From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruce Byfield Subject: Re: article on Guix Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 10:28:20 -0700 Message-ID: <1624450.BHYKuasodC@nanday> References: <1958229.9gnFz0Qv7g@nanday> <20160625073756.GA11424@thebird.nl> <20160625075333.GA2029@solar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38914) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bGrNA-0004kV-Mu for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2016 13:28:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bGrN6-0002Fk-Ma for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2016 13:28:00 -0400 Received: from smtp-relay2.uniserve.net ([216.210.109.132]:43289) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bGrN6-0002Ff-GN for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2016 13:27:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20160625075333.GA2029@solar> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Andreas Enge Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, ludovic.courtes@inria.fr, ludo@chbouib.org On June 25, 2016 09:53:33 AM Andreas Enge wrote: >On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 09:37:57AM +0200, Pjotr Prins wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 05:50:32PM -0700, Bruce Byfield wrote: >> > I appreciate the offer, but editors frown on articles being shown >> > around beforehand. The belief is that doing so compromises the >> > integrity of the article. >> >> I must be living in a different world. > >I think you do :-) > >From what I have heard, this is a difference between North American and >European (or at least German) journalism: In Germany, interview >transcripts are sent to the interviewed person for cross-checking, so >that they can correct misunderstandings. Maybe. Although the European sites and magazines I have written for all insist that those being written about shouldn't see the article before publication. Maybe it comes down to the editor? There are arguments on both sides, but I do know that if I developed a reputation for showing my articles around, I would have a very hard time getting assignments. -- Bruce Byfield 604.421.7189 (Pacific time) Writer of "Designing with LibreOffice" http://designingwithlibreoffice.com/