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

2011/7/6 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? > 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 usefulnes

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

On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 19:58:05 +0200 Henry Jensen wrote: > On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:06:21 -0700 (PDT) > "Jason Self" wrote: > > > Henry Jensen 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? > > > >

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

On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 20:23:50 +0200 Henry Jensen wrote: > Hello Sam, > > On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:51:50 +0200 > Sam Geeraerts 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 tea

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

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 h-node.c

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

Henry Jensen wrote: On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:06:21 -0700 (PDT) "Jason Self" wrote: This Guidelines are pretty good. May I use them as a blueprint? Sure. Note that it's a collective work under GFDL, but that doesn't matter much if you're just going to use the ideas. If I understand you correc

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

On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:06:21 -0700 (PDT) "Jason Self" wrote: > Henry Jensen 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? > > I think gNewSense does this pretty well by setting Community Guidelines

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

Hello Sam, On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:51:50 +0200 Sam Geeraerts 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 non-free > > softwar