[Cialug] Installfest thought

[Theron Conrey]

I suppose that further clarification on my part is needed. See the Fear 
of Freedom section @ 
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html
I know that some of what RMS seems out there but it's still relevent, 
and I believe that ignoring it or glazing over it is irresponsible at 
best.  My dad wasn't interested in Linux at all until he started reading 
RMS.  An old military guy and pastor reading RMS seems a bit odd, but it 
sparked an interest that otherwise may not have been there.

Theron

Theron Conrey wrote:

> Chris Hilton wrote:
>
>> I think Raymond's views on the matter will work better at the science
>> center.  RMS is far too preachy, we need talk about the economics.  Talk
>> about things like the percentages of code that's actually written to
>> white-box sell (Raymond says 5%).
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 16:39 -0500, Theron Conrey wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> cialug at cialug.org wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Kevin C. Smith wrote:
>>>>>  
>>>>>       
>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone done any teaching or a similar presentation who could do it?
>>>>>> Before I called the Science Center I would want to have a 
>>>>>> presentation
>>>>>> topic
>>>>>> and presenter (no me) to offer up.
>>>>>> I think having a presentation period during the Install Fest no 
>>>>>> matter
>>>>>> where
>>>>>> we do it is a good idea. May make it more interesting.
>>>>>>    
>>>>>>         
>>>>>
>>>>> I would be happy to do one.
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>       
>>>>
>>>> We could use the new Wiki to pull it together as a group.
>>>> We need a topic.
>>>> I suggest either "History of Open Source" or "History of Linux".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>
>>> If we are going to do this a good topic that is relavent to people 
>>> there will be what is "Free Software" and what does it do for me.  
>>> I'm no RMS nor would I ever want to claim to be, however it's 
>>> important I believe that we address this from not only a Linux 
>>> angle, but a free software one as well.
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> I completly disagree.  This is a hot enough topic however that it need 
> to be discussed at the meeting IMO.
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