[Linux-aus] Should Linux Australia change its name?

[Chris Neugebauer]

On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 19:12, Hamish Taylor <bubbiting at gmail.com> wrote:
> To be encompassing of all aspects of the community which LA currently
> represents, I suggest: Open Technologies Association of Australia, or
> something along those lines (Australian Open Technologies Association,
> etc). This avoids the contentions between the Free (libre) software
> movement and the Open Source software movement, avoids the pitfalls
> with something with 'Free' in its name, and caters for more than just
> software developers, by including open hardware, 3D printing, etc.

This sounds like a good option.  "Open Technology Australia" or "Open
Technologies Australia" would get my vote.

--Chris


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