Re: upcoming public discussion on Open Source use at FDA during 2022 Scientific Computing Days forum

[Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>]

Hi Federico,

Am Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 03:16:40PM -0400 schrieb Federico Grau:
> 
> Here is a link to the submitted slides -- https://casagrau.org/~donfede/fda/scd2022_FOSS_at_FDA_cmk_2022-08-16_submit.pdf
> They should be posted publicly after the event.

Please note:  If you publish a link here on this publicly archived
mailing list it is "posted publicly" right now.

I've browsed your slides and have some nitpicking comments:

   Slide 3 "Speaker introduction"
     - I would use
        Using FOSS at home and work since YEAR
       Rationale: I do not mention things that should not be mentioned
       like an OS that nobody wants to use. ;-)
     - You wrote
        "package maintainer, but not an official Debian Developer"
       I do not know the audience but IMHO that's a detail that is not
       that interesting - thank you for working on those packages BTW!

   Slide 10 "Names and Definitions"
     - Open Source "Launched circa 1998"
       -> that's misleading.  Open Source is way older.  I guess you
          mean that the community settled to a definition of Open Source

     - Specific words used matter less than principles followed
       -> I *really* like this sentence! :-)

   Remark about "Cautions in FOSS"
     - In several cases I consider the Freedom to create a solution
       for a problem that was solved by someone else not helpful.
       For instance I do not think that having 2-3 "major desktops"+
       2-3 "main editory" etc. not helpful for the global acceptance
       of Linux.  I know lots of users who simply want something that
       works and not the "burden to decide between different solutions".
       And yes, I know that's a controversal opinion amongst developers
       who always want the freedom to pick from.


BTW, since some time I'm using this slide

    https://people.debian.org/~tille/talks/20210321_fossasia_stay_home/stay_home.pdf#page=5

to somehow visualise what Debian is.  In your case you could replace the
pretty unknown wordnet by some package of yours.  (There is also some talk
with video coverage[1] featuring that slide.)


Thanks for sharing your slides in advance and asking for comments.

Good luck for the talk

    Andreas.


[1] https://people.debian.org/~tille/talks/20200829_debconf_stay-home_debian-med/



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