On 2/14/06, Joseph M. Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 13 February 2006 15:31, jdd wrote: > > houghi wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 07:08:15PM +0100, jdd wrote: > > > > > > No. Please no. Before you know it all of the site is filled with > > > advertisements. The only guideline should be that we don't allow it. > > > And that should not even be a guideline, but rather a given. > > > > may be. I think it's a little double-talk, because most of > > us make on a way or an other some money from Opensource. > > > > I was next to RMS when I heard him say than the code must be > > free, but not the man work. I participate during a long time > > at discussion about how open source can live. > > > > And things are not that easy: boxed SUSE Linux has demos of > > paid software, actually it was the case for the 3/4 boxes I > > paid for. Of course we can't make a blackout on this (I hope > > we don't :-). > > > > I think one of the main drawback of open source projects is > > the lack of links to commercial back ends, but I understand > > we may not be mature enough (as a community) to cope with > > this... > > > > jdd > > Except openSUSE is not your personal advertising site. If openSUSE had some > banner ad's or a designated space for text ad's, I'd be okay with you > advertising here - paying for advertising, supporting the project, and not > spam. >
I agree, with the exception that I think a link to an external site on your user page is fine. It just shouldn't be an advertisement. My hompage can be found here <link> or I would even find this acceptable: In my professional life I provide teaching services here: <link> It is not acceptable to do: Click <here> for $29.99 Linux lessons. Sign up now. The terms of service are pretty clear. No advertisements or solicitations allowed. Peter 'PFlodo' Flodin.
