[equinux] FSF, Free Software PDF Reader Campaign

[Roberto Roggiero]

2009/2/6 Quiliro Ordóñez <quiliro en gmail.com>:
>>
>> Plus, you may install Acrobad Reader to most of Linux, BSD, Mac and sure
>> Windows OSs for free.
>
> It is important to to use cheap but more important is to be free.
>>
>> What the reason to use third part low quality product when you can use
>> original one from vendor for free?
>
> The reason to use libre software is to have control of our computers and our
> data. It is not a question of price but rather of freedom. That's what the
> FSF's promote. Freedom can lead to quality. Quality seldom leads to freedom.
>
> The idea is to support people who put an effort to make libre software as a
> way to give back some of the contribution they make. It is good to
> contribute as well as use other people's contributions.


Right, that's probably the main reason of the campaign . It is a
campaign that wants to promote the value of freedom (from the
philosophical point of view).

Quoted from the campaign site: "Other proprietary alternatives to
Adobe's PDF reader also exist, but like it, their internal working is
a a trade secret and these programs do not respect your right to
control your own privacy and data."

However, even from the practical side, when you just want to browse a
PDF file (what most of users do), alternatives like Sumatra (Win) of
Kpdf (Lin) could be more efficient and less resource hungry than
Adobe's.

Saludos, Roberto.