
><br>
> The Pirate Party of Germany has decided to use a proprietary, commercial<br>
> software tool for accounting and member management. After a review of<br>
> all possibilities that software was the only one which conformed to all<br>
> requirements.<br>
> As you can surmise I'm fully supportive of the German Pirate Party<br>
> Board's approach, as I consider a software to be a tool which has to be<br>
> chosen based on its suitability.<br>
<br>
</div>I'm with you, Boris. Choosing tools based on ideology, rather than<br>
suitability is like fighting sweatshops by never wearing shoes. It makes<br>
little difference overall, and hurts your ability to perform optimally.<br>
<br>
Pirate Parties are *NOT* FOSS-cheerleading orgs, they're freedom, and<br>
progress orgs. That might mean promoting FOSS alternatives at times<br>
(particularly if they're the better option), but when there isn't one,<br>
but there is a non-FOSS method that works perfectly, then use the non-FOSS.<br>
<br>
Personally, if non-FOSS is a fair way ahead of the FOSS equivalent, I'm<br>
not going to cripple my ability to do things on ideological grounds.<br>
That's just stupid. Just like the politicians here in the US right now.<br>
<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> However, I know that there are some people in the international Pirate<br>
> movement who see software as a principal issue (invoking terms like<br>
> "freedom" and other utter bullshit), for whom I wish to create this<br>
> thread. They can safely troll here in the knowledge that no0 one takes<br>
> them seriously.<br>
><br>
> Best regards,<br>
> Boris<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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