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Re: Debian slogan / tag line / emphasizing freedom

From Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.project
Subject Re: Debian slogan / tag line / emphasizing freedom
Date 2016-06-07 13:50 +0200
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Daniel Pocock writes ("Debian slogan / tag line / emphasizing freedom"):
> Debian has been using the slogan / tag line "The Universal Operating
> System" for as long as I can remember.
> 
> It is a good choice and it represents the aims of many contributors, but
> is it the optimal choice today?

I think it's a great slogan.  It represents our view that everyone
should be able to use Debian for their own, often wildly diverging,
purposes.

> For example, has there ever been discussion about replacing it with a
> slogan that puts an emphasis on freedom, another value that is important
> to many contributors?
> 
> E.g. "Powering your freedom", "Enabling your freedom", "The free
> platform", "The universal free OS", etc
> 
> It would be interesting to consider this in the lead up to the next
> stable release.

I don't think we need to mention freedom in our slogan.  Doing so
would be trite.

Ian.

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Debian slogan / tag line / emphasizing freedom Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro> - 2016-06-07 11:30 +0200
  Re: Debian slogan / tag line / emphasizing freedom Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> - 2016-06-07 12:00 +0200
  Re: Debian slogan / tag line / emphasizing freedom Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2016-06-07 12:30 +0200
    Re: Debian slogan / tag line / emphasizing freedom Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro> - 2016-06-07 13:30 +0200
      Re: Debian slogan / tag line / emphasizing freedom Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org> - 2016-06-07 14:00 +0200
        Re: Debian slogan / tag line / emphasizing freedom Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro> - 2016-06-07 15:20 +0200
          Re: Debian slogan / tag line / emphasizing freedom Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2016-06-07 15:30 +0200
    Re: Debian slogan / tag line / emphasizing freedom Zlatan Todoric <zlatan@riseup.net> - 2016-06-07 13:40 +0200
    Re: Debian slogan / tag line / emphasizing freedom Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org> - 2016-06-07 14:00 +0200
      Re: Debian slogan / tag line / emphasizing freedom Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2016-06-07 14:00 +0200
        Re: Debian slogan / tag line / emphasizing freedom Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro> - 2016-06-07 15:30 +0200
  Re: Debian slogan / tag line / emphasizing freedom Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2016-06-07 13:50 +0200
  Re: Debian slogan / tag line / emphasizing freedom Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2016-06-07 20:10 +0200
    Re: Debian slogan / tag line / emphasizing freedom Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro> - 2016-06-08 07:40 +0200

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