Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 12:30:51 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com>, "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-advocacy <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Preliminary Tenets Message-ID: <19980515123051.N305@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980513231757.1336C-100000@barnowl>; from John Kenagy on Wed, May 13, 1998 at 11:22:59PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980513184820.1666A-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980513231757.1336C-100000@barnowl>
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On Wed, 13 May 1998 at 23:22:59 -0500, John Kenagy wrote: > Good start, > > But, watch out for two areas; > > (moved into place) > > On Wed, 13 May 1998, Jason C. Wells wrote: > >> - Duties >> >> The FreeBSD Advocacy Group shall have the duty to spread the word and >> improve the user base. >> >> The Group shall be able to answer this question, asked by a perspective >> user, "Why should I choose FreeBSD?" >> >> - The Group's Position (if not that of each and every member) >> >> The Group shall support freely available software and other free software >> communities including the Free Software Foundation, Mozilla.org, Linux, >> and the BSD variants. All free software communities have a vested interest >> in cooperation. > > 1. Having a position of general "free software" advocacy is at some > level in conflict with the active promotion of a particular "free" > product. That needs to be thought out a bit. I think there's a difference in intensity between advocating FreeBSD and "supporting" (morally) the other groups. The important thing is to realise that we're bound to them in many ways. >> The Group supports software licensing that makes source code available. >> The Group is not formed for the purpose of advocating BSD over GPL. The >> Group supports the FREEDOM of free software. >> >> The Group shall advocate the porting of applications to the FreeBSD >> platform to provide a compelling reason to use FreeBSD and improve our >> user base. >> >> The Group shall advocate the release of driver source code to enhance >> hardware compatibility and improve our user base. >> >> The Group is formed to advance the FreeBSD user base. The Group shall not >> officially engage in activities that detract from other communities. The >> Group shall present FreeBSD as an alternative to FooSoft. The Group shall >> not engage in "FooSoft Sucks!" >> >> - Powers >> >> Current members of the core group shall have veto power until such time >> the the Advocacy Group has matured and can handle its own affairs. This is >> to ensure that the Advocacy Group performs in a manner which is beneficial >> to FreeBSD, Inc and the FreeBSD community at large. > > 2. Veto? I don't like that word - Why have and advocacy group at all? > The core group could just do it. I think the core group's opinion > should carry weight but veto? Hmm. The underlying idea is good, and at this point I think it makes sense. The question is, who determines when the group is mature? >> The FreeBSD advocacy group shall be ruled by "oral vote". In the event >> that a clear consensus has not been reached, talk some more and reach one! >> :) Oral? Electronic! >> - Unsanctioned Advocacy >> >> All members are invited to advocate FreeBSD in their daily affairs. The >> opinions of members who engage in unsanctioned advocacy represent their >> personal views and not necessarily those views of FreeBSD, Inc. To >> represent an unsanctioned position as one that is sanctioned will be >> considered inappropriate. This point needs more spelling out. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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