diff --git a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/User-Group-HOWTO.sgml b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/User-Group-HOWTO.sgml index 8cb2daaa..893ceca5 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/User-Group-HOWTO.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/User-Group-HOWTO.sgml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
@@ -142,7 +218,10 @@ Linux's ability to be lawfully copied at will.
(Caveat: A few Linux distributions bundle Linux with proprietary
software packages whose terms don't permit public redistribution.
-Check licence terms, if in doubt.)
+Check licence terms, if in doubt. Offers or requests to copy
+distribution-restricted proprietary software of any sort should be
+heavily discouraged anywhere in LUGs, and declared off-topic for all
+Linux user group on-line forums, for legal reasons.)
@@ -169,8 +248,9 @@ rather than founding one.
As of mid-2003, there are LUGs in all 50 US states plus the District of
Columbia, nine of Canada's ten provinces, all six of Australia's states
-plus the Australian Capital Territory, and over 100 other countries,
-including India, Russia, China, and most of Western and Eastern Europe.
+plus the Australian Capital Territory, in 76 locations in India, and
+over 100 other countries, including Russia, China, and most of Western
+and Eastern Europe.
@@ -456,7 +537,8 @@ url="http://www.linuxjournal.com/"> and
-
The case for formal LUG organisation can be debated:
@@ -1128,6 +1210,28 @@ Correspondent
+
+
+As a reminder, it's vital that offers or requests to copy
+distribution-restricted proprietary software of any sort be heavily
+discouraged anywhere in LUGs, and banned as off-topic from all Linux user
+group on-line forums. This is not generally even an issue -- much less
+so than among proprietary-OS users -- but (e.g.) one LUG of my
+acquaintance briefly used a single LUG-owned copy of PowerQuest's
+Partition Magic on all NTFS-formatted machines brought to its
+installfests for dual-boot Linux installation, on a very dubious theory
+of legality.
+
+If it smells unlawful, it almost certainly is. Beware.
+
+
+It's healthy to discuss the Linux consulting business in general in user
+group forums, but for antitrst legal reasons it's a bad idea to get into
+"How much do you charge to do [foo]" discussions, there.
@@ -1386,6 +1490,7 @@ and elections.