[Infopoint] The state of the (Infopoint)?

[alan c]

Ron Wellsted wrote:
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> I find a large number of people do NOT understand software licensing.
> They own a copy of Windows which they paid for, so they can install it
> on all and any computer they want, right? So why should they use this
> free stuff? 

very intuitive yes, particularly in our advertising driven, retail 
based, society.

>After all, if it's free, it must be rubbish, you get what
> you pay for in this life, right?

I found that at the computer fairs, just offering cds totally free of 
charge did not get many takers, nor credibiilty.
I began to ask 50 pence or one pound per item - still near zero but at 
least something - and I began to get a more useful relationship with 
the punters.

> They totally fail to understand the concept of a (very restricted)
> software license.  They may have heard of copyright, but often ignore
> it, thinking that it does not apply to them.  Ripping a copy of a CD for
> a friend is OK, after all,if it was illegal, they wouldn't make the
> computers so you can do it, would they?

At computer fairs (for windows users eyes mostly) I have begun to use 
the slogan
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Feeling locked in? - try FREEDOM Software!
FOSS
Free and open Source Software
Information
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I think this is getting a better response, people are stopping to read 
stuff.
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alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391