On Sun 27 April 2003 13:54, Jeremy Malcolm wrote: > [Most of the discussion on the Debian-Lex proto-subproject has been > off-list, so I'm sending this one to the list so that people can see > something of our progress. These answers will be made into an article > by Matt Black at some point after we get an official list and Web area.]
If anybody missed Jeremy's original post about debian-lex (debian for lawyers), it is here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0304/msg01285.html I think it's a good idea to get some 'media' coverage of the project in forums where interested parties might be lurking. I know debian-lex is in its infancy, but I think that one way to help things move along is to expose the idea to "tech-savvy" potential users. I know there are some lawyers around the Debian lists, but there are probably numerous computer-minded lawyers who aren't. With such a specialisation aimed at lawyers, it is probably important to get as much input from potential users (ie lawyers, law firms) as possible I know that this isn't the most important part of any project, but it's what I can do at the moment, so hopefully it will be of some help. I have at least one (non-linux) news site in mind where a story about Debian-Lex might be welcome. Maybe others have ideas about good places to get Lex some coverage? I'll at least wait until Jeremy gets a subproject page set up at http://www.debian.org/devel/ and makes an 'official' announcement before proceeding with 'marketing' Lex, but I definitely think it is worth marketing. Once the project has more of a 'product' to offer, I'm sure there would be many law societies/bar associations interested in it as well. Matt
