Announcement: pdfreaders.org

[simo]

On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 16:48 +0100, Matthias Kirschner wrote:
> * simo <simo.sorce at xsec.it> [2008-12-13 10:35:25 -0500]:
> 
> > > * KwangErn Liew <ke.liew at gmail.com> [2008-12-13 10:12:19 +0100]:
> > > 
> > > > Not sure if it's applicable, but at work we use Foxit Reader
> > > > http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
> > > 
> > > Foxit is non-free software:
> > > http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_eula.htm
> > 
> > Then you should probably use the domain name freepdfreaders.org, or are
> > you  implicitly deceiving consumers ?
> 
> Do you have to explain everything in the URL? Than we should use:
> pdfreaderswiththefreedomtousestudyshareandimprove.org ;)

no that would be quite too much :)

> I think the text on the page makes it totally clear that we list only
> Free Software pdfreaders. 

Yes I know you do, but yet the domain name by itself seem to imply a
site that deal with PDF readers in general. Seem an unfortunate thing.

> And I would consider it immoral to list non-free software.

I would never ask the FSFE to do something like that, and I praise the
initiative (except for the domain name :).

Simo.