On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:14:06PM +1000, Rob Napier wrote:
> Hi!
>
> My apologies for not being able to respond over the past few days.
> I¹ve been in Adelaide working at locations where I was unable to
> send emails.
>
> I¹ll respond to all recent emails over the next 24 hours. Where I
> have copy, I¹ll complete construction of the translated artwork and
> will place that on one of our FTP servers.
>
> Regarding the translation of the InDesign layouts to an open source
> package. It is not a problem. I am happy to switch, though I am not
> entirely convinced that it is adequate.
It's probably not. There are some places where free software simply
has not caught up with proprietary. Keynote would be one example.
> I think it is an extreme view to assume that all open source is
> good¹ while all commercial software is bad¹.
With due respect, the dichotomy between open source and commercial is
false. I'd venture to say that more open source software is used in
commerce than all the proprietary software combined, especially when
you consider that TCP, UDP, FTP, HTTP, and IP are all open source.
I know it's an apparently small difference in terminology, but this is
actually a pretty big deal. Free software and commerce have always
been and will always be closely allied.
The PostgreSQL project goes even further. From its outset, the
project has explicitly helped build proprietary software, both by
releasing under the BSD license, and by actively encouraging people to
build such products.
Cheers,
David.
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