Hi Stian,
[Just as a note: I think all the changes and the PR should be sent to translators until this week Friday 23.01. (in the new PR XHTML format so we don't have that much work than in the past). Before that we need approval of the PR in the PR tracker. So we can publish the updated website + sent out the PR by Friday 20.1. Can you take care of that?]
* Stian Rødven Eide stian@fsfeurope.org [2009-01-18 21:00:32 +0100]:
It is currently a short document, with only two paragraphs, but does refer to all the aspects of the site. If we want to expand the document further, it should probably be with information on the Fellowship itself and the process leading up to the site; the history of pdfreaders.org if you will. That could include some comments from the initiators of the campaign (Hannes+Henner?) and more on their (your) motivation for starting the initiative.
Keeping it short is not a bad idea either, IMO. It would be sufficient to brush up on the contents and include a basic text on the Fellowship.
I like the short PR. The chance is higher for journalists to pick it up.
Fellowship of the FSFE launches Free PDF Readers campaign
I would make that "FSFE launches Free PDF Readers campaign". Background: I think the media will shorten it to that, too. The Fellowship is part of FSFE and the campaign the official FSFE logo already. And btw. I think all here did a very good job, so I see no reason why this should not be an official FSFE campaign.
The aim is to show people that they can use their PDF files without sacrificing privacy and freedom, and also to provide an alternative linking point for sites providing information in the format.
People will ask: "Why privacy?" >:->
As many versions of the Portable Document Format (PDF) qualifies as an open standard and some are certified by ISO, it should come as no surprise that there are many Free Software programs available that can handle the popular format.
"Even" sounds like ISO certifications is _even_ more important than qualifying as Open Standards. Qualifying as Open Standard is more important than ISO approval.
I wounder if the last paragraph is necessary in this form. I think it is too difficult to explain the reader why some versions of PDF are Open Standard and some not. And what is this ISO stuff about???
Perhaps we should concentrate more on the message about Free Software and not so much on PDF as such. We do not want to promote PDF, we want to promote Free Software. I think something like (only notes):
The site links to several Free Software PDF readers which all grant the users the freedoms to use the software for any purpose, to study the behaviour, to share the software with others, and to improve the software. All of this are freedoms not obligations, the user can do it, he must not do it. [...] Pdfreaders.org offers alternative buttons in several languages that anyone can use to link to the site. The site itself is currently available in 11 languages and contain general information about PDF, Open Standards and Free Software as well as an overview of the relevant programs.
And perhaps a short addition that Open Standards about Open Standards and why OS are good.
But all in all I think we should keep it very simple (and not longer than 3 paragraphs) + standard FSFE boilerplat.
Hannes, Henner if you like we can add a quote for each of you like:
"all of this software gives the users the freedom to use, study, share, improve... " says XY.
IMHO quotes make the PR a bit more difficult to read. Better to bring the point accross than having a lot of quotes. But of course we would like to "praise" you for the work ;)
Best wishes, Matthias