Hi, as you know, I'm not an expert in English and I might be wrong. In this sentence: "OpenMandriva aspires as a community to be able to continue the traditions of Free Software and Open Source movements by providing a place where these aims can be realised" the word "continue" makes me feel that it could be interpreted as such: "we, OMA, continue the the FLOSS movement independently of others". Obviously, we are in the stream, not the stream. I would prefer something like: "OpenMandriva aspire to enroll in the tradition of the FLOSS". I hope you will understand what I mean and correct me if necessary. jcl
Le dimanche 9 mars 2014, Colin Close <[email protected]> a écrit : > Hi Anurag, > Thanks for you proof reading. Having included some of you excellent > suggestions I decided to review the whole thing because it was not really > getting across what was intended. > I have bow restructured it somewhat so that meaning is hopefully clearer. > I decided to change references to Open Source to free software having read > this page. > https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html. I know > RS can be a bit strident sometimes but here I do think he makes a valid > point. I also replaced a piece of text that you removed as I believe that > is is necessary to make a very positive acknowledgement of previous > contributors for a variety of reason not least that the emphasis > establishes a continuity of purpose with previous contributors. > I hope you (and everyone else) will forgive me for doing this revision but > one of your comments alerted me to it's deficiencies. > > Here is the revised text for comment, > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_248KBBtB66kMY-b5Zx5aQDowJbk2YRx1fNhGpkYVM4/edit > > Best, > Colin > > > On Sunday 09 Mar 2014 20:13:23 Anurag Bhandari wrote: > > That's a +1 from me. Putting philosophy right on the landing page is > > important. Once the blog post is published, I'll include a link (someone > > please drop me an email, though, as otherwise I may miss the post). > > > > As for the text, here is my proofread version (although it seems to be > > incomplete at the end; I copy-pasted from Kate's mail): > > > > We, t*he group and community **that* *together** form OpenMandriva, wish > to > > create a superlative Linux distribution that will be of the highest > > quality. To us the term distribution is inadequate to describe what we > wish > > to achieve. To us a distribution consists not only of the operating > system > > that is produced, but also the group of people that produce it and the > > community that supports it. In order to achieve this goal, we need to > have > > a higher aim than just assembling a few thousand packages into an ISO and > > making it available on the Internet.* > > > > *At **OpenMandriva**, we feel that the continuation of the Open Source > > movement is the most important ideal not only from the point of view of > > providing free software, but also to ensure that the power of information > > technology is freely available to all; these are the principles on which > > the **core** values of the OpenMandriva distribution were founded. The > Open > > Source movement **has* *matured** to the point where those joining now > may > > not **know** its **origin** {{**I'm* *not* *sure* *why* *we* *are* > *using* > > *this** sentence, **though**}}.* > > > > *OpenMandriva hopes that as a group we will be able to continue the > > tradition of Free Software and the Open Source movements. In doing so we > > hope to create a **professional** environment which pursues standards as > * > > *its** primary aim. These professional goals will be set by the > > implementation of standards that are created and agreed by the > OpenMandriva > > **community** {{**this* *sentence* *is* *not* *required**, **IMHO**}}. > The > > core philosophy of these standards will be driven by the need to > encourage > > and nurture new contributors in all parts of the OpenMandriva community > and > > ultimately to create an operating system that all contributors may be > *proud > > of. > > > > *OpenMandriva* *intends* *be* *provide** an **environment* *that* *is* > *highly > > **conducive** to those who wish to find their way in Open Source, **and** > > to newcomers **who* *wish** to gain skills in a friendly atmosphere of > > collaborators working toward a common goal. Students or those who want to > > upgrade their skills; developers, designers, translators, infra and > **QA** > > experts: there is open and *{{I could proofread further if I had the > text}} > > > > > > May the Source be with you > > anuragbhandari.com > > On Mar 9, 2014 7:46 PM, "Kate Lebedeff" <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > > > Dear all > > > > > > A while ago this text was drafted by Colin (many thanks) and edited by > > > you guys > > > > > > I now plan to make a blogpost about this and it would be very nice to > > > have a bookmark on the landing page "philosophy" for example? and to > have > > > this text easily accessible. Infra team, what would you say? > > > > > > It is important for community to know, that what we do is not only > about > > > the technical work, that this great distribution has a philosophy and > idea > > > behind. > > > > > > If you have suggestions to changes or comments, please do this before > > > 22.00 UTC monday, March 10th- this is when I plan to publish > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Kate > > > > > > > > > *The OpenMandriva PhilosophyThe group and Community, who are > OpenMandriva, > > > wish to create a superlative Linux distribution that will be of the > highest > > > quality. To us the term distribution is inadequate to describe what we > wish > > > to achieve. To us a distribution consists not only of the operating > system > > > that is produced, but also the group of people that produce it and the > > > community that supports it. In order to achieve this goal, we need to > have > > > a higher aim than just assembling a few thousand packages into an iso > and > > > making it available on the Internet.At OpenMandriva we feel that the > > > continuation of the Open Source movement is a most important ideal not > only > > > from the point of view of providing free software, but to ensure that > the > > > power of information technology is freely available to all; these are > the > > > principles on which the forerunners of the OpenMandriva distribution > were > > > founded. The OpenSource movement is maturing and has reached the point > > > where those joining now may not remember its formation. OpenMandriva > hopes > > > that as a group we will be able to continue the tradition of Free > Software > > > and the Open Source movement. In doing so we hope to create a community > > > environment which pursues professional standards as it's primary aim. > These > > > professional goals will be set by the implementation of standards that > are > > > created and agreed by the OpenMandriva community. The core philosophy > of > > > these standards will be driven by the need to encourage and nurture new > > > contributors to all parts of the OpenMandriva community and ultimately > to > > > create an operating system in which all contributors may be proud.We > create > > > and mature highly professional environment, for those who wish to find > > > their way in Open Source, for newcomers to gain skills in a friendly > > > atmosphere of collaborators working on a common goal. Students or > those who > > > want to upgrade their skills; developers, designers, translators, infra > > > and QA experts: there is open and * > > > > >
