[TOS] Teaching the concept of Free Software

MJ Ray mjr at phonecoop.coop
Mon Dec 7 14:23:33 UTC 2009


Karsten Wade wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 05:37:46PM -0500, Luis Ibanez wrote:
> > I was pointing out to the students that the only two organizations that
> > will take at heart the difficult challenge of eliminating "Software Patents"
> > are: the FSF and the EFF
> 
> To widen that list a bit, I would definitely include the many other
> groups working against software patents, from Red Hat to the SFLC and
> the FFII.  I'm confident those organizations take the challenge to
> heart, too. ;-)

Thank you!  A lot of tech-coop members are active against software
patents (in our case, we try to help FFII as well as directly
lobbying our representatives) and I was a bit upset to learn that
only the FSF and the EFF got any recognition.  This campaign is
bigger than any few organisations!

Regards,
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