On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 12:46 AM Tejas Sanap <sanap.te...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey, folks! > > The following email may turn out to be a bit controversial. The current state > of PLUG is not very bright. That is a fact. However, numerous members are > taking efforts to revive PLUG from it's deep slumber, and are trying to bring > it back to the center stage of the FOSS community in Pune. > > Plans must be made and adhered to. There must be a slightly strategic > approach to how we conduct events. Talks must be planned such that not only > do they benefit the FOSS community but which also, highlight PLUG and its > activities. > > I believe, that it is important to know and understand the different opinions > that people (within PLUG) have about our current and future state, as we plan > on how and when PLUG will conduct meetups/events, next year. While it is not > necessary that we all share the same sense of purpose, but being aware of > motivations and expectations others have is always beneficial. > > Thus, I have prepared a questionnaire. > > ## The questionnaire > > 1. What do you think about the open source movement?
By "open source", I am loosely combining all software that is freely available with licensing restrictions, and where money is not exchanged between the developer and community. It has been the "driving force" for a large number of technological improvements we see today, and powers most of the large key players in the enterprise software space (AWS/Google/Facebook/Twitter/etc.). > 2. What do you think about the free software movement? If "free software" implies that available under the GPL v2 and v3 - then it is "open source" (e.g. BSD licensed) with restrictions on how the software can be used. I respect the "free software" movement, since they gave us popular software| > 3. What do you think are the core principles of PLUG? Allow exchange of ideas between people related to "open/free" software (related = producers, consumers or spectators). > 4. What do you think is the difference between the open source software > movement and the free software movement? Difference largely in end-use, than quality of software. Though "cult-like" dogmatic following is found in free software movement, largely because the original proponents tried to enforce their world-view. > 5. What role does PLUG play in the context of the questions 1 - 4? See #3 > 6. What role should PLUG play in the context of questions 1 - 4? See #3. Additionally, PLUG can adapt to new communication medium like twitter (post upcoming meet details, links, etc.), facebook, instagram (post pictures of a meet) to attract more people. Email lists aren't terribly popular with younger crowd. > 7. How do you think we can contribute *improvements* to the community? By > *improvements* I mean, documentation, blogs, commenting on issues and code. Well, you should also include "use" -- provide viable open source alternatives to those who are using closed-source. Other improvements listed are based on individual expertise and capacity. > > -- > Tejas Sanap. > (whereistejas on Freenode) > https://whereistejas.me Thanks. -ag _______________________________________________ plug-mail mailing list plug-mail@plug.org.in http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail
