discuss: Proposing some new HOWTOs
Subject:
Re: Proposing some new HOWTOs
From:
Poet/Joshua Drake ####@####.####
Date:
28 Sep 2001 18:57:22 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0109281141100.6758-100000@commandprompt.com>
Case in point. I am an Open Source advocate. I don't have a problem with
Free Software either, but I promote Open Source, not Free Software.
J
On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Dan York wrote:
>David,
>
>> Good point. Or a standards organization, because for it to work we
>> haev to all commit to work within the guidelines of that group as much
>> as we possibly can.
>
>The question becomes... *which* standards group? We in the open source/
>free software world could easily fall under the Free Standards Group.
>(http://www.freestandards.org/ ) While the FSG is primarily known as the
>umbrella organization for the Linux Standard Base, the org was created
>separately so that it could be a home for other standards - and was
>specifically NOT created with "Linux" in the name so that it could be
>applicable to other operating systems as well.
>
>Having said that... there are two issues I immediately see:
>
>1) I do not know if all of the groups Nik has mentioned consider themselves
> free or open source (sorry Nik, I lost track of that in the thread), so
> I do not know if they would want to be associated with the
> "Free" Standards Group.
>
>2) While I am a strong supporter of the FSG, there is also the reality
> that it is a new, young organization. That can be a good thing,
> but it also may not have the "guidelines" or other forms of support
> that David mentioned.
>
>If not the FSG, which other group? There are a zillion of them, and
>figuring out who is best could be a good bit of work.
>
>Regards,
>Dan
>
>
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