Why FOSS Matters to Me (But Maybe Not to You)

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Nov 11, 2009 4:52 AM EDT
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The Free Software Foundation is having a video contest on the subject "Why is free software important to you?" It's a timely topic, with Windows 7 just out and with the free software community's bickering so bitter as of late that common goals sometimes seem in danger of being forgotten. I lack any talent for making videos, but the contest has me thinking: Why is free software important to me? And why isn't it important to most people around me? The two questions are more closely connected than you might at first think.

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Pretty good article r_a_trip 0 2,938 Nov 11, 2009 7:21 AM

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