Comments on: Free Ignorance http://winpdb.org/2008/10/free-ignorance/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:59:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Boycott Novell » Links 20/10/2008: $175 GNU/Linux-based System, Free Software in Government http://winpdb.org/2008/10/free-ignorance/comment-page-1/#comment-37550 Boycott Novell » Links 20/10/2008: $175 GNU/Linux-based System, Free Software in Government Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:20:08 +0000 http://winpdb.org/?p=64#comment-37550 [...] Free Ignorance [...] [...] Free Ignorance [...]

]]> By: bob http://winpdb.org/2008/10/free-ignorance/comment-page-1/#comment-37507 bob Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:02:12 +0000 http://winpdb.org/?p=64#comment-37507 The point is that users should value their freedom or be doomed to lose it. Using the term Open Source to describe free software does not help our (the free software activists) cause to educate people about freedom. Using the term 'free software' is better than open source because people would question why our software is free and why the more common proprietary software is not free. The fact is, OLPC showed signs that it was not a project that intended on spreading freedom. The biggest sign for this is the fact that it never referred to software freedom in its public communications; it was always about "leveraging open source" instead. Thus, we shouldn't be surprised of the fact that the OLPC project collaborated with Microsoft in order to make the hardware (somewhat) useable for Microsoft Windows. This action proves that OLPC project is a project intended to get computers into the hands of children and not a project intended to convey freedom. The point is that users should value their freedom or be doomed to lose it. Using the term Open Source to describe free software does not help our (the free software activists) cause to educate people about freedom. Using the term ‘free software’ is better than open source because people would question why our software is free and why the more common proprietary software is not free.

The fact is, OLPC showed signs that it was not a project that intended on spreading freedom. The biggest sign for this is the fact that it never referred to software freedom in its public communications; it was always about “leveraging open source” instead. Thus, we shouldn’t be surprised of the fact that the OLPC project collaborated with Microsoft in order to make the hardware (somewhat) useable for Microsoft Windows. This action proves that OLPC project is a project intended to get computers into the hands of children and not a project intended to convey freedom.

]]> By: Seth http://winpdb.org/2008/10/free-ignorance/comment-page-1/#comment-37448 Seth Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:39:16 +0000 http://winpdb.org/?p=64#comment-37448 I don't understand what point you're trying to make? What is your 5-month assessment? I don’t understand what point you’re trying to make? What is your 5-month assessment?

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