I wanted to throw out the idea of setting up a spot on the wiki to provide information about distribution of Fedora, particularly expanding upon information for distributors. At current, there are no readily-available guidelines for OEM companies who are interested in distributing Fedora Core. There also isn't much information for companies interested in preparing and selling Fedora in packaged forms. Working for an OEM vendor, I know this kind of thing is sought after. I would like to change things. I propose http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution be used to provide information about obtaining and distributing Fedora Core. I would like it to be a resource for both companies and end users. For companies, it can provide guides and guidelines for the legal distribution of Fedora Core in assorted media formats, including pre-installed systems. For the end user, it can provide information on how to properly obtain, install, or upgrade Fedora Core, including how to find vendors locally or online. It would be nice to provide a page to list local vendors. Currently, the vendor list at f.r.c is limited to online vendors. At least for now, this section would largely be linking to the disparate resources on f.r.c and in the wiki. This section could be linked with the Fedora Marketing Project, and with smaller projects like the LiveCD effort. It could provide a central point to tie these various aspects of Fedora distribution together. It might be nice to back this effort up with a mailing list et al. Providing a framework for vendors to introduce themselves and request listings would be a must. I'd love any feedback on this idea. If there are no real objections, I'd love to get this started. I've sent this message to both fedora-devel-list and fedora-marketing-list to field the opinions of all who this most immediately concerns. For those of you who subscribe to both, I apologize for the duplication. Further discussion should probably be directed at fedora-marketing-list. -- Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes nman64(a)n-man.com www.n-man.com -- -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

The URL you pointed out provides only very limited information, and lists only online vendors. It is far from the kind of comprehensive information often sought by OEM distributors and local vendors.

It would be nice to provide one clear source for information on obtaining Fedora, no matter what media the person is after. A person might visit the site thinking the only way they can get Fedora is by downloading ISO images. Upon arriving at the site, they could be presented with options to purchase CDs online, find a local distributor, learn about efforts like the LiveCD project, use BitTorrent, or even conducting Internet or network installations after downloading just a small ISO image.

Alex Maier wrote: >Doesn't this section already provide the information you are talking > about? >http://fedora.redhat.com/download/vendors.html > >However, I think it would make sense to duplicate this information in the > Wiki. >a > >On 7/31/05, Patrick Barnes <nman64(a)n-man.com&gt; wrote: > > >>I wanted to throw out the idea of setting up a spot on the wiki to >>provide information about distribution of Fedora, particularly expanding >>upon information for distributors. At current, there are no >>readily-available guidelines for OEM companies who are interested in >>distributing Fedora Core. There also isn't much information for >>companies interested in preparing and selling Fedora in packaged forms. >>Working for an OEM vendor, I know this kind of thing is sought after. I >>would like to change things. >> >>I propose http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution be used to provide >>information about obtaining and distributing Fedora Core. I would like >>it to be a resource for both companies and end users. For companies, it >>can provide guides and guidelines for the legal distribution of Fedora >>Core in assorted media formats, including pre-installed systems. For >>the end user, it can provide information on how to properly obtain, >>install, or upgrade Fedora Core, including how to find vendors locally >>or online. It would be nice to provide a page to list local vendors. >>Currently, the vendor list at f.r.c is limited to online vendors. >> >>At least for now, this section would largely be linking to the disparate >>resources on f.r.c and in the wiki. This section could be linked with >>the Fedora Marketing Project, and with smaller projects like the LiveCD >>effort. It could provide a central point to tie these various aspects >>of Fedora distribution together. It might be nice to back this effort >>up with a mailing list et al. Providing a framework for vendors to >>introduce themselves and request listings would be a must. >> >>I'd love any feedback on this idea. If there are no real objections, >>I'd love to get this started. >> >>I've sent this message to both fedora-devel-list and >>fedora-marketing-list to field the opinions of all who this most >>immediately concerns. For those of you who subscribe to both, I >>apologize for the duplication. Further discussion should probably be >>directed at fedora-marketing-list. >> >>-- >>Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes &gt;&gt;nman64(a)n-man.com >> >>www.n-man.com >>-- >> >> >> >> >>-- >>Fedora-marketing-list mailing list &gt;&gt;Fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com >>http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list >> >> >> >> >> > > > > The URL you pointed out provides only very limited information, and lists only online vendors. It is far from the kind of comprehensive information often sought by OEM distributors and local vendors. My goal is not to duplicate the information that is already available, my goal is to add to it and to interconnect the variety of resources related to the project's distribution. The best example of a similar project that I am aware of is the OpenOffice.org distribution information. The idea is to provide more extensive support to vendors, and to bring vendors and users together. Providing consistency among vendors with regard to Fedora will help build Fedora's name and reputation, as well as provide greater ease and less confusion for users. My ideas also extend beyond just distributors, as I would like to also connect users to information regarding the various ways they can get Fedora. It would be nice to provide one clear source for information on obtaining Fedora, no matter what media the person is after. A person might visit the site thinking the only way they can get Fedora is by downloading ISO images. Upon arriving at the site, they could be presented with options to purchase CDs online, find a local distributor, learn about efforts like the LiveCD project, use BitTorrent, or even conducting Internet or network installations after downloading just a small ISO image. The idea is about bringing the information together, and expanding with information that might not yet be written, or which might only be available to those who can read through mountains of technical information to get the job done. The overall goal is to provide a unified source of information for the many ways one can procure Fedora, and what options one has when redistributing Fedora, as well as best practices and common pitfalls in doing so. -- Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes nman64(a)n-man.com www.n-man.com -- -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list