On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 12:15:42AM -0500, Will Hill wrote: > I suppose the easiest way to demonstrate the misrepresentation is to ask an > IT > person about the FSF. If you can't remember your own surprise on first > reading actual GNU and FSF material,
It was over a decade ago. > you will probably be surprised by the > average IT person's skewed perceptions. They are likely to tell you some > confused things about "Open Source", "freeware", "hobbiest", etc. don't know any such IT people. > The > general public is even less well informed. The last thing you might hear is > a clear understanding of the power non free software has over users and what > it takes to undo that. I have met people who didn't know about Linux and Libreware, generally those who aren't particularly computer literate. > > This problem of misrepresentation is not unique to free software. Rich and > powerful people devote significant resources to confusing the public about > all sorts of things. that sounds like a conspiracy theory, and not very relevant. the only pseudo-relevant "rich people" here would be Microsoft. so far, haven't seen any other examples. > > On Friday 22 May 2015, [email protected] wrote: > > will hill" easy to observe pattern of publishers missrepresenting GNU > > and the FSF by all means at their disposal" >
