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Make sure to register for TechSoup.org once your 501(c)(3) is approved. That's a good starting place.
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Randy
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<br />> On April 6, 2014 at 11:35 AM Shirley Hicks <shirley@velochicdesign.com> wrote:
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<br />> On Apr 6, 2014, at 11:31 AM, "Randall G. Arnold" <randall.arnold@texrat.net> wrote:
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<br />> > At Tarrant Makers, there will be NO illegal copies of proprietary software. We're a 501(c)(3): we're eligible for free and significantly discounted tools. We'd have to be insane not to take advantage.
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<br />> > We just got approved to get full Autodesk suites for a $30 administrative fee. Windows 7 upgrades for $12. More to come. And of course we'll have FLOSS alternatives like Inkscape and Qt in the mix.
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<br />> > Randy
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<br />> Ooh! Thanks for that heads-up, Randy. I'll bring that up at our planning meeting. We started our 501(3)c application last week.
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<br />> Shirley Hicks
<br />> Red Mountain Makers
<br />> Birmingham, AL
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<br />> > > On April 6, 2014 at 10:28 AM Ron Bean <makerspace@rbean.users.panix.com> wrote:
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<br />> > > Mike Dupont <jamesmikedupont@googlemail.com> writes:
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<br />> > > >acceptance of using illegal copies of proprietary software instead of
<br />> > > >learning to use F/LOSS alternatives.
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<br />> > > This does bother me, especially at a larger 'space.
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<br />> > > >spending of hackerspace funds on software licenses.
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<br />> > > I could see this as acceptable where it's significantly better than any
<br />> > > open-source alternative.
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<br />> > > Also, a lot of people who are there to hack atoms rather than bits don't
<br />> > > want to take the time to learn something other than the proprietary
<br />> > > software they're used to, because they're not software guys (hence the
<br />> > > prevalence of Windows).
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<br />> > > Another thing that comes up is that sometimes people (including me)
<br />> > > check out an open-source program, see that it doesn't do what they need
<br />> > > to do, and then don't notice when useful features are added later. I
<br />> > > know a guy who hates Linux because he had a bad experience with it 10
<br />> > > years ago, and still insists that it's terrible.
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<br />> > > >for me the big one that hurt the most : was removing of linux from the
<br />> > > >public terminals and replacing with windows.
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<br />> > > They don't even let you have one linux machine?
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<br />> > > Most people just use their own laptops, though, so it's not usually a
<br />> > > big issue.
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<br />> > Randall (Randy) Arnold
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