David Lloyd <lloy0...@adam.com.au> writes: > Don't let this become a Linux only thing - whether one thinks Free as in > FSF, open source as in the OSI or supports proprietary Microsoft...child > labour is abhorrent regardless and has nothing to do with the freedom of > software. > > It is, plain and simple, wrong.
...and don't mistake that this actually has much to do with those vendors: the hardware you run Linux on is probably made in similar conditions, as are many of the other facets. (Also, don't mistake that just closing sweat-shops is the best answer, since a terrible job might be better than no job, and sometimes that is the result. Which really sucks, because those conditions *should* not exist, IMO.) Daniel Complexity, ain't it grand. :( > -----Original Message----- > From: meryl <gnu...@aromagardens.com.au> > To: slug@slug.org.au > Subject: [SLUG] Re: [chat] yet another reason to advocate Linux > Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:40:54 +1000 > > ... the point of the article was that MS & Apple are using exploitative > child labour in sweatshop conditions. > > It's an interesting article, well worth the read. > > Meryl -- ✣ Daniel Pittman ✉ dan...@rimspace.net ☎ +61 401 155 707 ♽ made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html