On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, LinuxLingam wrote:
> 1) should linux-delhi.org be allowed to promote such software? *only* a vote
> by all members can decide this. so let's stop discussing, and start voting. i
The question here, as has been raised before, is how does one define
"promote"?
According to Webster's dictionary, Promote means:
To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or
thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to
advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to
promote a business venture. ``Born to promote all truth.'' --Milton.
Though, i feel that when it comes to a group of individuals like
linux-delhi, the term promote takes on an all new meaning, and we need to
define this new meaning (and maybe even get the Webster's database
updated). Does promote mean to provide a platform wherein people from
certain organisations can come and "sell" their services or products(read
proprietory) ? or does it mean to provide a place where representatives of
such organisations are present to provide information to interested
people?
To have discussions about certain proprietory software, to find flaws in
it, to suggest alternatives to it, to encourage people to develop open
source versions of the same is what i gathered in the August meet when the
freedom++ thing was decided upon. I did not imagine it to be a marketplace
for people to take turns in selling their products. Is that what people
want linux-delhi to be ??? I guess only a poll can decide that.
> but let's stop cribbing and start figuring out how to create the wealth of
> free software in all categories that are our personal itches, if you know
> what i mean.
Lingam, do i hear you volunteering to manage FLOSS projects taken on by
people under the aegis of linux-delhi ?
regards,
Gami
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