In my field of work, it is common to add endnotes such as “avoid printing this mail. Save paper” or “this mail was sent at a time convenient to me. Please respond only during your work hours”.
I wanted to use this to encourage adoption of libre software. But I am not sure if this is a good way to do it.
Here are some options that I was thinking:
- Libre software is sustainable software.
- Make computing sustainable, use libre software.
- Make computing free and safer with libre software.
- The email sender pledges to use libre software where possible. Join the cause and help.
I have put the hyper-link for FSF in the first instance of Libre as an example. I am considering using GNU or other websites based on your suggestions.
What do you think?
I am the last person to have anything against libre software, but if I’d see that preachy line in a work email I’d roll my eyes and groan.
I don’t mean to be rude or shut down your idea, but I think recommendations like these need to be appropriate to the situation for them to have any effect - instead of being blasted per email at the “wrong time”.
I feel like a generic work email, especially if the topic is not even related to software, is the “wrong time”, because I’d hate spending my work attention on somebody’s oppinion (even if I agree with the opinion) and I can’t see that it is not work related until I have read it and understood the meaning. Which would be quite an anniying situation for me personally.
Cheers!
I think you’d only have to read it once, then you should be able to just filter it out next time you see it.
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