linuxaudio.org

Marek Peteraj  writes:
>> I still don't    understand   how the Linuxaudio.org  consortium    is

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>> represting anyone  but its members (as is  the case for all consortia,

>> which usually don't represent anyone but their own members).

>

> We all want to promote Linux Audio. The question is - what's the best

> way to do it?

>

> As i see it, the term 'linuxaudio' unifies the following:

> *linux audio developers

> *linux audio users

> *linux audio applications/projects

>

> We shoudln't further fragment the community by setting up more mailing

> lists 

I   might or  might  not  agree  with  the  above  sentence (I  don't,

especially  because  I don't quite digest   people who tell me  what I

should  or shouldn't  do) but in   any case  it  answers  a completely

different question.
As   was already  pointed out,   mailing  lists (as  well as projects,

consortia, associations,  whatever)  get created and   if  there is no

interest   they die  (aside   from the   fact  that the  mailing lists

currently  working  on linuxaudio.org are  quite consortium specific).

And anyway you can always Cc: two mailing lists  if you feel a subject

is worth dicussing on both places.
> and using a domainname which can act as an entrance or a meeting

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> point for all the 3 mentioned above.

The whole issue of the domain name still looks quite ridicolous to me,

given that:
- linuxaudio.org is  not  the only  domain name  available which could

fulfill the  role of a "entrance"  or "meeting point" (as Steve Harris

already pointed out);
- linuxaudio.org has been available for ages.  Why didn't anybody care

(why   didn't *you* care)  to  register it if  it  had such a symbolic

importance for the whole "community" (whatever this "community" is) ?
Anyway,  as a  member  of  the  Consortium,   as  soon as the   voting

mechanisms are set  up, I   will  propose  the creation  of   relevant

sub-domains  to host (and/or    redirect   to) Libre Software    audio

projects.  For example:
jackit.linuxaudio.org

ardour.linuxaudio.org

ecasound.linuxaudio.org
and/or 
news.linuxaudio.org (for general news)

help.linuxaudio.org (for general help)
Any proposals are appreciated.
> The  second problem  is  - protection.  OSS software  can  be easily

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> abused as it's  'naked' so to  speak. Having a consortium consisting

> of companies and projects seems like having both a  wolf and a sheep

> in one bag.  

I don't get your  point, but I'm very  interested in your  (or anybody

else's)  ideas on  how   Libre  Software  can and   should  be legally

protected from  abuse (which, mind  you, doesn't necessarily come from

companies, but anyway).
> Besides it's not clear whether the companies mentioned on the la.org

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> members page have any relation  to the applications mentioned on the

> same page.

I didn't understand this.
I've put consortium@lists.linuxaudio.org in Cc:, please keep it (and

remove linux-audio-dev if you feel this discussion is off topic here).
bye,
andrea