[Klug-general] Re-branding the 'L' in LUG

[Peter Childs]

On 3 October 2011 17:04, Dan Attwood <danattwood at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Open Source & Unix.
>>
>> Not that Linux is strictly speaking Unix, its more sort of gnu.
>>
>> I don't think we really need to change the name, more come up with some
>> aims
>>
>> if broadening participation is the idea that I'd suggest the gnu and unix
> aren't mentioned at all as both are elitist. no term should used
> that doesn't come in the first page of google.
>
> so OSS and FLOSS are ok
> I think we'd do better to align and push ideas like android, ardoino,
> creative commons, maker bots etc.
>
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Agreed.

Peter
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