Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (265 mails)

["Cristian Rodriguez R." <judas_iscariote@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

M Harris escribió:

> the free 
> software movement (open source is only a very small piece) is all about 
> social change

If you want to help social change you can

a) join a non-gov organization to help on your country problems

b) visit your favorite church/political party/whatever and organize
events to talk about linux, free software etc..

c) teach youth in social risk about the benefits and how to use linux (
as I personally do from time when I can, few times a year)


, not about the mechanics of distributing software.

it is exaclty about that, about producing a better product that people
will be happy to use.

> --dismantling the patent system in the United States and around the world... 
> making knowledge and technology (at a marginal cost of zero) freely available 
> around the globe for the benefit of all mankind... fostering world peace 
> through the free exchange of ideas (which no man my own), free dialogue, free 
> technological intercourse, and free "as in freedom" science and technology 
> (of which open source software is a small piece). 
> 

Unfortunately the real world does not currently work like that.. and If
you want to change that, it is fine and I applaud your efforts. join to
"nosoftwarepatents" movement, talk with you congress representative or
whatever, but here we produce a linux distribution and this lists are
designed for that purpose.


> I do care for the free software 
> movement, FOSS, and opensuse...   and truth.

if you care about the truth, then stay with the proven facts.