MESSAGE
| DATE | 2004-01-26 |
| FROM | Mike Richardson - NYLXS PRESIDENT
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Another response to Jay
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On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Mike Richardson - NYLXS PRESIDENT wrote:
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> On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, John Bajana-Bacalle wrote:
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> > * George Rosamond [20040125 22:49]:
> > > jay:
> > >
> > > it's clear you've missed the entire point of this operation.
> > >
> > > i understand you walked in an hour and a half late into the meeting, but
> > > we have collectively decided to proceed in a certain direction.
> > >
> > > if you and/or your organization are not on the same page and you'd
> > > rather take you energies elsewhere, that's fine.
> > >
> > > we are planning to organize a technical conference for august 2005.
> > >
> > > it is not a debate about licensing, it's not a counter-cultural
> > > gathering.
> > >
> > > what i gathered from the meeting, which i did attend in its entirety, is
> > > that everyone understands that a large vacuum has been left with the
> > > likely flights of linux expo and macworld. we are looking to fill that
> > > gap, in the spirit of linuxtag, with an event that is weighed in the
> > > direction of technical issues of the day and less towards marketing.
> >
> > George's description is accurate. We aim for a LinuxTag-like conference,
> > a melange between a hacker conference and a marketing exposition, with
> > the preponderous emphasis on hardcore tech. IOW, very much a la *BSD
> > conferences throughout Europe and the rest of the world. Which is
> > LinuxTag's aim, on which we are patterning this effort.
> >
> > John
> >
> > --
> > John Bacalle
> > jbacalle-at-nylug.org john-at-unixen.org
> >
> > > democracy is about a group working together with a common point. little
> > > of your email has any connection to what has been collectively decided
> > > by this group.
> > >
> > > g
> > >
> > >
> > > ->I believe that we should aim at putting together a gathering
> > > ->this year.
> > > ->
> > > ->We should invite MOUSE and PerScolas and various food and
> > > ->ceramics and housing and music tribes and "coops" to join us.
> > > ->
> > > ->I believe the first gathering should have a limited number of
> > > ->points of attack.
> > > ->
> > > ->Suggested points of attack:
> > > ->
> > > ->1. Government procurement rules, with special attention to
> > > ->New York City Public Schools.
> > > ->
> > > ->2. Advantages of free software according to major cults:
> > > -> a. Communist
> > > -> b. Anarchist
> > > -> c. Middle of the Road Classic Soft Rock
> > > -> d. Puritan Extremist
> > > -> e. FUNKDAFUNK
> > > ->
> > > ->3. Right to own and practical power to control the computers
> > > ->in our houses.
> > > ->
> > > ->4. Radical respectability of all free software licenses,
> > > ->except the BSD style licenses, which are nearly OUTRIGHT GIFT
> > > ->DECLARATIONS and thus of such great power as to be dangerous.
> > > ->
> > > ->And we should not limit our new alliance to arranging our new
> > > ->gathering.
> > > ->
> > > ->oo--JS.
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> > > ->
> > >
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