How to contribute to Trisquel (and Software Freedom)
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I've found some packages in Trisquel that do not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines. I also created bug reports for Trisquel but I did not get a response. In one case this package was inherited directly from Debian[1] and I posted a warning not to include cadencii in GNewSense[2]. Recently I began to write a free software replacement for some proprietary programs and I want to make the software avialable for all Trisquel users. It should be better to fix the bug in Debian but I don't write access to any of the Debian Projects resources. And I don't agree to the Debian social contract[3], so I won't be able to become a Debian Maintainer [4].
I also think that a Skype replacement is important so I began building packages of gnunet[5]. There is a program called gnunet-conversation that could be included in a testing repository in Trisquel. This program is not included in Debian testing. A free replacement for Bittorrent Sync[6] could use the same infrastructure that the Skype replacement needs.
[1] https://libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines#jcadencii
[2] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnewsense-dev/2013-10/msg00021.html
[3] http://jxself.org/debian-doubletalk.shtml
[4] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer
[5] https://gnunet.org/sites/default/files/cucs-039-04.pdf
[6] http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/priority-projects/priority-projects/highpriorityprojects#sync
Keep it up brother!
I for myself have converted several dudes who now use ubuntu or mint rather then windblowzz (it's not 100% freedom being that those include proprietary nasties but it's a good start). That was my humble contribution and I intend to persevere. I wish I knew how to read and write the code but I don't...
regards
I was using Ubuntu and Mac OS X before I switched to Trisquel. Currently I am also working on a GNUstep based cross compiler sdk for Mac OS X.
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