Without formal structures we will end up talking about what we want, which is a good thing IMHO, last thing I want after sitting in an office all day is to go to a formal meeting with regimented presentations, its as desirable as unpaid overtime. I want to enjoy my spare time.<br>
<br>The name is appropriate enough and a change IMHO not worth the potential confusion and work.<br><br>Cheers, Nick<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 November 2012 16:41, David Carpenter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david.carpenter@nornir.co.uk" target="_blank">david.carpenter@nornir.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Always good to ask the 'Why do you do it that way' question.<div><br></div><div>I guess the answer is pretty much that's how it turned out between the people involved at the time. The whole set up is as a result of individuals getting on and doing stuff, and in general people seem to have been happy to come along for the ride.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Certainly I saw Richard Stallman talk either before the group started or soon after and I found his arguments persuasive, so that may have had an effect.</div><div><br></div><div>I'd like to think that the direction/custodianship/rules of the group are there to be discussed or taken up by individuals or groups with a desire to see the group move in one direction or the other, while also being aware that without formal structures that can be hard to do. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Anyway. I think that's the why. If people interested in change then let the debate begin.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>David</div></font></span><div class="gmail_extra">
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On 12 November 2012 16:09, Dick Thomas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:xpd259@gmail.com" target="_blank">xpd259@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div><div class="h5"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I was thinking about this <span>my self</span> the other day as we exclude <span>bsd</span> users in the district too and most foss is the same on <span>linux</span> and <span>bsd</span><div>
<br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 November 2012 16:08, Andrew Back <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew@carrierdetect.com" target="_blank">andrew@carrierdetect.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 12 November 2012 16:02, Nick Rhodes <<a href="mailto:nick@ngrhodes.co.uk" target="_blank">nick@ngrhodes.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> As the title asks...<br>
<br>
My guess would be that whoever founded the group thought that<br>
GNU/Linux was appropriate. See:<br>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux_naming_controversy" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux_naming_controversy</a><br>
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Or perhaps you are actually asking why they took the same position as<br>
RMS and the FSF et al ...<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
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