Re: [seul-edu] Sourceforge Petition

["Paul Sutton" <psutton@uklinux.net>]

More importantly by educating about open source, means a new generation will
hopefully vote against, patent, acts, copyright acts,  while still being
able to actually respect copyright,  and not support piracy.  that way open
source wins and the film industry also gets a boost,   In effect we need
each other,  as people like dreamworks use Linux,  while at the same time
need to fight piracy, and are pressured perhaps into supporiting things like
DCMA, SSSCA,  which could damage open source, and it will cost them more to
produce fims as they can't cut costs while using open source,  as they are
then forced to use closed source software,

Kinda catch 22,  but there is a place for both, we just need to get the
balance right,


Paul.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rasjid Wilcox" <rasjidw@bigpond.com>
To: <seul-edu@seul.org>; "Matt Jezorek" <matt@bluelinux.org>;
<schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net>
Cc: <seul-edu@seul.org>
Sent: 17 March 2002 13:18
Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Sourceforge Petition


> On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 7:08 am, Matt Jezorek wrote:
> > I would like to get the petition I am working on reviewed. My Spelling
> > kinda sucks due to being a progamer. I have been trying to get
SourceForge
> > to create an educational Foundry for about a year now and maybe a
petition
> > will help. Please check it out and feel free to correct spelling
mistakes,
> > grammer, or re-write it completely and dont forget to sign it.
> >
> > http://www.bluelinux.org/sf/petition.php
>
> I don't think the last sentence quite works.  In fact, I'm not quite sure
> what you mean to say. Do you mean to say:
>
> By teaching the youth about open source and lowering schools technology
> budget we can look forward to the spread of knowledge of, and education
about
> Open Source software.
>
> This then, is a somewhat redundant statement.
>
> What about:
>
> By teaching the youth about open source and lowering schools technology
> budget we can both increase the awareness of Open Source software in
current
> and future generations and free up resources in education to be spent
where
> it is really needed.
>
> or possibly:
>
> By teaching the youth about open source we can increase the awareness of
Open
> Source software in current and future generations, thereby increasing both
> the user and developer base of Open Source software and generally
snowballing
> the 'Open Source' effect. This also has the benefit of allowing
> resources that would be spent on closed source software to be spent in
areas
> where it is really needed.
>
> In case it is not clear, the 'Open Source' effect is a reference to the
> 'better software faster' in the quote immediately prior to this sentence.
>
> Anyway, it is after midnight here and I should be asleep.  Perhaps people
in
> timezones other than Australia can look at this with somewhat more awake
eyes.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rasjid.
>