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the first instance of this conference, which they intend to run yearly.

by detaro 3y ago

thesuperbigfrog 3y ago
Ah. That makes sense. Maybe it would be more clear as: "The first annual Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference" Instead of: "The first Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference" Putting "annual" in the title makes that meaning / context more clear to me.
- Aachen 3y ago
  As if fosdem isn't annual. It would possibly confuse me more tbh. "The first instance of" or so might be more clear but, yeah, the catchiness degrades with every attempt at making it clearer. One might even be lead to think that "Free and Open Source Software Yearly" is not an amazingly unambiguous name to use in a world with fosdem, t-dose, and probably others.
- pklausler 3y ago
  The word "Yearly" is already in the title. Adding "annual" seems redundant.
- quadrangle 3y ago
  sounds like post-hoc justification to me, you could have been confused other way But here's a real solution (though I don't think it was a problem needing to be solved): "FOSSY: the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference, year 1"
phkahler 3y ago
>> the first instance of this conference, which they intend to run yearly. Yeah but the F is FOSSY stands for First. Either they change the name next year or it doesn't make sense. As someone mentioned Fossdem, the is also the LibreGraphics thing, and perhaps some other smaller ones. The name is IMHO a very poor choice. My suspicion is they actually thought this would be a first of its kind, but that would mean they are not the right people to do this.
- detaro 3y ago
  > Yeah but the F is FOSSY stands for First It clearly stands for "Free", where do you get that idea?
  - phkahler 3y ago
    Hahha, yes! That was really stupid on my part: >>The first Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference Sure the word "first" is in there but it doesn't even have the capital F like Free.... Bows head in shame....
    - chaosharmonic 3y ago
      I've had a similar joke whenever I try to describe patent trolls, about how normally standards-essential patents are expected to be widely accessible, and the terms that satisfy these expectations are typically described as FRAND -- Fair, Reasonable, AND. (...Non-Discriminatory)

the first instance of this conference, which they intend to run yearly.

by detaro 3y ago

the first instance of this conference, which they intend to run yearly.

Ah. That makes sense. Maybe it would be more clear as: "The first annual Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference" Instead of: "The first Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference" Putting "annual" in the title makes that meaning / context more clear to me.

Aachen 3y ago
As if fosdem isn't annual. It would possibly confuse me more tbh. "The first instance of" or so might be more clear but, yeah, the catchiness degrades with every attempt at making it clearer. One might even be lead to think that "Free and Open Source Software Yearly" is not an amazingly unambiguous name to use in a world with fosdem, t-dose, and probably others.
pklausler 3y ago
The word "Yearly" is already in the title. Adding "annual" seems redundant.
quadrangle 3y ago
sounds like post-hoc justification to me, you could have been confused other way But here's a real solution (though I don't think it was a problem needing to be solved): "FOSSY: the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference, year 1"

phkahler 3y ago

>> the first instance of this conference, which they intend to run yearly. Yeah but the F is FOSSY stands for First. Either they change the name next year or it doesn't make sense. As someone mentioned Fossdem, the is also the LibreGraphics thing, and perhaps some other smaller ones. The name is IMHO a very poor choice. My suspicion is they actually thought this would be a first of its kind, but that would mean they are not the right people to do this.

detaro 3y ago
> Yeah but the F is FOSSY stands for First It clearly stands for "Free", where do you get that idea?
- phkahler 3y ago
  Hahha, yes! That was really stupid on my part: >>The first Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference Sure the word "first" is in there but it doesn't even have the capital F like Free.... Bows head in shame....
  - chaosharmonic 3y ago
    I've had a similar joke whenever I try to describe patent trolls, about how normally standards-essential patents are expected to be widely accessible, and the terms that satisfy these expectations are typically described as FRAND -- Fair, Reasonable, AND. (...Non-Discriminatory)