[Wylug-discuss] TheCommonPlace was: Leeds Hackspace

[Philip Wyett]

On Sat, 2009-04-11 at 11:33 +0100, mark wrote:
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> Philip Wyett wrote:
> > Thanks. I will take this one off list with you if you do not mind.
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> Please do.
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> Just one more point that may be of interest to the list though, about
> the target audience / use of the word "activists". The reason for this
> is in how the group evolved. A few of us who were hanging out down at
> the common place were GNU/Linux users and were involved in the free
> software movement in some way. We knew people who were involved in all
> sorts of other libertarian & liberatory movements, but knew little about
> software freedom and we thought that needed to be addressed. We wanted
> to help them get to grips with life after microsoft and outside the
> corporate internet, to put their libertarian ideals into practice. So we
> started putting on skill-share events. The privacy/security side of
> things is just a small part of it, although I tend to dwell on it
> because it's more intellectually stimulating than the thing that takes
> up the most time, which is walking people through ubuntu installs.
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> Mark

Thanks for the background. It helps put the groups origins into a
clearer perspective. I can also see why you do lean toward some subjects
rather than all the Ubuntu install walk throughs. Those 7 to 8 steps can
only keep your interest for a while. :-)

Regards

Phil
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