Hi,
On 03/22/2012 11:07 PM, Don Davis wrote:
Well, that seems unfortunately typical for the FSF. (I'm a dues paying
member, but...) I don't know that they have a real interested in
education. Responses I've received from FSF members and representatives
before included: (1) making source code available is how we'll improve
"Free" software education and (2) join Debian-edu. [1 won't change
things systemically and 2 - the Skole-Linux fellows seem to be great
guys but I don't know that stalking a Scandinavian/German list will help
bring about wide spread changes.]
Her response is snippity and shows that she and similarly the FSF are
more interested in semantic (here completely unjustified) quibbling
rather than affecting change.
I'd like people to avoid the assumption that one person's response is
representative of either the organisation or all of its members.
I know lots of great FSF and GNU people, and in general we're on the
same side. Personally I prefer avoiding talking about topics like this,
and focussing instead about what we have in common - a love of software
freedom and a desire to teach people that sharing is better.
Let's avoid all tribalism which only serves as a distraction from that
common goal, shall we?
Thanks!
Dave.
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Dave Neary
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