+1 from me on the latter part - I've
been taking Linux Format since issue number 18, so I'll be very
interested to see how Linux Voice compares with Linux Format. I've
just signed up for a subscription.
Ian
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On 21/11/13 15:41, Jon Wilks wrote:
I have indeed donated to the cause. I do subscribe to
Linux Format anyway so I am very interested to see what these
chaps can come up with. I am also intrigued by the idea of
crowdfunding a magazine so I'm watching this with interest.
Jon
On 21 November 2013 15:16, Tim
Brocklehurst <timb@???>
wrote:
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.
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
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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