On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, mulix wrote: > On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 12:24:25PM +0200, Shlomi Fish wrote: > > > > Some Open-Source Projects are either specifically oriented toward the > > Israeli needs, or are simply headed by Israeli devlopers. Do you think it > > would be a good idea to have a directory (or a flat list) of such projects > > on our site. > > why? what's the benefit for the israeli linux users, whom the site is > supposed to serve?
Think of it as an answer to the question: "Is free software being written in Israel?" To take a subject that is closer to you: will Israeli companies release code under a free license? > > > The FAQ is proably comperhensive enough for those Hebrew and Bidi stuff. > > However, we might wish to have links to the other projects, which are not > > paritcularily such, but do help raise the national morale. (at least > > open-source wise) > > i think, and this is not a political statement of any form shape of > kind, that in these troubled times we should be glad we are part of > the *global* open source community. i see no point in creating an > artifical distinction between projects, based on the nationality of > the people who code them. Is there free software written in the US? Is there free software written in the UK? Is there free software written in Germany? is there free software written in sweeden? is there free software written in China? (and how much) (Note that I wrote "UK and Germany, and not "the EU" I think that all of those are legitimate questions (and I hope that the answers to allof them is encourging enough) > > > Let me know what you think, as I am ambivalent about this too. > > fwiw, i'm definitely against. > Like it or not, Israel *is* a rather small and well-connected country. You might as well use it. Take a look around. We live in Israel. Even the EU is not yet a "country". Its people feel "british or "german" first. World "citizenship" comes somewhere later (it is certainly after "my country" and "my city"). Don't underestimate those feelings. I'm for the idea (unless the list turns out to be too short, that is...) -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives available at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
