22 Apr
2012
22 Apr
'12
11:17 a.m.
On 04/22/2012 04:34 AM, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
Perhaps Jorn can provide the link?
FWIW, the conference site in question is _not_ hosted on linuxaudio.org.
we do link and proxy-redirect to the site which is hosted at TU-Berlin.
we do keep a mirror of it - just in case - because we deem the content
(papers, proceedings) valuable.
No, the TU-Berlin has taken funds. linuxaudio.org offered free-hosting
for the event.
best,
robin
On Sun, April 22, 2012 12:09 am, Robin Gareus wrote:
again: it is not advertising. We do link to sites that support the cause
- and usually do so using <a rel="external"> which - to some extend -
defeats SEO. we're also free to remove the links if we wish to do so.
Certainly it's not a black/white issue. The boundary between
referencing, thanking and advertising is a gray area.
We try hard to maintain a reasonable approach. e.g. avoid user-tracking,
don't agree to any obligations, maintain freedom about content and links
to 3rd parties that we post and apply common-sense instead of hard policy.
nitpicking: the contributions were are also _not for advertising_, but
for _supporting the conference_. - From the contacts that I know they
were paid using HR and/or Support budget - not advertisement-budget - of
the companies in question.
So advertising is acceptable as long as it is not actually paid for? If anything
people were very happy with that association and have even gone so far
as
to publish the keynote from the director of Ableton explaining why he
*will never support* a Linux version of Ableton Live.
[citation needed]
I'm curious. I've been at LAC'07 and while I remember a panel
discussion, I don't recall a keynote with that message.
Perhaps keynote was the incorrect term. However as the conference was
almost entirely "sponsored" by Ableton and the director of Ableton made a
speech where he explained very clearly his reasons for not wanting a Linux
version of Ableton Live it would appear to have the weight of a keynote
speech. Anyway why is
this bad? It's good to know the POV of others - especially
if you do not agree with them.
I'm not saying it was "bad". I was merely pointing out that Linux Audio
has taken funds in exchange for advertising in the past. Even from
companies that were promoting an "anti Linux" agenda.