This is the Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO and is intended to provide guidelines and ideas to assist with your Linux advocacy efforts.
This mini-HOWTO was inspired by Jon ``maddog'' Hall when he responded to a request for feedback on guidelines for advocating Linux during NetDay 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.
This document is available in HTML form at http://www.datasync.com/~rogerspl/Advocacy-HOWTO.html.
Nat Makarevitch has translated this document into French.
Chie Nakatani has translated this document into Japanese.
Janusz Batko has translated this document into Polish.
Bruno H. Collovini has translated this document into Portuguese.
Mauricio Rivera Pineda has translated this document into Spanish.
The author and maintainer of the Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO is Paul L. Rogers .
Comments and proposed additions are welcome.
If you need to know more about the Linux Documentation Project or about Linux HOWTO's, feel free to contact the supervisor Tim Bynum . Tim Bynum will post this document to several national and international newsgroups on a monthly basis.
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.