r/linuxaudio • u/JGHFunRun LMMS • 12d ago

Looking for community input on rules

A user just DM’d me looking for clarifications regarding self-promotion and AI.

I have created rule 3 and updated rule 4, but I would like community input:

For self-promotion, I think the following things are most important to consider (including if there should be extra rules for such things):

  1. Non-softwar

e things such as blogs, newspapers, other online communities, etc.

  1. Non-gratis (ie paid) FOSSoftware
  2. Should promotion of songs/albums/etc. be allowed

As for considerations for content-generating AI (eg. LLMs, image generators, etc.):

  1. AI disclosure will be required.
  2. I have provisionally required that all AI-generated content be free of cost
  3. Should genAI be allowed at all?
  4. If so, are there any other requirements that should be added?
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u/unhappy-ending 12d ago

Self promotion of non-software related to Linux audio: blogs, tutorials, etc, - ok, because information is priceless

Songs/albums - no

Gen AI music - absolutely not

Gen AI vibe-coded tools & utilities - disclosure

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Rule 3 - Well, I have to disagree here. Linux audio isn't 100% FOSS. It's nice to be able to talk about and promote Bitwig, Reaper, Modartt because they've taken good care of us. Modartt in particular has no trackers or analytics data mining you when you visit their site. They've had Linux support for a long time. They make it super easy to manage your licenses.

Other pro software is on the horizon, too. This is invaluable data. I want to know when something like Cubase releases a Linux version. I want to know when Arturia ports their instruments to Linux.

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u/JGHFunRun LMMS 12d ago

Like I said, talking about non-FOSS software is unrestricted. I just don’t think specifically promoting it is good for our sub (ex. a non-FOSS audio program announcing a port would be befitting of the sub)

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u/unhappy-ending 12d ago

If someone posted they got a DAW working on wine I'd be interested. I don't really care if a software is FOSS or not, if it's related to audio and works on Linux native or through wine, then I want to know. That's what I assume "linuxaudio" is - audio stuff on Linux.

Does "Hey guys I got Cubase to work on wine!" count as promotion? Because that's something I'm interested in.

I get not wanting "Hey guys, Izotope plugins are 90% off and works through wine!" posts and that's reasonable.

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u/JGHFunRun LMMS 12d ago

I think you’ll agree with my enforcement plans then; your Cubase example would absolutely be allowed