Re: Commercial Product Announcements

This could degenerate into a religious argument in short order. There is
simply no way to specifically regulate conversation without throttling
knowledge. Since this list is primarily focused on the enabling the free
flow of knowledge, it seems a counterproductive move.

If the list continues to focus on purpose and data and technologies and
protocols and standards, and people try really, really hard to avoid self
promotion of any variety as much as possible, and remember to be considerate
of and trust one another, then things work.

In the final analysis, cooperation and trust are our only hope for just
about anything.


On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 6:25 AM, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>wrote:

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> David Wood wrote:
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>> On Dec 8, 2008, at 8:57 PM, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
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>>  Ian Davis wrote:
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>>>> Hi all,
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>>>> 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?
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>>>> Ian
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>>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Regards,
>> Dave
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>>  Dave,
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> So provide a template to clarify your suggestion. Ambiguity doesn't solve
> anything bar leaving grounds for subjective innuendo.
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> Lets be as clear as possible since this is how objectivity is established.
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> Also, for what it's worth, what is "commercial content" ?
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