--- Marco Fioretti wrote: > Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:49:19 +0200 > From: Marco Fioretti > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Wanted: Free Software resources for all > families and schools > > > Greetings, > > I am a freelance writer specialized in FOSS topics, > Contributing > editor of Linux Journal > (http://www.linuxjournal.com/xstatic/corporate/staff/Marco) > and member > of the OpenDocument Fellowship. > > I'd like to let you know about a new personal > initiative of mine, > which will hopefully make lots of parents and > teachers understand why > they cannot ignore FOSS and Free Culture anymore in > the interest of > their own children. > > I am going to publish on the Digifreedom website: > > * a directory of Digitally Free Schools, that all > parents may check > when choosing a new school for their children. > http://digifreedom.net/node/55 > > * one of bad public websites, > http://digifreedom.net/node/76 > > * one of Trashware organizations, > http://digifreedom.net/node/92 > > * a list of examples of "Bad ICT information", that > is links to > article from mainstream press or websites which > have no clue of what > Free Software actually is, so all parents and > other non-hackers can > learn to recognize them. > > * forums on Digitally Free School and Digitally Free > Families: > http://digifreedom.net/forum/30 > where all citizens concerned about the attacks on > the Digital > Freedom of their schools or families can work > together to protect > it. > > All these are and will always remain absolutely free > services to the > whole community: I hope to make of these databases > something that all > parents and teachers, especially those who know > nothing or very little > about software, will be able to use to do the right > choices in the > best interest of their children's education and of > their own civil > rights. > > The reason why I am writing is only to let your LUG > know that I always > welcome any submission to any of those databases > (the more the better), > either through the forums above or via direct email. > > Obviously, should you find it appropriate, you are > also welcome to > spread the word about the databases, forums and my > Open Letter to > Mothers about Software > (http://digifreedom.net/node/74) as much as you > wish, *especially* outside Free Software circles. > Teachers, parents > associations, churches, senior citizens clubs, any > youth organization, > whatever: the more non-programmers we can reach with > this approach, > the better it would be for Free Standards and > Software. > > Thank you in advance for your time! Any general > feedback is also > welcome! > > Best Regards, > > Marco Fioretti > > -- > > Help *everybody* love Free Standards and Free > Software! > http://digifreedom.net
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