15-04-2015 19:11:31 [email protected]: > Hi Adonay, > > Congratulations on your student club! > > A year or two ago, we talked about making a guide for beginners, but then we > both got busy with school. I typed up some rough material ... it's gfdl so > you can use/adopt it for your new club if you like. > > liberationserif.com > > Good luck, > > M
Thank you very much Muhammed, I'm really sorry for not being able to continue that project. Lots of obstacles are setting me back, mainly the need to spread the word about free software here in the city where I live (which I believe, really needs to know about free software). The entire Brazilian government prioritizes free software usage, however the State of Santa Catarina (and it's cities) seems to be one of the exceptions/cases where free software didn't reach the same level of importance. Just to show how critical things are, most educational institutions (be them middle schools, high schools, colleges or universities) aren't really advocating for the use of formats used by free software by default (that is, they don't care if they receive a .doc or .docx document, nor an .mp4 video, they just open/use it as it is, and even so, they sometimes require or send files with this formats). Even knowing that the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards voted against the approval of OOXML as a "standard" for office files, and that the very same organization recognizes formats of the ODF standard as such here in Brazil. Not even mentioning the obligation for their students or teachers to run non-free JavaScript in order to access their so-called "academic system" to manage/check grades, upload/download learning materials. The only exception for this being their distant learning system which uses Moodle, which fortunately respects the user's freedom by working without non-free JavaScript (although it does have some). Also, you're doing a wonderful work by showing how the free software philosophy is important for defense attorneys. Keep it up. :D Here in the college where I study, I'm having a hard time making the college aware of the free software philosophy. Even after showing them a scientific article published by the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology (which links organizational management, laws and ethics and, although mixing free software with open source software in the main subject of the article, does make it clear to the reader that the two movements have differences) (http://www.mct.gov.br/upd_blob/0008/8690.pdf), and even knowing the existence of organizations which develop non- free software like Windows, Office, iWork, MacOS, SAP ERP, Linux (kernel), WPS Office, OpenOffice and so on. Respectfully, Adonay. Have a nice day. -- Assinatura automática – português brasileiro: – Site pessoal: http://adfeno.mooo.com/ – Em favor da aprovação da Lei ODF em Santa Catarina (https://secure.avaaz.org/po/petition/Aprovacao_da_Lei_ODF_em_Santa_Catarina), e para garantir os direitos humanos de igual tratamento pelo governo ou lei, de circulação dentro das fronteiras de cada nação, de participação no governo, e de igualdade no acesso aos serviços públicos, não estou aceitando arquivos do Microsoft Office ou do Apple iWork. Por favor, use o LibreOffice (https://www.libreoffice.org/) e seus formatos do padrão ODF (.odt, .odp, etc.). Automatic signature – North American English: – Personal website: http://adfeno.mooo.com/ – In favor of the approval of the ODF law in Santa Catarina (https://secure.avaaz.org/po/petition/Aprovacao_da_Lei_ODF_em_Santa_Catarina), and to ensure the human rights of equal treatment by the government or law, of circulation inside the boundaries of each nation, of participation on the government, and of equality on the access to the public services, I'm not accepting Microsoft Office's files or Apple iWork's files. Please use LibreOffice (https://www.libreoffice.org/) and its formats from the ODF standard (.odt, .odp, etc).
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