[FredLUG] Re: SFD things to remember

[Chris O'Donnell]

Kind of sort of related to FOSS...I'm a front page story today on 
Techdirt due to a run with Google over copyright issues
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080904/0301492164.shtml

Peter Larsen wrote:
> Great list Paul!
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> Peter Larsen <ego.alter at gmail.com <mailto:ego.alter at gmail.com>>
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> *From*: Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com 
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> *To*: FredLUG <fredlug at googlegroups.com 
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> *Subject*: [FredLUG] SFD things to remember
> *Date*: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:58:20 -0400
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> >From the Software Freedom Day web site:
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> Some guidelines to make SFD a positive celebration:
>       * DO present the capabilities and practical benefits of FOSS. 
>       * DO NOT pretend that FOSS is perfect for everyone or everything. 
>       * DO have the ability to present FOSS ideology clearly and
>         concisely to interested people. 
>       * DO NOT beat uninterested people over the head with ideology;
>         this will confuse and intimidate them. Instead... 
>       * DO let the quality of the software speak for itself and its
>         ideology. 
>       * DO have demo machines present if possible. 
>       * DO your best to connect people with a local FOSS community. 
>       * DO provide contact information for your SFD team so people can
>         subsequently contact you for more information. 
>       * DO get contact information from interested and willing people,
>         so you can proactively follow-up with them later. 
>       * DO proactively follow-up with people who attend your SFD event. 
>       * DO find and cooperate with other SFD teams in your area. 
>       * DO start other SFD teams in your area - this is cooperation, not
>         competition! 
>       * DO NOT -- seriously -- DO NOT bash Microsoft or SCO or any other
>         false Great Satan. Software Freedom Day is not about any
>         individual companies or people; Software Freedom Day is a
>         positive community celebration of Software Freedom. 
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