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. 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 > > don't even know free (as in freedom) software exists nor that it's > > available. > > > > I think it's time we considered an ongoing campaign, something like an > "Ask > > me about Linux" day. That's just something off the top of my head but > maybe > > an advertising campaign where everyone, organisations and individuals > alike > > can make contributions? I don't know if these are viable ideas but it > > strikes me that education is the key. If enough people start asking about > > it, even the monolith that is the BBC will have to take note. > > > Something like http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ ?? :o) > > It's sponsored by Canonical, Google, ZenOSS, the FSF, Linux Magazine > and OLPC and is a global event that we can all use to promote F/LOSS. > > Cheers, > > > M. > -- > Matthew Macdonald-Wallace > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/ > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
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