[Gllug] BBC Open Source

[David Damerell]

On Thursday, 14 Jul 2005, Chris Bell wrote:
>On Thu 14 Jul, Rich Walker wrote:
>>(a) pay our license fee as a show of support for the staff
>>(b) boycott the license fee to remove legitimacy from the management?
>>(c) Any other ideas?
> (b)  Boycotting the license fee may remove you from circulation. I once
>heard that the majority of female prisoners in the UK were prosecuted for TV
>License evasion.

Only if you have a television.

[Also, you can't go to prison for not paying the TV License; you can
only go to prison for not paying the fine assessed for not paying the
License. A subtle distinction but a real one.]

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