Re: http://www.gnome.asia/

[Shane Coughlan <shane opendawn com>]

Hi all (especially Emily)

As Stormy said, it can be a little difficult to arrange a visit by RMS.  It is also possible that RMS assumes he does not need to submit a talk proposal.

If RMS does not attend but you need to include a Free Software philosophy talk to ensure everyone is happy, then I may be able to help.  I will at the event for the COSCUP legal track alongside Harald Welte.    I can switch hats and switch tracks if required.  I have several hats, with the most useful for this situation being "Senior Advisor of Free Software Foundation Europe."  I did not submit a talk before because I understood the subject would be covered by RMS.

However, I think it would be more appropriate for you (Emily) or Pockey to speak about software freedom, and why you think it matters.  In this region your opinion and experience will probably provide more useful information and inspiration than what someone based in or primarily working in another continent says.

Regards

Shane

On Jun 29, 2010, at 12:18 AM, Stormy Peters wrote:
> I would not assume that. I think he probably assumes he doesn't need to do that.
> But if we changed our minds about having him, it's a great excuse to tell him, sorry, you didn't submit.
> Stormy
> 
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Emily Chen <emilychen522 gmail com> wrote:
> hi stormy, 
> It seems he won't come.  RMS didn't send the travel subsidy form nor submit the talk. 
> -Emily 
> 2010/6/28 Stormy Peters <stormy gnome org>
> 
> Who will be in charge of RMS at the event? I suggest one person be in charge of making sure he is happy and making sure he doesn't cause confrontations.
> (He is a difficult guest by the way. At the Desktop Summit at first he did not want to be in a hotel. Then he didn't like the house he was at ...)
> Stormy
> 
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Frederic Muller <fred beijinglug org> wrote:
> Morning all,
> Didn't want to keep this for myself (with Emily), so I'm sharing with the list.
> Fred
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:	http://www.gnome.asia/
> Date:	Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:07:51 -0400
> From:	Richard Stallman <rms gnu org>
> Reply-To:	rms gnu org
> To:	Emily Chen <emilychen522 gmail com>
> CC:	fred beijinglug org
> 
> I looked at the new version of the page.  It is a big improvement.
> It calls for one change: add "GNU/" before "Linux"
> in "Linux and Unix-based".  Since "Unix" is a complete system,
> parallelism calls for "GNU/Linux" there.
> The tag line issue remains.
> However, in the pages that you share with COSCUP, there may be
> somewhat of a problem.  Since COSCUP will put in an "open source"
> emphasis, it is important to put in something that will show
> GNOME stands for free software.
> Some sort of image of the sort I suggested, with a GNOME logo
> on a background of many words for "free", would do the job.
> Do you have someone who can create that?