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1. Brion Vibber MarkDilley

   @markdilley IMO free knowledge requires the *option* of free software, not that free software *must be* used by any given person

   Thursday, 09-Sep-10 22:55:41 UTC from web at San Francisco, California, United States Repeated by maha
2. MarkDilley

   Does free knowledge require free software? http://snowulf.com/2010/09/09/does-free-knowledge-require-free-software/ #Wikipintouch

   Thursday, 09-Sep-10 22:51:02 UTC from Chirp
   • Konrad repeated this.
   • Brion Vibber

     @markdilley IMO free knowledge requires the *option* of free software, not that free software *must be* used by any given person

     Thursday, 09-Sep-10 22:55:41 UTC
   • Brion Vibber

     The way we always handled it at Wikimedia was to ensure that both the infrastructure and end-user experience *can* be run on 100% FOSS.

     Thursday, 09-Sep-10 22:58:04 UTC
   • Brion Vibber

     So there's no dependency on non-redistributable software, but if some dude likes to edit Wikipedia in IE, it's still free culture! :)

     Thursday, 09-Sep-10 23:01:48 UTC
   • Brion Vibber

     Main area this breaks down today is stuff like video/audio editing. I/O formats are standardish, but projects are strongly tied to software.

     Thursday, 09-Sep-10 23:22:52 UTC
   • Eliu Florez Brion Vibber

     @brionv vs statusnet 0.9.5 ???

     Thursday, 09-Sep-10 23:26:44 UTC