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 being that rules free software out? The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (see: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/acta/ ) is a case in point.
And getting people interested in something they wouldn't normally care about is a bit of a mission, I must admit On 7/4/08, Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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's up to us to make it higher profile. > Personally, I'm hoping that we will be able to have a really good > event organised in Manchester this year *fingers crossed* > > Actually, I was talking to someone last night about this subject and > they argued that we are never going to get lots of people interested, > because it's such a niche subject that most people simply don't care > and/or don't have any interest in computing. I'm not sure if I agree > or not, but I think trying to move people towards free software is > still worth it, even if they don't know about the benefits. > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
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