[GNUz] Re: Naming Groups was: UTP Cables from Solid Core

[Jim Cheetham]

On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 09:01:29PM +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:00:28 +0000 Jim Cheetham <jim@inode.co.nz> wrote:
> > Personally, any group called "Linux" is limiting themselves to some
> > arbitrary technical definition. If it's the *activity* of a group
> > that's your main interest, why not name them in that manner?
> 
> The existing Canterbury Linux Users Group does not limit itself to linux. There are often discussions about hardware, OSX, BSD, interoperability with Windows, GNU, freedom of intellectual property (patent/copyright/ etc) and sometimes more wideranging. And that is proper. Occasionally it gets too off topic, but restricting stuff too much reduces the community feel. 

Which means perhaps taking the name too seriously/literally is a problem
in itself?

-jim