Re: Commercial Product Announcements

On Dec 8, 2008, at 8:57 PM, Kingsley Idehen wrote:

> Ian Davis wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm not aware of any official policy on commercial posts to this  
>> list, but usual mailing list etiquette generally recommends that  
>> postings about commercial services and products should indicate  
>> their nature and give some indication of cost. I think this is even  
>> more important when the mailing list is focussed on a project with  
>> an "open" or "free" theme. Obviously, as I represent a vendor my  
>> preference is to allow commercial postings but I would also prefer  
>> that they are clearly labelled as such. Is this a policy that other  
>> members would like to see made explicit?
>>
>> Ian
> Ian there is no know policy for product announcements or job  
> postings or anything else. I think we just collectively focus on on  
> relevance. I think the relevance to Linked Data is simply what  
> matters.


I agree, for what that is worth.  Clear identification of commercial  
content is certainly appreciated, though.  Even better would be  
identification capable of being filtered on.

Regards,
Dave