[Adium-devl] Adium's feature list

Peter Hosey boredzo at adiumx.com
Mon Jan 26 03:53:18 UTC 2009


On Jan 25, 2009, at 19:00:29, Chris Forsythe wrote:
> On Jan 24, 2009, at 12:10 PM, Evan Schoenberg <evan.s at dreskin.net>  
> wrote:
>> Open source most definitely is a feature.  Some people care about  
>> software being open source for its own sake. Others are interested  
>> in using programs they can potentially modify, either contributing  
>> back or making changes for themselves. Open source promises  
>> transparency - you can check what the program is doing and how ("is  
>> my password being sent to somewhere? What about my personal  
>> information?"), or if you can't yourself, you can assume (usually  
>> correctly) that someone else has. And so on. Two words convey a  
>> whole lot of meaning.
>>
>
> Perhaps adding some of this information to qualify os as a feature  
> would be beneficial?

	- Open source, so others can see how Adium works and help improve it





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