** Tim Brocklehurst <timb@???> [2013-11-21 15:17]:
> 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.
I was just considering whether to post direct to the LUG. I posted this to LUG
masters last week, but haven't seen it on any of the LUG lists I subscribe to
yet. I would have thought it would have been the sort of thing that would be of
interest and decided on that route rather than been seen as spamming the lists.
Ah well, I'll check my other lists now I'm nearly recovered from my phone and
internet outage - just over a week with no landline phone or internet (I'm in
about a 4 property sized mobile internet black spot), and then pushing to the 2
week mark before my broadband was back up to speed. :(
> ---------- 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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** end quote [Tim Brocklehurst]
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