I dont know how feasible this proposal would be. To distribute any linux distro CD to INDIVIDUALS (the idea of helping schools & communities to migrate is a BIG endeavor, why not start at the individual level?), why not just set-up a list of snail mail address of persons who are willing to distibute their copy of linux CDs? Interested individuals who want to have their own copies will just send a self-addressed enveloped with the necessary stamps and maybe a few blank CDs to people in the list.
for example if a person wants a copy of knoppix 3.7 but does not have the bandwidth to download the image, he/she could just send me a self-addressed stamed enveloped to me so i could make him/her a copy and then mail it back. simple. the cost of distribution is shouldered by the intersted individual. it would be nice if blank CDs would be enclosed, but not a requirement. The whole scheme would be totally dependant to the honor-system, but them so is most part of Gnu-GPL. I know this post is incoherent at the very least, but i hope you guys get the idea. Just a suggestion..... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Send PLUG mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.hosting.qsr.com.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of PLUG digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Re: Roster of officers and respective dates (eric pareja) > 2. Re: Re: Ubuntu CD Distibution (Tito Mari Francis Esca?o) > 3. PLUG 2nd Quarterly Tech Seminar presentations online > (Paolo Alexis Falcone) > 4. Re: Re: Ubuntu CD Distibution (michael jimenez) > 5. Re: Re: Ubuntu CD Distibution (Anuerin Diaz) > 6. Regarding PLUG Membership Requirements Condition Number 4 > (Tito Mari Francis Esca?o) > 7. Re: Regarding PLUG Membership Requirements Condition Number 4 > (Anuerin Diaz) > 8. Re: Re: Ubuntu CD Distibution (Talim Kalayaan) > 9. Re: Regarding PLUG Membership Requirements Condition Number 4 > (Anuerin Diaz) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 00:54:17 +0800 > From: eric pareja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [plug] Re: Roster of officers and respective dates > To: Miguel A Paraz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "The Main Philippine Linux > Users' Group (PLUG) Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Noong Mar, Abr 26, 2005 ng 11:38:49PM +0800, sinabi ni Miguel A Paraz: > > On 4/26/05, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Based on information I found from the archives, here's what I've > > > deduced so far - please check > > > http://plug.linux.org.ph/membership/officers. > > > > Wow! I can't even recall the board members myself. It's good to see > > that PLUG as an org is WAY more active than it was back in 2000-2002 > > :) > > Here is what I remember. All officers are also members of the board of > directors. > > PLUG 2000 > > President: Miguel Paraz > Vice President: Emmanuel Amador > Secretary: Grace Garcia > Treasurer: William Yu > > Members of the Board: Rene G. Torres, Ian Sison, Jimmy Tiongson > > PLUG 2002 > > President: Ian Sison > Vice President: Sacha Chua > Secretary: Marvin Pascual > Treasurer: Eric Rosel > > Members of the Board: Paolo Carballo, Rommel Feria, Butch Landingin, > Eric Pareja, (Rene G. Torres), Denis Villorente > > -- > ___ Eric Pareja (xenos AT upm.edu.ph) | Information Management Service > [IMS] > \e/ Network and Systems Administrator | University of the Philippines > Manila > _v_ [ http://www.upm.edu.ph/~xenos ][GPG: > B82E42D9][http://tinyurl.com/68dkm] > "Ang hindi marunong magmahal ng sariling wika ay higit pa sa malansang > isda." > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:01:17 +0700 > From: Tito Mari Francis Esca?o <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [plug] Re: Ubuntu CD Distibution > To: "The Main Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Just a suggestion: for an educational and/or community outreach > program, maybe PLUG, with the contribution of various or single distro > from willing members, can donate free Linux CDs to schools and > barangays. It's also an awareness program to promote free software and > its benefits, maybe our way of fighting software piracy. Think about > it, mapa-pirate pa ba yan? Libre na nga eh :) > > On 4/26/05, Juan Carlos Miguel De Villa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, there have been several attempts at free distribution of > linux > > CD's, but the cost has always been the determining factor. You might > want to > > see freelinuxcd.org. It's a very worthy idea, but very hard to > implement. > > > > Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:37:16 +0800 > > From: Joseph Ross Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [plug] Re: Ubuntu CD Distibution > > To: The Main Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Discussion List > > <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > > > >I think it would be nice if opensource orgs would start shipping cd's > > >for free. =) > > >I really like what ubuntu is doing to distribute the distro. > Broadband > > >is not available to most people in the philippines and will remain so > > >for quite sometime(I guess). Oh well, maybe more help from Opensource > > >companies will jump start this. Ey! or a spread a distro cd shipping > > >community site! hmmm.... > > > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > -- > Tito Mari Francis H. Esca�o > Computer Engineer and GNU/Linux Proponent > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:08:34 +0800 > From: Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [plug] PLUG 2nd Quarterly Tech Seminar presentations online > To: "The Main Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Cc: PLUG Newbies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Sorry for the cross posts. > > I've created a temporary page for downloadable material re: PLUG 2nd > Quarterly Free Tech Seminar held at the APC last 23 April 2005. > > http://linux.org.ph/downloads > > -- > Paolo Alexis Falcone > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:14:09 -0500 (CDT) > From: "michael jimenez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [plug] Re: Ubuntu CD Distibution > To: "The Main Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > tama c francis dun. maybe we could do that. free software for pilipino. > > > Just a suggestion: for an educational and/or community outreach > > program, maybe PLUG, with the contribution of various or single distro > > from willing members, can donate free Linux CDs to schools and > > barangays. It's also an awareness program to promote free software and > > its benefits, maybe our way of fighting software piracy. Think about > > it, mapa-pirate pa ba yan? Libre na nga eh :) > > > > On 4/26/05, Juan Carlos Miguel De Villa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Actually, there have been several attempts at free distribution of > linux > >> CD's, but the cost has always been the determining factor. You might > >> want to > >> see freelinuxcd.org. It's a very worthy idea, but very hard to > >> implement. > >> > >> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:37:16 +0800 > >> From: Joseph Ross Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Subject: Re: [plug] Re: Ubuntu CD Distibution > >> To: The Main Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Discussion List > >> <[email protected]> > === message truncated === Jay Javier Linux User #361437 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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