Re: Commercial Product Announcements
This could degenerate into a religious argument in short order. There is simply no way to specifically regulate conversation without throttling knowledge. Since this list is primarily focused on the enabling the free flow of knowledge, it seems a counterproductive move. If the list continues to focus on purpose and data and technologies and protocols and standards, and people try really, really hard to avoid self promotion of any variety as much as possible, and remember to be considerate of and trust one another, then things work. In the final analysis, cooperation and trust are our only hope for just about anything. On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 6:25 AM, Kingsley Idehen [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: David Wood wrote: On Dec 8, 2008, at 8:57 PM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: Ian Davis wrote: Hi all, I'm not aware of any official policy on commercial posts to this list, but usual mailing list etiquette generally recommends that postings about commercial services and products should indicate their nature and give some indication of cost. I think this is even more important when the mailing list is focussed on a project with an open or free theme. Obviously, as I represent a vendor my preference is to allow commercial postings but I would also prefer that they are clearly labelled as such. Is this a policy that other members would like to see made explicit? Ian Ian there is no know policy for product announcements or job postings or anything else. I think we just collectively focus on on relevance. I think the relevance to Linked Data is simply what matters. I agree, for what that is worth. Clear identification of commercial content is certainly appreciated, though. Even better would be identification capable of being filtered on. Regards, Dave Dave, So provide a template to clarify your suggestion. Ambiguity doesn't solve anything bar leaving grounds for subjective innuendo. Lets be as clear as possible since this is how objectivity is established. Also, for what it's worth, what is commercial content ? -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehenhttp://www.openlinksw.com/blog/%7Ekidehen President CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
Re: Commercial Product Announcements
Amy Stephen wrote: This could degenerate into a religious argument in short order. There is simply no way to specifically regulate conversation without throttling knowledge. Since this list is primarily focused on the enabling the free flow of knowledge, it seems a counterproductive move. If the list continues to focus on purpose and data and technologies and protocols and standards, and people try really, really hard to avoid self promotion of any variety as much as possible, and remember to be considerate of and trust one another, then things work. In the final analysis, cooperation and trust are our only hope for just about anything. Amen! Kingsley On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 6:25 AM, Kingsley Idehen [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Wood wrote: On Dec 8, 2008, at 8:57 PM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: Ian Davis wrote: Hi all, I'm not aware of any official policy on commercial posts to this list, but usual mailing list etiquette generally recommends that postings about commercial services and products should indicate their nature and give some indication of cost. I think this is even more important when the mailing list is focussed on a project with an open or free theme. Obviously, as I represent a vendor my preference is to allow commercial postings but I would also prefer that they are clearly labelled as such. Is this a policy that other members would like to see made explicit? Ian Ian there is no know policy for product announcements or job postings or anything else. I think we just collectively focus on on relevance. I think the relevance to Linked Data is simply what matters. I agree, for what that is worth. Clear identification of commercial content is certainly appreciated, though. Even better would be identification capable of being filtered on. Regards, Dave Dave, So provide a template to clarify your suggestion. Ambiguity doesn't solve anything bar leaving grounds for subjective innuendo. Lets be as clear as possible since this is how objectivity is established. Also, for what it's worth, what is commercial content ? -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/%7Ekidehen President CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen President CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
Commercial Product Announcements
Hi all, I'm not aware of any official policy on commercial posts to this list, but usual mailing list etiquette generally recommends that postings about commercial services and products should indicate their nature and give some indication of cost. I think this is even more important when the mailing list is focussed on a project with an open or free theme. Obviously, as I represent a vendor my preference is to allow commercial postings but I would also prefer that they are clearly labelled as such. Is this a policy that other members would like to see made explicit? Ian
Re: Commercial Product Announcements
Ian Davis wrote: Hi all, I'm not aware of any official policy on commercial posts to this list, but usual mailing list etiquette generally recommends that postings about commercial services and products should indicate their nature and give some indication of cost. I think this is even more important when the mailing list is focussed on a project with an open or free theme. Obviously, as I represent a vendor my preference is to allow commercial postings but I would also prefer that they are clearly labelled as such. Is this a policy that other members would like to see made explicit? Ian Ian there is no know policy for product announcements or job postings or anything else. I think we just collectively focus on on relevance. I think the relevance to Linked Data is simply what matters. -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen President CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
