-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Frederic Muller - SFI wrote: [snip]
Hi!
I agree with all your points, but still find Richard's video 'not very tailor made' to SFD. I'll prevent from quoting him but there is no acknowledgement of the people organizing SFD like you and me.
Fair point.
Richard and SFI did in fact touch about the Steven Fry video and yes it is sad that he is now pushing something that is the opposite of what we advocate. In terms of content however Steven's message is a lot more in line with the way we want to communicate and our target audience.
I got in contact with FSF when it happened but had no response back.
For what it's worth, Mark Shuttleworth also did a video this year for SFD in China and the message is about SFD and China. He talked about people celebrating and that's a good thing (I don't have any youtube link, one can see the video here though http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/BT-yVysfF1M/ ).
Is it this? http://tinyogg.com/watch/p7LMP/ It is a good video.
I think a lot of team tend to forget SFD is about talking to people who don't know about Free Software, not a celebration by 'already convinced' to an 'already convinced' crowd. Our intent is to fight public ignorance. So we're not pushing GNU/Linux for everyone (try this, we'll tell you later why it's important), nor are we saying proprietary software should disappear. We're trying to explain what is Software Freedom and why it matters. People can make their own conclusion and then ask us what are there options. We're also very flexible on teams' interpretation of what should be done for that day.
I agree that SFD is about reaching out those who don't know about Free Software. That's what we did in the Manchester event. We had people demonstrating Free Software on Windows and Mac. And we handed out the OpenDisc. As well as demonstrating GNU/Linux and Free Software server applications.
I hope this put my comment in perspective and that we can open the door to any community who cares about Software Freedom.
I hope too that we bring in all those that care about Software Freedom. Mike.
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