[clug] New list?

[Daniel Pittman]

Eyal Lebedinsky <eyal at eyal.emu.id.au> writes:

I don't know how well that would work: where is the line between technical and
non-technical discussion?

On which side does, say, GPL licensing for a project fit?  Not a technical
issue, but a legal one, or possibly an ethical one, depending.

However, something that might come up in an otherwise technical discussion?
Absolutely.


Likewise, software freedom day: clearly a non-technical subject; what happens
when someone wants to talk about what software to distribute?  Is that tech or
non-tech?  When does it cross the line?


I think, at best, you are inviting arguments over personal judgement with this
distinction: what you see as "non-technical" I might see as "technical", or
the other way around.


Finally, what penalty are you proposing when people violate this rule, and how
are you proposing it be enforced?

        Daniel

> How about this: A technical thread (judging by the subject) should stay
> technical.  People should refrain from non-technical responses. People *can*
> start another thread to deal with their pet non-technical subject, even in
> response to the *other* (technical) thread. All is welcome.
>
> If we all keep this civility the we can all share the one list. I personally
> would rather we did *not* split the list, and I an ready to read or ignore
> threads as I wish.
>
> cheers
>
> On 19/08/10 13:54, Chris Smart wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:45 AM, David Lloyd<lloy0076 at adam.com.au>  wrote:
>>>
>>> I'll ignore the "with all due respect" - you may well be the person in the world who says that without meaning "you're an idiot" ;-P
>>
>> Actually, I really did mean that because I respect that the list
>> currently does permit social talk (the only thing it does not permit
>> is adverts by non-list members). Like I said, I'm not trying to stop
>> people from saying what they want to, I just want a place where I can
>> discuss Linux issues with technical people without the noise. I
>> understand that the CLUG list is not the medium to do that, so case
>> closed.
>>
>>> +1 - putting it in my inevitable blunt style (and noone will probably like me for it), LinuxSA started to decline when the lists split.
>>
>> I get the message, loud and clear. Over and out.
>>
>> -c
>
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> Eyal Lebedinsky	(eyal at eyal.emu.id.au)

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