Free ( as in freedom ) software / information

I have got quite into free software avocacy. I hope to write up more here my own journey on free software path.

I helped host a visit by Richard Stallman to Edinburgh. He is know for his developing Free Software as movement aware of itself. He gave a public talk and attended a free software social at the posties club.

I got into using free software because I found it was better for what I want to do. But I got into the whole philosophy behind it and now try to help spread it, by pages like this but mainly by distributing cdroms, with support, of free software and whole OSs previously Mandrake Linux and Ark Linux but now BLAG or Ubuntu (with it's free software version: GNewSense)

Check out:

What is Free Software?

Free Software and GPL society

oekonux

Film about Free Software but one can buy it in UK from Linux Emporium without need to pay high import tax.

Good starting point for links

I also avocate copyleft for other forms of information such as books and archives.
I urge you to check out Creative Commons

Open Rights Group

Assoc.for Free Software


recommended reading:


Listening:

Talks by Richard Stallman and others about free software ( note if you want MP3 versions do general internet search for stallman.mp3 )

more via: http://rms.imcscotland.org

also see GNU/Linux, and no MSword docs

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