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[Jon Phillips]

If this is the best path, which I think is still too narrow towards
graphics, I agree with the summary below. Plus, libre-graphics is
better for the google guice.

conservancy is most efficient path.

Jon

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to see Libre Graphics Association on libre-graphics.org, as a
> SFLC Conservancy project.
>
> I buy Femke's rationale for 'association' over others, that's pretty much
> where I was going with group/league but I'm a sucker for alliteration ;-)
>
> Regards, Dave
>
> On 2 Jun 2010, 1:00 PM, "Femke Snelting" <snelting at collectifs.net> wrote:
>
> Hello :-)
>
> Combing through this thread, and after some intense discussions with
> Louis Desjardins, Pierre Marchand and others here in Brussels, I propose:
>
> *Libre Graphics Association* [LGA]
>
> In parallel, let's keep inventing slogans. It is a way to propose, discuss,
> play, re-phrase what Libre Graphics mean to us. But we should by all means
> avoid getting locked into a definition debate.
>
> Re-reading Dave Neary's original description of LGM
> http://dneary.free.fr/lgm06/ is one way to understand why sticking to Libre
> Graphics is more than the easy way out.
>
> Some more arguments:
>
> *Libre*
> - The only hard criteria for projects that we like to bring together, is
>  that they contribute to a Free, Libre and Open Source ecology. The name  of
> our organisation should refer to what sets us apart from proprietary tools
> - Needing to explain what Libre means, is a feature
> - The non-English "Libre" hints at international in a non-jetset way
>
> *Graphics*
> - "Graphics" can both refer to technology (colormanagement, curves, ...) and
> to form (illustration, type, ...)
> - It is a unobtrusive way to name a common interest of designers,
> artist and designers
> - It acts as a point of reference rather than a definition
>
> Not having the libregraphics.org domain is annoying but not a reason to
> change the kind of organisation we need. The part of the name that matters
> to me most:
>
> *Association*
> - The Libre Graphics community is a network.
>
> We should not want a Foundation.
>
> The work of the Libre Graphics community brings together very different
> goals, ideas, flavors, methods and perspectives. The energy buzz of LGM is
> about seeing work that none of us could have imagined on our own. At LGM we
> discuss standards and workflows for example. Not because we want to
> constrain creativity, but because we want to participate in interesting
> interfaces between developers, artists and devsigners.
>
> Now LGM is growing away from an informal network, we cannot avoid imagining
> some form of organisation that supports Libre Graphics or the Libre Graphics
> Meeting long term. But however it plays out, we need to take care of the
> diversity that drives this community.
>
> A foundation exists to define and converge; an association can support a
> network. I think it is a mistake to use this term for Libre Graphics, even
> (or even more so) the organisation is legally set up as an association.
>
> More about what that will mean is for the "whatever" thread!
>
>
> Femke
>
>
> P.S.: Sorry to not have participated in the BoF Camille organised. I would
> like to contribute to the "development" of an organisation that supports
> Libre Graphics and will get back to that once the practicalities of this LGM
> 2010 have been dealt with. Promise!
>
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