Valentine's day: Show your love for free software
Howdy all, Free Software Foundation Europe is running a campaign for users to “Spread your love for Free Software” on Valentine's Day, 2012-02-14 (today as I write this in the early a.m.). Our online campaign aims at rising awareness to Free Software and the passionate, hard-working people behind it. Show them that you appreciate their work – it could make all the difference! Of course, there are lots of ways to declare one's love... Here are just some ideas about how you can go public and proclaim your love to Free Software. […] <URL:https://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/ilovefs.html> I'll note that Debian and derivatives use the ‘reportbug’ tool, which allows sending an appreciative note instead of a bug report: -k, --kudos Send appreciative email to the recorded maintainer address, rather than filing a bug report. Today, let's flood package maintainers with loving thanks for bringing us the free software we rely upon! -- \ “Nullius in verba” (“Take no-one's word for it”) —motto of the | `\ Royal Society, since 1663-06-30 | _o__) | Ben Finney
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I'll note that Debian and derivatives use the âreportbugâ tool, which allows sending an appreciative note instead of a bug report:
For my own part I'll be 'blogging and linking the cute banner image. https://fsfe.org/campaigns/valentine/valentine-2010.png For freedom! Lev
Ben Finney <ben+freesoftware@benfinney.id.au> writes:
I'll note that Debian and derivatives use the ‘reportbug’ tool, which allows sending an appreciative note instead of a bug report:
-k, --kudos Send appreciative email to the recorded maintainer address, rather than filing a bug report.
This is a lot of fun! I have today sent five love letters to Debian package maintainers of software that I particularly love, using ‘reportbug --kudos nameofthepackage’, and it's great putting into words why I love the work of these free software maintainers. I recommend everyone send a bunch of love letters today, whether with the above tool or something else, directly to someone who puts their love into free software. It can really make a difference to how much they want to continue working on free software – and it makes you feel good too :-) -- \ “Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very | `\ important that you do it.” —Mohandas K. Gandhi | _o__) | Ben Finney
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