Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC News - Stallman

2008-07-04 Thread Bruce Beardall
Well said, Lucy. You're right, of course, about it being up to us although my concern is not just for public awareness but also being a loud enough voice where legislation is concerned. Do we have a loud enough voice to speak out about legislation (national or international) that may come into bein

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC News - Stallman

2008-07-04 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm sure there's loads more available online, but those are the ones I > could think of right now. > Thanks Lucy, they'll be a help. I'm sure they'll explain it much better than I can. I did try and work out how to explain it but I always explain it in a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC News - Stallman

2008-07-04 Thread Lucy
On 04/07/2008, Bruce Beardall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think Softwarefreedomday is great but I still think we need more and > something of a higher profile. Or am I just never satisfied? :-) I think all the ingredients are there to make softwarefreedomday what you described, but that it'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC News - Stallman

2008-07-04 Thread Bruce Beardall
I think Softwarefreedomday is great but I still think we need more and something of a higher profile. Or am I just never satisfied? :-) Bruce On 7/4/08, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting Bruce Beardall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > This is our greatest challenge. Artic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC News - Stallman

2008-07-04 Thread Lucy
On 04/07/2008, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't suppose anyone knows of any good articles that have been > released under the GNU FDL or Creative Commons share-a-like licence that > explain Free and Open Source (or just Free) Software to someone who has > grown up in a Microsoft w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC News - Stallman

2008-07-04 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
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 w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC News - Stallman

2008-07-04 Thread Bruce Beardall
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 d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC News - Stallman

2008-07-04 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Quoting James Hooker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Of course - might be worth firing off a copy to someone like "Computer > Weekly" (or as I like to call it "IT Manager's magazine they read to > justify slacking off") How dare you sir. CW has some of the most informative, insightful articles that I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC News - Stallman

2008-07-04 Thread James Hooker
Of course - might be worth firing off a copy to someone like "Computer Weekly" (or as I like to call it "IT Manager's magazine they read to justify slacking off") On 4 Jul 2008, at 09:18, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > Quoting James Hooker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Rob - >> >> Im stuck

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC News - Stallman

2008-07-04 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Quoting Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > You may already have come across this, from yesterday's BBC Technology News: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7487060.stm > > Mac I notice that there's no mention of the GNU Herd... :o) M. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC News - Stallman

2008-07-04 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Quoting James Hooker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Rob - > > Im stuck on trains to and from London today - I'd happy to knock > something together! Nice touch - any chance of releasing it under the GFDL or CC and posting it on the Ubuntu UK Wiki? M. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] htt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC News - Stallman

2008-07-04 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Rob Beard wrote: > Mac wrote: > >> You may already have come across this, from yesterday's BBC Technology News: >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7487060.stm >> >> Mac >> Isn't it a shame that OSS doesn't get the same air-time as Proprietary software, Microsoft has now been the s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC News - Stallman

2008-07-04 Thread James Hooker
Rob - Im stuck on trains to and from London today - I'd happy to knock something together! On 4 Jul 2008, at 09:03, Rob Beard wrote: > Mac wrote: >> You may already have come across this, from yesterday's BBC >> Technology News: >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7487060.stm >> >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC News - Stallman

2008-07-04 Thread Andrew Oakley
Mac wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7487060.stm From TFA: > If you're a programmer and you want to change the software, > for yourself or for someone else, you can't. ... > You can copy and redistribute this article under the > Creative Commons Noderivs license. LOL Changing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC News - Stallman

2008-07-04 Thread Rob Beard
Mac wrote: > You may already have come across this, from yesterday's BBC Technology News: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7487060.stm > > Mac I'd seen it on another list but not actually read it until now. I was amazed to see something by Richard Stallman on the Beeb's site. This w

[ubuntu-uk] BBC News - Stallman

2008-07-03 Thread Mac
You may already have come across this, from yesterday's BBC Technology News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7487060.stm Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/