[Linux-aus] Inflection Point - A Strategic Plan for Linux Australia

[Tennessee Leeuwenburg]

Personally, I think when you need to get a job done, it's perfectly fine to
use whatever you want to achieve that. We all contribute to open source in
various ways and I think that's more than sufficient.

On 6 January 2016 at 09:04, Lev Lafayette <lev at levlafayette.com> wrote:

> On Wed, January 6, 2016 2:41 am, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 03, 2016 at 02:38:36PM +1100, Kathy Reid wrote:
> >
> >> To this end, I've put together the below document to start a
> >> conversation - You may not agree with the analysis or actions outlined
> >> in the document - which is great - ...
> >
> >> Everyone with the link is able to comment on the document.
> >>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WFeIm-TWVJX-u3gIM9K-hy-91-WFRrs4VVeD
> >> DIXCIQo/edit?usp=sharing
> >>
> >
> > So this irks me a bit -- how does it make sense to talk about rebranding
> > as "Open Source Australia" or being a community/volunteer organisation
> > while using closed-source, commercial, proprietary tools when free and
> > open solutions to the same problem exist?
>
> You're certainly not the only one who has thought this.
>
> At the very least we should have the courage of our convictions to eat our
> own dogfood.
>
> On another matter, it's pretty odd that Linux Users of Victoria, Inc.,
> isn't mentioned at all in the document. I certainly thought it (or other
> independent LUGs) would be included under:
>
> "There are a number of other related Linux, digital rights and open source
> organisations in Australia and internationally, and Linux Australia needs
> to consider the nature of its relationship (if any) with these. They
> include;...."
>
> All the best,
>
>
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