>> I would also feel it inappropriate to go somewhere and state that I >> represented Debian in any way except the narrow areas of the project >> where I participate. > > I think this may be a bit too narrow. There have been cases in the past > where people invited me as a speaker to give an introductory talk about > "Debian", or even about "Free Software" or "Open Source" in general. In > all those cases, I was introduced or listed on the schedule as "Debian > Developer", which made it easier for people to understand what my > background and point of view was. Though that hasn't happened yet, I > could imagine me being listed that way even if the talk itself wouldn't > actually be related to Debian, and I don't think that'd be inappropriate.
Agreed - I wasn't thinking about a context where I promote (insert private product name) or whatever. The question specifically relates to talks that focus on the role of free software in whatever industry/context. My own feeling is that Debian is constituted as "an association of individuals" and that when DDs do some public activity in their Debian t-shirt or using a Debian email address, it is not comparable to somebody acting on behalf of a company/employer. Speaking about free software at a conference may simply be an extension of this same logic - but I thought I would speculate about it on debian-project to see if there was anybody with significant reservations about this. Regards, Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51abbaaa.1080...@pocock.com.au