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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today welcomed the launch of AdBard a new advertising network for technology based websites based upon the promotion of Free,
by zimbabwe 17y ago
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today welcomed the launch of AdBard a new advertising network for technology based websites based upon the promotion of Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) friendly products and services.
"Free, Libre, and Open" is probably the greater assault on language, though their dislike of commas also irritates me.
Can somebody explain how this network works? What makes it different from any other ad network? Is it just that it advertises free software?
- patio11 17y agoIs it just that it advertises free software? It is that it doesn't advertise proprietary software. Read the press release: the FSF feels that proprietary software is immoral and that advertising both gives aid and comfort to the enemy and taints the purity of the people who take money for it. The FSF's quirky-but-harmless religious views aside, I'm all for more options in advertising. Candidly, though, I hope the sites hosting my OSS competitors don't switch to this network -- the ads I put on them perform pretty well.
- zimbabwe 17y agoI must say, the layout for the ads is pretty nice. They lifted The Deck's design more-or-less, and that's not at all a bad thing.