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MJ Ray wrote:
"Shane M. Coughlan" shane@shaneland.co.uk
[...] In other words, CSR is a great selling point to large enterprises but it might make up a much smaller part of the decision-making process in a SME.
It might also backfire horribly. I think casting GBN as a feel-good CSR initiative would contaminate it for a whole range of potential collaborators and supporters:
Yes, Franz did suggest that CSR dialogs are open to abuse. That is not to say that all CSR initiatives fail or are a waste of time.
As you pointed out contaminating the GBN would make no sense. If CSR was to be used as a selling point for larger companies it would have to be in such as a way as to: (a) Prevent abuse (b) Encourage pro-active adoption of Free Software
That's no easy task.
Later in your post you mentioned cooperatives. Cooperative groups appear to be an ideal market for Free Software and concepts like the GBN in general. They already have a strong ethical manifesto. A little review of cooperative constitutions and papers might do no harm. Things like the cooperative supermarket in the UK appear to be massively successful.
Shane
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