Re: GNOME Speaker Guidelines

[Brian Cameron <brian cameron oracle com>]

Lefty:

If it isn't clear already, the Speaker Guidelines are not intended to be
used in frivolous ways.  If people think that this needs to be spelled
out more clearly in the guidelines, then please propose improved text.
I can't imagine that anybody would take a complaint about someone giving
a talk and using a MacBook seriously, unless the situation were somehow
extraordinary (e.g. if a speaker had a "GNU/Linux Killer" sticker on
their MacBook, that might warrant some concern and discussion).

There is no need to discuss Apple or Microsoft or any other specific
company.  If you have concerns about how the guidelines might be applied
about topics concerning free source vs. open source vs. proprietary
technologies, then let's please talk about this without naming specific
companies.

Brian


On 06/25/10 05:39 PM, Lefty (石鏡 ) wrote:
> On 6/25/10 8:30 AM, "Patryk Zawadzki"<patrys pld-linux org>  wrote:
> > I bet
> > at least one person in the audience is offended when they see the
> > presenter using a Mac. Or sporting a Windows t-shirt. Or using an
> > iPod. Or mentioning that Apple did something better than GNOME.
> > "Security, seize and escort the speaker out of the building." :)
>
> By the way: I would certainly recommend that anyone who's offended by a
> presenter using a Mac, wearing a Windows t-shirt, or both at the same time,
> to take their concerns directly and immediately to the Board of Directors.
>
> I would suggest that the Board of Directors tell them to "Get a grip."
>
> Is it _that_ difficult to distinguish between the sort of offense that
> someone like Celeste Lyn Paul, a KDE board member, expressed when she wrote
> ( http://identi.ca/notice/6304540)...
>
> "Do men really think RMSs virgin joke at #gcds was not sexist? Very
> disappointed in FLOSS comm chatter about this."
>
> ...on the one hand, and the "offense" that someone who feels a speaker is
> not being "pure" enough, or something, by using a "non-free-software-
> movement-approved" piece of hardware, or wearing a t-shirt bearing the logo
> of a "non-free-software-movement-approved" company, on the other? Do you see
> no distinction between the two, Patryk?
>
> (I am, admittedly, making the assumption that the reason your "at least one
> person" is taking offense is because the "free software movement" has a deep
> dislike, at the very least, for both Apple and Microsoft. Correct me if
> they're taking offense on color choices, style/industrial design or some
> other score.)
>
> As I recall, there was no shortage at all of MacBooks in the _audience_ at
> GCDS, and that's been pretty typical. There were plenty at FOSDEM as well.
>
> Do you think someone would be reasonable for your "at least one person" to
> "take offense" at the members of the community who happen to like Macs? What
> do you think he-or-she should do about this?
>
>
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