On 12-Feb-01 Isobel Clark wrote:
> I agree that we do not want to turn the AI-Geostats
> list into an advertising free-for-all but it is very
> difficult not to refer to what you consider the
> perfect solution to a particular problem.
Myself, I think this is fine as far as it goes. If Isobel
knows that the software developed by her house does a
particular job, and this may not be obvious or known to
others, then I cannot see why there should be objection
to her pointing it out in that context (otherwise the
mickey-mouse situation could arise in which non-free
software writers prompt their friends to point it out).
I don't really see an essential difference between saying
that E**SS* can do something specific, and saying that
ARCI*** can do it.
Equally, this should not take the form of an advertising
blurb. Within the list policy of not allowing advertising,
people should be able to mention a product with a decent
restraint, to the extent justified by the context.
I was unhappy about Gregoire's recent assertion that
"it is a demo version of a commercial product and I can not
accept to have it mentioned on the mailing list", since it
carries an implication that no commercial product should
be mentioned even in the context of pointing out that it
may give the solution to a reader's problem. Surely it must
be allowable to say that the solution to a problem can be
found in XXX package, commercial or not?
The delicate question of course is: where is the line that
defines "decent restraint"?
Ted.
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