[Trisquel-devel] some little ideas for a video or presentation

[Andrew Ter-Grigoryan]

On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 17:10 +0100, Rubén Rodríguez wrote:
> > I hate to say it, but if somebody isn't already familiar with what
> > free software is, a video that says our operating system is more
> > ethical and good for their freedom will only make our ideas seem odd
> > and contrived.
> 
> I hate to hear it. I hope I'm misunderstanding you, but you seem to be
> ashamed of those ideas in some way. Open source started many years after
> the free software movement because some guys thought that ethics sounded
> odd and contrived. (and unprofitable).
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No, of course I'm not ashamed of these ideas. The term "open source"
wasn't even coined until about 1998, and it misses the point entirely.
All I'm trying to say is that it's not as easy to pitch
free-as-in-freedom software to Joe Average as it is open source, because
people tend to care more about practical benefits, and above all, they
don't like change. Sad but true. BUT, I think people respond well to the
basic idea of sharing with others and being a good neighbor, and they
can learn that our software is made to facilitate that instead of
locking them into unfair relationships they don't want to be in. I
notice this is how rms prefers to pitch free software to the uninformed.