Quoting Bruce Beardall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This is our greatest challenge. Articles and education about free software > in publications such as Linux Format / Magazine / Journal are all well and > good but they're largely preaching to the converted. What we need is to > spread the word in the wider field. There are still far too many people who > don't even know free (as in freedom) software exists nor that it's > available. > > I think it's time we considered an ongoing campaign, something like an "Ask > me about Linux" day. That's just something off the top of my head but maybe > an advertising campaign where everyone, organisations and individuals alike > can make contributions? I don't know if these are viable ideas but it > strikes me that education is the key. If enough people start asking about > it, even the monolith that is the BBC will have to take note.
Something like http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ ?? :o) It's sponsored by Canonical, Google, ZenOSS, the FSF, Linux Magazine and OLPC and is a global event that we can all use to promote F/LOSS. Cheers, M. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
