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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,
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Logan Streondj |
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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives, |
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Mon, 25 May 2015 05:23:14 -0400 |
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On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 12:15:42AM -0500, Will Hill wrote:
> I suppose the easiest way to demonstrate the misrepresentation is to ask an
> IT
> person about the FSF. If you can't remember your own surprise on first
> reading actual GNU and FSF material,
It was over a decade ago.
> you will probably be surprised by the
> average IT person's skewed perceptions. They are likely to tell you some
> confused things about "Open Source", "freeware", "hobbiest", etc.
don't know any such IT people.
> The
> general public is even less well informed. The last thing you might hear is
> a clear understanding of the power non free software has over users and what
> it takes to undo that.
I have met people who didn't know about Linux and Libreware,
generally those who aren't particularly computer literate.
>
> This problem of misrepresentation is not unique to free software. Rich and
> powerful people devote significant resources to confusing the public about
> all sorts of things.
that sounds like a conspiracy theory, and not very relevant.
the only pseudo-relevant "rich people" here would be Microsoft.
so far, haven't seen any other examples.
>
> On Friday 22 May 2015, streondj@gmail.com wrote:
> > will hill" easy to observe pattern of publishers missrepresenting GNU
> > and the FSF by all means at their disposal"
>
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, (continued)
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, Aaron Wolf, 2015/05/14
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, rysiek, 2015/05/22
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, Will Hill, 2015/05/22
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, streondj, 2015/05/22
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, Will Hill, 2015/05/23
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, Aaron Wolf, 2015/05/23
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, Will Hill, 2015/05/23
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, Will Hill, 2015/05/25
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, Aaron Wolf, 2015/05/25
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, Bryan Baldwin, 2015/05/25
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,,
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- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, Giuseppe Molica, 2015/05/25
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, Logan Streondj, 2015/05/25
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, Giuseppe Molica, 2015/05/25
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, Aaron Wolf, 2015/05/25
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, Giuseppe Molica, 2015/05/25
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, Aaron Wolf, 2015/05/25
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: The FSF Allows No Derivatives,, Andrés Muñiz Piniella, 2015/05/25