Revision as of 00:39, 2 June 2020 edit JJMC89 bot III (talk \| contribs) Bots, Administrators 4,344,995 edits m Moving Category:Defunct British computer magazines to Category:Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy ← Previous edit		Revision as of 15:57, 15 August 2020 edit undo Fezzy1347 (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users 1,050 edits m →History: Hyphen: "with reader voted FOSS projects" → "with reader-voted FOSS projects" Next edit →
Line 24: The editorial staff of the magazine came entirely from the UK magazine ''[[Linux Format]]''. They resigned to pursue a different agenda in magazine/online publishing.<ref name=guardian>{{cite web\|last=Greenslade\|first=Roy\|title=Linux Format staff who quit plan to launch rival Linux Voice\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/nov/13/linux-format-staff-who-quit-plan-to-launch-rival-linux-voice\|work=theguardian.com\|accessdate=30 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=gazette>{{cite web\|last=Boyle\|first=Darren\|title=Linux Voice secures £90,000 crowdfunded launch target \|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/linux-voice-secures-%C2%A390000-crowdfunded-launch-target\|work=PressGazette \|accessdate=30 March 2014\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330201837/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/linux-voice-secures-%C2%A390000-crowdfunded-launch-target\|archivedate=30 March 2014}}</ref> Editorial Director Andrew Gregory claimed the magazine would return a portion of profits to "the community that we serve".<ref name=gazette /> The magazine shared 50% of its yearly profits with reader -voted FOSS projects. The profits were split between 'software' and 'projects and distros' with the top 3 winners in each category receiving a part of the total funds. In 2015 the winners in the software category were [[Scribus]] which was awarded £1000, [[GIMP]] was awarded £300 and [[Inkscape]] was awarded £200. In the projects and distros category, the [[Open Rights Group]] was awarded £1000, the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] was awarded £300 and the [[Free Software Foundation]] was awarded £200.<ref>{{cite web\|title=First Profit Donating Scheme: The Winners!\|url=http://www.linuxvoice.com/first-profit-donating-scheme-the-winners/\|author=Andrew Gregory\|date=May 7, 2015}}</ref> Nine months after an issue was published, it was made available under the [[Creative Commons license\|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported]] license for all to read without charge in both PDF and ePub formats.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Creative Commons Issues\|url=https://www.linuxvoice.com/creative-commons-issues/\|website=Linux Voice\|accessdate=7 November 2016}}</ref>

Linux Voice: Difference between revisions