<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO: About this document </TITLE> <LINK HREF="Advocacy-2.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="Advocacy.html#toc1" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Advocacy-2.html">Next</A> Previous <A HREF="Advocacy.html#toc1">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s1">1. About this document </A></H2> <P> <P>This is the Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO and is intended to provide guidelines and ideas to assist with <EM>your</EM> Linux advocacy efforts. <P>This mini-HOWTO was inspired by Jon ``maddog'' Hall when he responded to a request for feedback on guidelines for advocating Linux during <A HREF="http://www.netday.org">NetDay</A> activities. He responded positively to the guidelines and observed that they were the basis of a list of ``canons of conduct'' that would benefit the Linux community. <P>This document is available in HTML form at <A HREF="http://www.datasync.com/~rogerspl/Advocacy-HOWTO.html">http://www.datasync.com/~rogerspl/Advocacy-HOWTO.html</A>. <P>Nat Makarevitch <A HREF="mailto:nat@nataa.fr.eu.org"><nat@nataa.fr.eu.org></A> has translated this document into <A HREF=" http://www.linux-france.org/article/these/advocacy/Advocacy-HOWTO-fr.html">French</A>. <P>Chie Nakatani <A HREF="mailto:jeanne@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp"><jeanne@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp></A> has translated this document into <A HREF="http://jf.linux.or.jp/JFdocs/Advocacy.html">Japanese</A>. <P>Janusz Batko <A HREF="mailto:janus@krakow.linux.org.pl"><janus@krakow.linux.org.pl></A> has translated this document into <A HREF="http://www.jtz.org.pl/Html/mini/Advocacy.pl.html">Polish</A>. <P>Bruno H. Collovini <A HREF="mailto:buick@microlink.com.br"><buick@microlink.com.br></A> has translated this document into <A HREF="http://www.microlink.com.br/~buick/dragons/op1/minihowtos/br-advocacy.html">Portuguese</A>. <P>Mauricio Rivera Pineda <A HREF="mailto:rmrivera@hotmail.com"><rmrivera@hotmail.com></A> has translated this document into <A HREF="http://www.linux-es.com/docs/HOWTO/translations/es/mini/Advocacy-Mini-Como">Spanish</A>. <P>The author and maintainer of the Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO is Paul L. Rogers <A HREF="mailto:Paul.L.Rogers@li.org"><Paul.L.Rogers@li.org></A>. <P>Comments and proposed additions are welcome. <P>If you need to know more about the <A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/">Linux Documentation Project</A> or about Linux HOWTO's, feel free to contact the supervisor Tim Bynum <A HREF="mailto:linux-howto@sunsite.unc.edu"><linux-howto@sunsite.unc.edu></A>. Tim Bynum will post this document to several national and international newsgroups on a monthly basis. <P>A personal note: Due to various circumstances, I have not been able to dedicate as much time to maintaining this mini-HOWTO and interacting with the Linux community as I would have desired. I apologize for this and if you have attempted to contact me and I was slow in responding, please forgive me being so inconsiderate. While I still have many other commitments, I am anticipating that they will start requiring less time to meet and allow me to catch up on other parts of my life. I appreciate your patience and would like to extend a special thanks to all who have taken the time to suggest additions and corrections. <P> <HR> <A HREF="Advocacy-2.html">Next</A> Previous <A HREF="Advocacy.html#toc1">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>