Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Brand Names, loyalty and ill Effects

[Pen-Yuan Hsing]

On 31/07/16 06:51, A. Mani wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 6:19 AM, Pen-Yuan Hsing <penyuanhsing@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sorry I don't quite get what you mean by "sense of brand loyalty" and
> > "corporate world concerns". Can you explain specifically what you mean by
> > those terms?
>
> Distros like Fedora and Ubuntu are mostly developed on the lines set
> by their respective corporate groups.
>
> I am talking about the nature of local ecosystem of these and similar
> communities. The dynamics of development within these groups suggests
> that the active developers have accepted the state of affairs.
>
> What may be a possible solution?
>
> Best
>
> A. Mani

Do you mean you disagree the development of those distributions as 
guided by those corporate groups? Even so, since those distributions are 
made up of mostly free software, isn't the beauty of free software that 
you can fork those distributions and do what *you* want with them? If 
you disagree with how those corporate groups develop a piece of free 
software, couldn't you take advantage of the freedom by changing the 
software?

Or are you talking about some other ill effect?