Grassroots public relations campaign aims to get GNU/Linux mentioned on radio talk shows.
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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanSince the very beginning, directories (of any kind) have had a very central role in the internet. (I have recently grown fond of Free Web Directory. Even Slashdot can be considered a directory: a collection of great news and invaluable user-generated comments. As far as software is concerned, doing a quick search on Google about software directories will return the free (as in freedom) software directories like Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat and so on, followed by shareware and freeware sites such as FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and All Freeware (great if you're looking for shareware and freeware, but definitely less comprehensive than their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).
Is better education the key to finding better software?
Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward RusselI read David Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software? the other day, which got me thinking about software directories in general. As David mentioned, many of the software directories one finds when doing a quick google search are free as in beer, not as in freedom. But what interests me is the software directories that already exist, providing a combination of both free as in beer software, and open source software. Sites such as Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download don't advertise themselves as providing free as in liberty software, but each of them have a good selection of open source software available... if you know where to look.
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dave
4 years 39 weeks 19 hours 41 min ago
We (Bridget and I) were considering
We (Bridget and I) were considering starting a free software advertising & merchandising project, where we would try to get banners, cartoons, videos, stickers, t-shirts, comicstrips, buttons/badges, etc., made up by members of the free software community.
We would emphasise grassroots and viral marketing methods, which have been successful in the past for foss. However, donations and funds raised from sales of merchandise would go toward buying advertising space in newspapers and billboards or air time on TV and radio and other traditional advertising media.
Unfortunately, we don't have the time to run another project at this point. I think it would involve a lot of paperwork registering a non-profit, etc. However, we will look into it in the new year... especially if fsdaily is doing well.
spikeb
4 years 39 weeks 11 hours 21 min ago
Excellent idea
Excellent idea
dcparris
4 years 38 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago
Check out the Tux Project (http://thetuxproject.com/).
aboutblank
4 years 38 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago
Where do you hope to market these
Where do you hope to market these things? America, Australia or the world? I ask because I am an Aussie and you probably know that Australia is held under the mercy proprietary software companies. An advertising campaign like you are proposing may help people know about freedom which would really help me greatly.