If this is the best path, which I think is still too narrow towards graphics, I agree with the summary below. Plus, libre-graphics is better for the google guice.
conservancy is most efficient path. Jon On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Dave Crossland <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to see Libre Graphics Association on libre-graphics.org, as a > SFLC Conservancy project. > > I buy Femke's rationale for 'association' over others, that's pretty much > where I was going with group/league but I'm a sucker for alliteration ;-) > > Regards, Dave > > On 2 Jun 2010, 1:00 PM, "Femke Snelting" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello :-) > > Combing through this thread, and after some intense discussions with > Louis Desjardins, Pierre Marchand and others here in Brussels, I propose: > > *Libre Graphics Association* [LGA] > > In parallel, let's keep inventing slogans. It is a way to propose, discuss, > play, re-phrase what Libre Graphics mean to us. But we should by all means > avoid getting locked into a definition debate. > > Re-reading Dave Neary's original description of LGM > http://dneary.free.fr/lgm06/ is one way to understand why sticking to Libre > Graphics is more than the easy way out. > > Some more arguments: > > *Libre* > - The only hard criteria for projects that we like to bring together, is > that they contribute to a Free, Libre and Open Source ecology. The name of > our organisation should refer to what sets us apart from proprietary tools > - Needing to explain what Libre means, is a feature > - The non-English "Libre" hints at international in a non-jetset way > > *Graphics* > - "Graphics" can both refer to technology (colormanagement, curves, ...) and > to form (illustration, type, ...) > - It is a unobtrusive way to name a common interest of designers, > artist and designers > - It acts as a point of reference rather than a definition > > Not having the libregraphics.org domain is annoying but not a reason to > change the kind of organisation we need. The part of the name that matters > to me most: > > *Association* > - The Libre Graphics community is a network. > > We should not want a Foundation. > > The work of the Libre Graphics community brings together very different > goals, ideas, flavors, methods and perspectives. The energy buzz of LGM is > about seeing work that none of us could have imagined on our own. At LGM we > discuss standards and workflows for example. Not because we want to > constrain creativity, but because we want to participate in interesting > interfaces between developers, artists and devsigners. > > Now LGM is growing away from an informal network, we cannot avoid imagining > some form of organisation that supports Libre Graphics or the Libre Graphics > Meeting long term. But however it plays out, we need to take care of the > diversity that drives this community. > > A foundation exists to define and converge; an association can support a > network. I think it is a mistake to use this term for Libre Graphics, even > (or even more so) the organisation is legally set up as an association. > > More about what that will mean is for the "whatever" thread! > > > Femke > > > P.S.: Sorry to not have participated in the BoF Camille organised. I would > like to contribute to the "development" of an organisation that supports > Libre Graphics and will get back to that once the practicalities of this LGM > 2010 have been dealt with. Promise! > > _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list > [email protected] ht... > > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > > -- Jon Phillips http://rejon.org/ http://fabricatorz.com/ http://status.net/ http://rejon.status.net + skype: kidproto +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) +86.134.3957.2035 (china) _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
