Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Questions about Google+

[Alexander Berntsen]

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On 28/04/16 03:38, Mike Gerwitz wrote:
> Finally: could you justify a free software project that promotes 
> software freedom prominently linking to and using a G+ profile for
> the project?
That depends on its intent and purpose. If Google+ (or Facebook, or
any other thing like that) is used to advertise the project, then I
don't think it is necessarily a bad thing. I consider it similarly to
releasing free software to proprietary environments like Microsoft
Windows. It's about reaching people. Preaching to the converted is
largely ineffective.

As long as Google+ isn't the only (main) way of obtaining information
on the project, I think it's fine. Just like I think it's fine for
free software projects to be sold on Steam or Google Play Store, as
long as it's available elsewhere too. The people who don't like
Google+/Steam/whatever, i.e. the converted, will not obtain it from
there anyway. But the people who use Google+/Steam/whatever, would
likely not even have heard of the project if it weren't there.

Maybe the project can limit the information on Google+ by primarily
posting small updates with links to the full story, which is available
on their free website?
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Alexander
alexander@plaimi.net
https://secure.plaimi.net/~alexander
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