i wish there was a "like" in email... very good idea. 2011/1/10 Uri Even-Chen <u...@speedy.net>
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 08:35, Gabor Szabo <szab...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hi, > > > > in the school of my son they are interested in getting some 1 hour long > > presentations from parents about various interesting subject. > > > > I could talk hours and days about Linux and Open Source in general > > but I wonder what do you think. What would be interesting to 13 year > > old kids? > > > > I am not sure "free speech" is interesting to them and unfortunately > > they are probably used to that every software is "free beer". > > Given the cheats and cracks. > > > > So what do you think? > > I would recommend speaking about the "free as in freedom" concept of > Linux and open source software - the 4 freedoms a software user should > have, and that copying a software and giving a copy to your friend, > modifying software etc. are basic freedoms anyone should have. Then > speak about how Linux evolved, history of Linux and the status of > Linux today. > > When I first started to learn programming, in 1983, I didn't know > nothing about free software, open source software etc. Only after > participating in open source conferences in 2001 and 2002 and reading > the book "free as in freedom" (about Richard Stallman) I realized the > "free as in freedom" concept and its advantages. Even today I'm still > using non-free software such as Windows and Microsoft Office, but > today I understand more about it than 10 years ago. > > Uri Even-Chen > Mobile Phone: +972-50-9007559 > E-mail: u...@speedy.net > Website: http://www.speedy.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "the debate isn't security versus privacy. It's liberty versus control" Bruce Schneier
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