[wellylug] Important: Rule Breaking Process

[Geraint Jones]

Colin Templeman wrote:

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>In the absence of further clarification - from the Cambridge dictionary:
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>"ADVERTISE
>verb [I or T]
>to make something known generally or in public, especially in order to sell it."
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>In seems in it's strictest sense, there has to be some financial compensation or
>reward received by the 'advertiser', otherwise it can't really be classed as
>advertising.
>Or put another way, if it does NOT depend on money changing hands, then *ANY*
>item/news made public or known generally is advertising - and that would include
>meeting reminders, and just about anything else posted to this list.
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>The original post that caused this furore was a harmless offer of free gear to
>folk that would doubtless use it in a pro-linux fashion.  Is that really so
>objectionable?  I know I find the resulting fall-out from this to be far more
>objectionable.  Frankly any group that would bar Ed Chalaron (who I have found
>to be one of the most consistent on-topic posters) for pointing out how
>ridiculous this kerfuffle has become, can also exclude me, too.  And good luck
>for swapping ideas between the few that remain.
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>Colin Templeman
>On Tour in the UK
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>"Teach it Phenomenology, Doolittle".
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This rubbish needs to stop - rules are rules

Fighting the rules will ultimately lead to anarchy and in an anarchical 
society everyone looses out

This thread is going to cause lots of people to leave the list - myself 
included

Just get on with life - there is a nice process in place to deal with 
advertising/borderline advertising/giving stuff away (call it what you 
want). if that process is too cumbersome then I'm sure it will be 
refined in time.

Cheers for now

G