Re: [Fsfe-uk] Upcoming Exhibitions

[Richard Smedley]

On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 15:12, Jason Clifford wrote:
> SuSE seem to be the one company in the community that are still actively 
> going after these "markets" and I think it would be a shame to miss out on 
> an opportunity to "spread the good news (or gnus)" just because the people 
> paying the costs don't follow Free Software philosophy 100%.

I realise it seems picky - but it /is/ important
 
> SuSE was just one suggestion. If RH or someone else (IBM perhaps?) are 
> willing to offer financial support to cover the costs of AFFS activities 
> at such exhibitions/events I think it would be worthwhile encouraging them 
> to do so.

Absolutely - if anyone has any informal contacts,
now might be the time to use them, before we
try going in the front door ;-)




And on Tue, 2003-02-04 at 15:34, Ralph Corderoy wrote:

> I didn't think RH was either these days.  That's why 
> linuxemporium.co.uk
> has stopped shipping cheap CDs with the ISOs burned on until the legal
> situation becomes clear.

Ah - but it's not about /software/ - it's about
trademarks and copyrighted /images/

Whether what they're doing is good or bad
is another argument ;-)
Maybe I'll ask SuSE about their experiences at
Bett, and the stand prices...


- Richard

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