Linux Voice will cover most of the same
content as Linux Format, with many of the same
writers, but it will be different in three key
areas:
1/ We'll give 50% of our profits back to
community groups and organisations supporting
free software. Admittedly our profits won't be
massive at first, but if we achieve even half
the success that Linux Format did (and maybe we
will after a couple of years) we'll be able to
contribute quite a bit of cash.
2/ After no longer than 9 months, we'll relicense
old content under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA
licence, so teachers, LUGs, students and anybody
else can take, copy and improve upon our work for
their own ends.
3/ We won't be owned by a bunch of hedge funds, like
Linux Format is (
http://www.futureplc.com/investors/major-shareholders/),
so we'll be free from corporate interference. Free
to do the best job we possibly can.
If you could let your members know what we're doing,
we'd be most grateful. And if anyone there is a
Linux Format reader, please direct them to
www.indiegogo.com/projects/linux-voice so
they can see what we're up to.