Wouter wrote:
>> 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...


Hi Wouter,

You are probably right - if James owns techref, then I guess he can
do what he wants with it - commercial or not, free or not, whatever.

OTOH, when you log onto www.piclist.com you read something that says:

   "Welcome to the official PICList home page"

and actually end up here --> http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist/index.htm

note where it says "techref" - and then, all the links at the top of
the "official PIClist home page" take you straight to techref pages.
The commerical/non-commercial relationship here is beginning to seem
a little hazy. I guess I am confused.  ???????

- dan

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