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[03:57] schestowitz[TR] > I've recently been working on a new essay, derived from my thinking

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] > about technology freedom and in the spirit of Zen and the Art of

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] > Motorcycle Maintenance. I'm very much hoping that this work might

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] > influence the thinking of some people, and I will be looking for a

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] > publisher. That will not be easy. ;-(

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] >

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] > Since you have published some of my earlier works, I was thinking that

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] > you may wish to be the first to publish this piece, even though it is

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] > only very loosely within the "Techrights" domain.

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] >

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] > The text is still in (late) draft form, and I attach it here to allow

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] > you to determine if you can fit it within your purview. Please let me

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] > know what you think.

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] Very pleasant to heat from you again, I hope you are well!

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] The essay reads well, but I'd split into multiple parts with headings and give an overview, either as headings' TOC or abstract.

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] "Community-wide"

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] Should that be

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] "Community-wise"?

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] Well, maybe not.

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] I found not other things which I suspect to be typos. Techrights is under DDOS attacks this weekend, but we can publish as soon as you deem it camera-ready. Due to the DDOS I might take 1-2 days to check email.

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] > Great. I'll get the final draft to you this week. But you have to publish it then "as is" - I'll have a permissive Creative Commons license associated with it - which means it can and probably will appear with changes and maybe even with someone else's "perfections" - as long as they credit me with the original. Hell, you can too!

[03:57] schestowitz[TR] I almost never change anything in the text, unless it's a very obvious typo like "he" instead of "the" or "goverment" instead of "government" ;-)

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[10:39] schestowitz[TR] Hi Roy -- I am a journalist who writes frequently and critically about free and open software projects, including these articles about Linux, Mozilla and Wikipedia.

[10:39] schestowitz[TR] I think we are on a similar wavelength re: the Linux Foundation and I have already learned a lot from your collection of links. Do you think we could find a time to speak?

[10:39] schestowitz[TR] I'm interested in a number of questions:

[10:39] schestowitz[TR] * How did you become focused on the abuses/corruption of the LF?

[10:39] schestowitz[TR] * Why do you think it has never really been written about in the mainstream technical press?

[10:39] schestowitz[TR] * What responses have you received from the LF or its employees?

[10:39] schestowitz[TR] * Can you direct me to any former employees who might be able to speak about the foundation and how it treats its employees? A place with lots of money and little outside scrutiny becomes ripe for workplace abuse and there is a high turnover at the foundation, from what I've heard.

[10:39] schestowitz[TR] I've interviewed a person involved in making Linux work well with arm chips and they described a situation where Intel has an inside track and Linux isn't a fair playing field. Do you think this is the right way to expose the corruption -- pay to code -- system there? Intel vs. arm?

[10:39] schestowitz[TR] I'm eager to tell this story -- it really speaks to the way the digital world works and look forward to getting your thoughts and suggestions.

[10:39] schestowitz[TR] All the best,

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