[hackerspaces] Hackerspaces survey on Free/Libre Open Source Software

[Shirley Hicks]

On Apr 6, 2014, at 11:31 AM, "Randall G. Arnold" <randall.arnold at texrat.net> wrote:

> 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.
>  
> 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.
>  
> Randy

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.

Shirley Hicks
Red Mountain Makers
Birmingham, AL

> 
> > On April 6, 2014 at 10:28 AM Ron Bean <makerspace at rbean.users.panix.com> wrote: 
> > 
> > 
> > Mike Dupont <jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com> writes: 
> > 
> > >acceptance of using illegal copies of proprietary software instead of 
> > >learning to use F/LOSS alternatives. 
> > 
> > This does bother me, especially at a larger 'space. 
> > 
> > >spending of hackerspace funds on software licenses. 
> > 
> > I could see this as acceptable where it's significantly better than any 
> > open-source alternative. 
> > 
> > Also, a lot of people who are there to hack atoms rather than bits don't 
> > want to take the time to learn something other than the proprietary 
> > software they're used to, because they're not software guys (hence the 
> > prevalence of Windows). 
> > 
> > Another thing that comes up is that sometimes people (including me) 
> > check out an open-source program, see that it doesn't do what they need 
> > to do, and then don't notice when useful features are added later. I 
> > know a guy who hates Linux because he had a bad experience with it 10 
> > years ago, and still insists that it's terrible. 
> > 
> > >for me the big one that hurt the most : was removing of linux from the 
> > >public terminals and replacing with windows. 
> > 
> > They don't even let you have one linux machine? 
> > 
> > Most people just use their own laptops, though, so it's not usually a 
> > big issue. 
> > 
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> Randall (Randy) Arnold 
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