[LGM] LGM and FOSS in 2014 - coming of age

[Gregory Pittman]

I can accept the fact that you and others may not get it.

On 01/03/2014 02:10 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> Kindly, I don't get it :) the NSA approaching lgm seems as likely as Santa
> approaching it. We already accepted Google sponsorship. With adobe doing
> more and more libre web stuff, they could be a sponsor this year. I don't
> see a difference between the two on this issue.
> On 1 Jan 2014 12:59, "Gregory Pittman" <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote:
> 
>> Happy New Year!
>>
>> I would like to offer this email as a consideration of a mindset or
>> strategy for LGM in the future.
>>
>> It's not a suggestion to abandon any of the cherished principles of
>> FOSS, but mainly some ideas about how to interact with the proprietary
>> or non-FOSS world out there.
>>
>> In short, I think we should endeavor to embrace (figuratively) the
>> non-FOSS world out there. It's not going to go away, and its relative
>> success is largely out of our control. A starting point might be to make
>> sure we don't have some attitude that suggests "you're either with us or
>> against us." People don't have to either stick with their proprietary
>> software or switch to FOSS, they can use both -- some are compelled to.
>> Even within the FOSS world, things are Darwinian -- you succeed as long
>> as you give people what they want/need, and you can be replaced by some
>> other FOSS project that does a better job.
>>
>> Thus, there is no taint on help, financial or otherwise, that comes from
>> some non-FOSS entity. But we accept help from whatever quarter, as we
>> accept any help, without any "deals" or contracts or preferences. We are
>> going to scrutinize any display of some corporate entity's identity to
>> ensure that it is not construed as an endorsement. Google, for example,
>> has done a lot for open source, but mainly has done a lot for Google.
>>
>> A worst case scenario in 2014 might be for the NSA to approach us as a
>> sponsor (talk about looking the devil in the face!). Even then, let's be
>> realistic, we don't have anything someone can steal, we've already given
>> it away!
>>
>> This isn't intended to apply to anything specific on the agenda right
>> now, but I mainly meant this as something to consider as we look for
>> resources, for help, for acknowledgment of what we do.
>>
>> Greg
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