Hey Mark: Great article. I bought Stallman's book while i was at SCaLE. Unfortunately, as great as the article is, it probably won't be very effective out in the real world if it isn't a succinct sound bite. Limitations of human memory and everything.
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Mark Garrow <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Best article by the FSF ever, I found this just yesterday: > > > > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/practical.html > > > > Essentially, why should you be looking for better software if you are > still in chains? Why should anyone postpone or altogether ignore their > struggle for freedom in order to be more productive within the society that > took away their freedom? > > > > I find the FSF philosophy articles are generally more succinct than I can > be, so I often link people to them when they start in about the difference > between free and gratis, and other common misunderstandings. > > > > -- > > Mark Holmquist > > Student, Computer Science > > University of Redlands > > [email protected] > > > > Sorry.. although Stallman is a very outspoken person, this article > (although that's a relaxed term for what it is) really doesn't mean > bupkiss to the masses.. they're going to wonder what those statements > actually mean to them personally in every day (to day) uses of their > computer. It leaves a person wondering what is actually at stake with > non-free software. There's no answer to that in the link which I think > would be paramount in understanding the philosophy. > > Mark Garrow > > > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- with metta, seidos http://accesstoinsight.org http://fictionalphilosophy.org http://wiki.ubuntu.com/seidos http://launchpad.net/~seidos
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