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* Presenters should, where possible, deliver any slides in advance using OpenDocument presentation format. | * Presenters should, where possible, deliver any slides in advance using OpenDocument presentation format. | ||
** Any slides which cannot be sent in advance should be presented using a free software operating system such as GNU/Linux. | ** Any slides which cannot be sent in advance should be presented using a free software operating system such as GNU/Linux. | ||
| + | * Below is a list of [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html confusing or loaded words, as well as phrases to avoid or use with care] | ||
| − | + | ** "BSD-style" | |
| − | + | ** "Closed" | |
| − | * "BSD-style" | + | ** "Cloud Computing" |
| − | * "Closed" | + | ** "Commercial" |
| − | * "Cloud Computing" | + | ** “Compensation” |
| − | * "Commercial" | + | ** “Consumer” |
| − | * “Compensation” | + | ** “Content” |
| − | * “Consumer” | + | ** “Creator” |
| − | * “Content” | + | ** “Digital Goods” |
| − | * “Creator” | + | ** “Ecosystem” |
| − | * “Digital Goods” | + | ** “For free” |
| − | * “Ecosystem” | + | ** “Freely available” |
| − | * “For free” | + | ** “Freeware” |
| − | * “Freely available” | + | ** “Give away software” |
| − | * “Freeware” | + | ** Hacker |
| − | * “Give away software” | + | ** “Intellectual property” |
| − | * Hacker | + | ** “LAMP system” |
| − | * “Intellectual property” | + | ** Linux system |
| − | * “LAMP system” | + | ** “Market” |
| − | * Linux system | + | ** “MP3 player” |
| − | * “Market” | + | ** “Open” |
| − | * “MP3 player” | + | ** “PC” |
| − | * “Open” | + | ** “Photoshop” |
| − | * “PC” | + | ** “Piracy” |
| − | * “Photoshop” | + | ** “PowerPoint” |
| − | * “Piracy” | + | ** “Protection” |
| − | * “PowerPoint” | + | ** “RAND (reasonable and nondiscriminatory)” |
| − | * “Protection” | + | ** “Sell software” |
| − | * “RAND (reasonable and nondiscriminatory)” | + | ** “Software Industry” |
| − | * “Sell software” | + | ** “Theft” |
| − | * “Software Industry” | + | ** “Trusted Computing” |
| − | * “Theft” | + | ** “Vendor” |
| − | * “Trusted Computing” | ||
| − | * “Vendor” | ||
Revision as of 18:05, 8 February 2010
We've put together this list of guidelines for speakers for both our events, but also as a basis for other people running free software events.
- Be mindful of the power of words and the importance of framing the issues being discussed and worked on in the best possible terms -- this is a free software conference, not an open source conference.
- Presenters should, where possible, deliver any slides in advance using OpenDocument presentation format.
- Any slides which cannot be sent in advance should be presented using a free software operating system such as GNU/Linux.
- Below is a list of confusing or loaded words, as well as phrases to avoid or use with care
- "BSD-style"
- "Closed"
- "Cloud Computing"
- "Commercial"
- “Compensation”
- “Consumer”
- “Content”
- “Creator”
- “Digital Goods”
- “Ecosystem”
- “For free”
- “Freely available”
- “Freeware”
- “Give away software”
- Hacker
- “Intellectual property”
- “LAMP system”
- Linux system
- “Market”
- “MP3 player”
- “Open”
- “PC”
- “Photoshop”
- “Piracy”
- “PowerPoint”
- “Protection”
- “RAND (reasonable and nondiscriminatory)”
- “Sell software”
- “Software Industry”
- “Theft”
- “Trusted Computing”
- “Vendor”
