Hi everyone,
I was sent the following e-mail from the former-editorial team of Linux
Format. The editorial team from Linux format has quit and formed Linux Voice.
Linux Voice should be hitting the shelves in mid to late February with a bit
of luck.
Cheers,
Tim B.
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Hello Hampshire LUG,
I'm writing to let you know that the editorial team behind Linux Format has
quit, and is in the process of launching a rival Linux magazine called
Linux Voice.
http://www.linuxvoice.com/hello-linux-format-and-tuxradar-readers/
Linux Voice will cover most of the same content ad Linux Format, with many
of the same writers, but it will be different in three key areas:
1/ We'll give 50% of our profits back to community groups and organisations
supporting free software. Admittedly our profits won't be massive at first,
but if we achieve even half the success that Linux Format did (and maybe we
will afte a couple of years) we'll be able to contribute quite a bit of
cash.
2/ After no longer than 9 months, we'll relicense old content under the
Creative Commons CC-BY-SA licence, so teachers, LUGs, students and anybody
else can take, copy and improve upon our work for their own ends.
3/ We won't be owned by a bunch of hedge funds, like Linux Format is (
http://www.futureplc.com/investors/major-shareholders/), so we'll be free
from corporate interference. Free to do the best job we possibly can.
Please tell your members what we're doing, and if anyone there is a Linux
Format reader, direct them to
www.indiegogo.com/projects/linux-voice so
they can see what we're up to.
Thanks,
Andrew Gregory,
Linux Voice
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