How about this.<br>On the website, put a thing at the bottom that says:<br><br>"Linux is due to the tireless work of many groups and individuals. For brevity, we use the word Linux, but acknowledge there is work by other groups under this term"<br>
<br>Or words to that effect. Kind of like a disclaimer.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 June 2011 21:52, Joshua Lock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:incandescant@gmail.com">incandescant@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On 9 June 2011 12:05, Martin <<a href="mailto:martin@ml1.co.uk">martin@ml1.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> Folks,<br>
><br>
> At the moment, we've got for our website the title:<br>
><br>
> "Nottingham Linux Users Group"<br>
><br>
> and the tagline:<br>
><br>
> "For all and everyone Linux"<br>
><br>
><br>
> For those that know, what we commonly describe and use as "Linux" is<br>
> actually a vital chunk of "GNU" tools and utilities running on top of<br>
> a kernel. The "Linux" is actually 'just' the kernel. All of that is<br>
> protected by various flavours of the GPL 'copyleft' licence. Neither<br>
> part can work without the other for we commonly understand to be<br>
> 'Linux'... Indeed, I think the GPL has been essential for defending<br>
> the very existence of "GNU/Linux".<br>
><br>
> Trying to be more descriptive, are there any objections/comments for<br>
> using the title:<br>
><br>
> "Nottingham GNU/Linux Users Group"<br>
<br>
</div>Really? Again? Are we going to suggest <a href="http://lug.org" target="_blank">lug.org</a> register <a href="http://glug.org" target="_blank">glug.org</a> and<br>
make this change?<br>
<br>
Now don't get me wrong, I have a lot of love for GNU and what Stallman<br>
and the FSF have done but I don't feel that the distinction is<br>
worthwhile to site visitors.<br>
<br>
The people who care know what it means and the people who don't may<br>
well learn in time.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
><br>
> and the tagline:<br>
><br>
> "For all and everyone and anything Free/Libre and Open Sourced"<br>
><br>
> for the group website?<br>
><br>
> (Is there a FLOSH for the hardware for FLOSS?! :-) )<br>
><br>
><br>
> What say you all?<br>
<br>
</div>Will this distinction really attract more people to the group, or just<br>
be a verbose "correction" of the current name and tag line? :-)<br>
<br>
Joshua<br>
--<br>
<font color="#888888">Joshua Lock<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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