Re: [GNU-linux-libre] How do you handle references to non-free software in public forums?

2011-07-13 Thread Karl Goetz
On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:53:29 +0200 Koko Koala kokotheko...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/7/9 Karl Goetz k...@kgoetz.id.au On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 18:43:33 +0200 Koko Koala kokotheko...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/7/6 Henry Jensen hjen...@gmx.de All right, but in case of many new users or a

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] How do you handle references to non-free software in public forums?

2011-07-12 Thread Koko Koala
2011/7/9 Karl Goetz k...@kgoetz.id.au On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 18:43:33 +0200 Koko Koala kokotheko...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/7/6 Henry Jensen hjen...@gmx.de Hello, If it occurs at the forum of a FSDG compliant distro that now and then non-free software is mentioned, how do you handle

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] How do you handle references to non-free software in public forums?

2011-07-08 Thread Brett Smith
On 07/07/2011 12:43 PM, Koko Koala wrote: If it occurs at the forum of a FSDG compliant distro that now and then non-free software is mentioned, how do you handle this? Here at BLAG, we have a non-free forum. But noone uses it (in fact, the forum is not that much used), and I doubt of its

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] How do you handle references to non-free software in public forums?

2011-07-07 Thread Henry Jensen
Hello Sam, On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:51:50 +0200 Sam Geeraerts sam...@elmundolibre.be wrote: Non-free software should be discouraged if someone brings them up. All right, but in case of many new users or a high-traffic forum a small team wouldn't be able to discourage every reference to

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] How do you handle references to non-free software in public forums?

2011-07-07 Thread Sam Geeraerts
Henry Jensen wrote: Well, I don't know if I am good at marketing or if I suck. I get constantly new users, some are blaming me for using linux-libre because their hardware won't work. Some are requesting that I use the vanilla kernel. I regularly respond to such posts, pointing them to

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] How do you handle references to non-free software in public forums?

2011-07-07 Thread Karl Goetz
On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 20:23:50 +0200 Henry Jensen hjen...@gmx.de wrote: Hello Sam, On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:51:50 +0200 Sam Geeraerts sam...@elmundolibre.be wrote: Non-free software should be discouraged if someone brings them up. All right, but in case of many new users or a high-traffic

[GNU-linux-libre] How do you handle references to non-free software in public forums?

2011-07-06 Thread Henry Jensen
Hello, If it occurs at the forum of a FSDG compliant distro that now and then non-free software is mentioned, how do you handle this? The question came to my mind because of http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Free_System_Distribution_Checklist#Only_Suggests_Free_Software Deleting the posts would be

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] How do you handle references to non-free software in public forums?

2011-07-06 Thread Sam Geeraerts
Henry Jensen wrote: Hello, If it occurs at the forum of a FSDG compliant distro that now and then non-free software is mentioned, how do you handle this? I think general forum good practices apply: - Make sure you have clear rules about what is allowed, not just with regards to software