Re: Confusion about legality of Linux
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 08:34:23 -0800, Rob Starling (debian-user@robstarling.org) wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 07:08:48AM -0600, Bryan Bishop wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Tom Ashley wrote:
> > > http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/linux-stop-holding-our-kids-back.html
> ...
> > All joking aside, this does strike me as peculiar. Not because it's
> > yet another uninformed individual, but because it's a teacher, who
> > would supposedly support the values of education, free software, gift
> > economies, etc. But this isn't common to all teachers, I know, they
> > all have their odd reasons for being where they are. And some might
> > just end up in the job without knowing why.
>
> the blog post seems too troll-y to me. maybe we should wait
> for Ken to reply to all the "did this really happen" comments
> before getting too worked up. lines like "no software is free",
> and "I along with many others tried Linux during college" are
> just too perfect for this to real.
Agreed. And wouldn't a teacher know how to spell "conference"? Ok, it
could be a typo, but there is also another line with some rather dodgy
grammar, which does not really ring true either.
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