Re: Education pages on fsfeurope.org & OSiE UK

[Christian Selig]

Richard Smedley wrote:
> Well "Open Source" vs "Free Software" was a point of long discussion
> at the founding of OSiE. However if you look at the draft site
> mentioned above you see the first link is titled "About free,
> open-source software." The linked page starts with an explanation of
> freedom in software.

Okay, it seems clear that OSiE supports Free Software.

> > Yep, the biggest problem with education in Europe is that it's very
> > divergent.
> It's pretty divergent *within* the UK. We have more graduates than any
> other country, but also the highest levels of illiteracy in W Europe :-(

We'll make our contribution, namely Free Software.

> > Same for the OSIE, stating that we support the idea but that we think
> > the term "Open Source" is inappropriate (link to gnu.org/philsophy/...)?
> Seems reasonable. But see how the OSiE site finishes up after everyone
> involved in it has a final say (I believe it's planned to go live in
> September).

Okay.

Bye,
  Christian