<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Shirley Hicks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shirley@velochicdesign.com" target="_blank">shirley@velochicdesign.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><br><div><div class=""><div>On Apr 6, 2014, at 9:26 AM, Mike Dupont <<a href="mailto:jamesmikedupont@googlemail.com" target="_blank">jamesmikedupont@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
<br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hello Fellow Hackers,<br></div>I recently moved to Kansas and
found hackerspaces that are not really what I would have expected from
my experience with hackerspaces in Europe (cbase, matrax and others) . I find much less FLOSS and very little knowledge or awareness of any of the issues that I feel are important. <br>
<br></div></div></blockquote></div>Could you list this issues? </div></div></blockquote><div><br><br>Sure, and not going to name names here and this is not directed at anyone. <br></div><div><br>general lack of knowledge of copyright issues.<br>
acceptance of using illegal copies of proprietary software instead of learning to use F/LOSS alternatives.<br></div><div>spending of hackerspace funds on software licenses. <br>for me the big one that hurt the most : was removing of linux from the public terminals and replacing with windows.<br>
</div><div>holding courses teaching to use proprietary software tools instead of using F/LOSS alternatives.<br><br></div><div>I am not trying to judge people here but would like to at least try and present alternatives and motivate people to explore what can be done using free software.<br>
</div><div><br></div>In this context, does FLOSS stand for "Free/Libre/Open Source Software"? My first search returned dental products.<div>yes it does <br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span class=""><font color="#888888"><div></div><div>Shirley Hicks</div><div>Red Mountain Makers</div><div>Birmingham, AL</div></font></span><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div class="">
<div dir="ltr"><div> something that is supported by many people. Ideally we can come up with a set of guiding principles that hackerspaces can freely adopt and identify with that will tell people that they support software freedom. If enough hackerspaces do this it would be attractive to new and budding hackerspaces as voluntary self identification.<br>
<br>So I made a short survey to get peoples opinion on this :<br><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9WYC6SY" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9WYC6SY</a><br><br>Thanks to wannabe1987, gmc, Wil5on, Otter on irc for debugging this and providing constructive feedback<br>
<br></div><div>Also I wanted to say that I am starting a free software association for Kansas <a href="http://flosokaks.thefr33.com/" target="_blank">http://flosokaks.thefr33.com/</a> and looking for support.<br><br></div>
thanks,<br>mike<br clear="all">
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