[smc-discuss] Pirate Camps - follow up to Jessie Release Parties and Diaspora Yatra

[Ark Arjun]

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On 04-May-2015 2:28 pm, "Balasankar C" <balasankarc at autistici.org> wrote:

> Even though I am not sure about the validity of what I am suggesting, let
> me do it anyway.
>
> Let us leave the naming to organizers of the camps. From my experience, if
> I suggest a training camp under the name "FOSS Community of India" in my
> college, it surely have a better acceptance rate than being projected under
> "Pirate" label. I am fully aware that we have to try to change the mindset
> of people about the "pirate" label and make them aware about how we differ
> from the old pirates of the see, but I am not in the virtue of sufficient
> time or opportunity to do so.
> So, when  my primary intention is to promote "free software ideology" and
> I want the event to be as perfect as possible, I may go with FCI or any
> other appealing name and discard the "pirate" in it. It is just a matter of
> getting things done without sacrificing any ideologies. Let there be
> followup camps and I may think about the pirate label.
>
> There may be places where "pirate" label for such camps is accepted
> without much fuss. If the organizers are also fine with that label, let
> them do it under pirates. But, if somehow projects a negative image about
> the word, it does much worse than not using pirates. When we, Indian
> Pirates call themselves "freedom fighters of digital world", we surely
> don't want to go back to the notorious image na?
>
> Being that said, I feel there are some disadvantages to this approach.
> Different names at different places may result in the publicity getting
> split. We can have a better branding and outreach if we stick with one
> name.
>
> However, "pirate camps" should _not_ be projected as a follow-up activity
> of Debian release parties. These camps must have individual existences and
> can not be linked with Debian release parties we conducted.
>
> 2015-05-04 14:09 GMT+05:30 Pirate Praveen <praveen at onenetbeyond.org>:
>
>> On Wednesday 29 April 2015 09:34 AM, Pirate Praveen wrote:
>> >> I feel many groups associated with both programs (ranging from kssp to
>> >> dbg ) need tonne consulted before a pirate label as followup .  I
>> >> personally associated with both programs because it is free software
>> >> promotion. I have a different opinion  in bringing pirate label on free
>> >> software related topics . it will confuse users and change the
>> >> discussion plane to completely legal ground of licensing to the ground
>> >> of piracy . btw I havbt seen any good open content movement from pirate
>> >> folks till this point
>> >
>> > I will project this as an independent initiative.
>>
>> പൈറേറ്റ് ക്യാമ്പെന്നതിനൊപ്പം എസ്എംസി ക്യാമ്പെന്നു് കൂടി വിളിക്കാമെങ്കിലോ?
>> (വിമാനക്കമ്പനികളുടെ code sharing പോലെ
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codeshare_agreement)
>>
>>
>>
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