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 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 usefulness > > I'm surprised its not considered an endorsement of proprietary software. > > Well, I don't agree with this forum either, but we didn't think about the website yet. And it might be a solution.
> > > 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 > > > non-free software because of their limited resources. > > > > > > > > What we did on another forum was having a "pre-made" text explaining > > the purpose of the forum that we posted on every topic of persons > > that didn't understand it. We can adapt it for free software : > > something like making a wiki page (or even a full wiki) about all the > > Perhaps a resources page on libreplanet for such things, we could put a > template community guidelines there too. > > > free alternatives to proprietary software, a list of working hardware > > with linux-libre and only post this link (with a little comment) on > > the concerned post. I know that some sites already exist about this, > > maybe centralizing it would be a good idea > > centralising the references maybe, but i doubt we can pull all that > information into one place - it just never seems to work out that way. > Maybe through a wiki, or a simple page that lists all useful links > thanks, > kk > > -- > Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) > Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer > http://www.kgoetz.id.au > No, I won't join your social networking group >
