On 23-Jun-08, at 1:43 PM, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: >> of opensolaris is to be permitted on this list. Obviously advocacy of >> anything proprietary is a no no. So what is the stand on advocacy of >> something that is in the process of being opensourced? > > That is an excellent question, Kenneth. My point of view (I am hoping > others can provide theirs, so that we can reach a consensus): > > * We welcome all discussions of FOSS. > * We can tolerate announcements of FOSS OSes. > * However, at the end of the day this is a Linux list, so > advocacy(especially repeated advocacy) of non-Linux OSes dilutes > the > purpose of this list and so it is less than desirable.
Raju has replied on this point (imagine he and I actually agree on something!) interpretation > * Advocacy of non-FOSS is a no-no to me. Announcements showing > progress > of open sourcing is fine - advocacy is not. I think advocacy of a product in the process of being open sourced is ok. In fact should be done as more people trying out and using the product because it is being open sourced would a) encourage them to open source faster b) bring to light bugs, feature requests which will help them to taste the benefits of open sourcing c) bring the authors into the community. I would consider advocating such projects as the equivalent of alpha/ beta testing. It is our duty to help them move. After all, very often we switch a person from doze to dual-boot as a first step. Thiink of it like that. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
