> 2 - This is a philosophical question --> should piclist/techref be
>     giving away free advertising to commercial products which are
>     open-source, but not to products which are not open-source? Is
>     this how the Linux world works? I don't think so.

The PIClist does give away free advertising space, as long as it is
interesting to PIClist members and prefixed by "[AD]:". And anyone is free
to set up his own alternative/additional techref whith his own promotions,
and put as much work into it as JN...
Wouter

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