Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Manchester Anarchist Bookfair, 7th June 2008

[Matt Lee]

On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 16:04 +0100, Simon Ward wrote:

> However, when you’re distributing something in the name of free
> software, it should be free.  Having people only use free software, and
> educating them to get hardware that works—it’s the hardware that doesn’t
> work, not the free software—should make hardware vendors more aware.

Right.

IMO, Manchester FS should either distribute free software distributions,
or shouldn't distribute distributions at all. If you distribute gNS 2.0
CDs, you have a clear conscious, and if things don't work, that gives
the group an opportunity to discuss why.

If people are going to rely on Flash and proprietary drivers, and are
unaware of the reasons why they're a problem for freedom, then they're
probably not ready to switch to using a free software OS.

For most people, wireless cards can be replaced by wired networks, and
I've never heard of a machine that doesn't work at all with free ATI
drivers.

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