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Re: [PLUG] politics/open source (was: T-Shirts)
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On 11 Feb 2001 21:59:03 -0500, MaD dUCK wrote:
> > > what does the declaration of independence have to do with open source?
> > Independence from closed-source, proprietary-only solutions.
> > You really didn't see that connection?
>
> i did. i commented on it. i wanted microsoft to appear on the
> declaration of independence, remember.
I say no, because that's too tunnel-vision. It's also meant to represent
independence from ALL closed-source OSes ... such as many different
Unices (Solaris, AIX, HP/UX, etc). Not just MS.
> what i really meant to say then is what politics has to do with
> open-source because (a) ideal communism/socialism cannot exist, and
> (b) america - and the declaration of independence - don't really
> follow open source in a political ideology sort of way. independence
> isn't only political, is it?
As far as I can tell, only you are thinking of this in a political way.
Admittedly, only we 3 (you, Tony and I) have commented on the
suggestion/choice of logo. And Tony and I don't see it as political - we
see it as independence in the larger, more literal meaning. Not in some
socio-political way.
And - just as an aside - what, you didn't like my idea of Tux with a
soft pretzel and the Liberty Bell? :-)
Recall, that this is a logo for the *PHILLY* Linux Users Group; we'd
want the logo image to be something (hopefully) that says "Philly" to
people. And the Liberty Bell/Declaration of Independence/etc are what
comes to people's minds, when you say "Philly". In the previously
mentioned example of NYLUG, their logo of a cigar-smoking cabbie is an
image that people associate with NYC. Similarily, we should use an image
that people associate with Philly. Hence the Declaration/Liberty Bell
suggestions.
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