[school-core] Press Release: FSF Europe welcomes the TUX&GNU@school column]

[David Bucknell <david@members.iteachnet.org>]

Dear Christian,

We applaud your strong efforts on behalf of free software. Keep up the good
work. Why don't you join Schoolforge, the international coalition fostering free
and open resources (software and other educational materials) in education?
While you focus on GNU, we include it, too. Many of our groups use the GPL
exclusively, but they still support the greater community's efforts on behalf of
education. I hope you will consider doing so as well. We are stronger together.

By the way, please also join http://news.schoolforge.net (aka
http://www.opensourceschools.org) so you can post announcements there.

Best wishes for a happy new year.

Sincerely,

David Bucknell
On behalf of the Schoolforge membership

 Quoting Doug Loss <drloss@suscom.net>:

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Press Release: FSF Europe welcomes the TUX&GNU@school column
> Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 12:31:01 +0100
> From: Christian Selig <christian.selig@bnv-bamberg.de>
> To: dloss@seul.org
> 
> Hello Doug,
> 
> I'd appreciate it very much if you could put a short notice into 
> the SEUL/edu report. For clarification (as can also be read 
> below), TUX&GNU@school is no competition for the SEUL/edu 
> reports, as it has a more "Brave GNU World" like focus.
> 
> Thanks and a happy new year,
>     Christian
> 
> http://mailman.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release/2003q1/000048.html 
> :
> 
>      FSF Europe welcomes the TUX&GNU@school <mailto:GNU@school> 
> column
> 
> January, 7th 2003
> Hamburg/Essen/Valais
> 
>      The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Europe officially 
> welcomes Mario Fux' TUX&GNU@school <mailto:GNU@school> column 
> whose future editions will be published under the umbrella of the 
> FSF Europe.
> 
>      Each edition of the column contains a presentation of a Free 
> educational software program, valuable tips to web sites that 
> deal with Free Software and education, user testimonies as well 
> as suggestions for new small programs for pupils and teachers. 
> All editions will be published in German and English first.
> 
>      The FSF Europe provides infrastructure and an organizational 
> framework, such as web space and mailing lists for lectors and 
> translators. With this support, Mario Fux continues to write his 
> column. The column is free documentation and the GNU Free 
> Documentation License (GNU FDL) and will be developed in an open 
> manner. In consequence, any interested person can work on the 
> project as a lector or translator.
> 
>      TUX&GNU@school <mailto:GNU@school> is a logical step to 
> extend the promotion of Free Software in the educational sector. 
> Mario Fux emphasizes: "GNU/Linux and Free Software in schools 
> have become at least as viable as proprietary software in the 
> meantime" and continues: "I'm again and again surprised how big 
> the choice of Free educational programs is", contradicting 
> critics of Free Software who often claim a lack of applications 
> for the GNU platform.
> 
>      Also the didactic and social aspects of the use of Free 
> Software in schools are of special importance: "In the past, 
> computer science education has concentrated too much teaching 
> products instead of comprehension", says Georg C.F. Greve, 
> President of the FSF Europe. Greve continues: "Free Software 
> enables the interactive understanding of outer and inner workings 
> of a computer and furthermore ensures an equality of chances for 
> all pupils".
> 
>      The FSF Europe thanks Mario Fux for his hitherto efforts and 
> looks forward to his future editions, which are available at 
> http://www.fsfeurope.org/education/tgs/ .
> 
> About the Free Software Foundation Europe
> 
>      The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSF Europe) is a 
> charitable non-governmental organization dedicated to all aspects 
> of Free Software in Europe. Access to software determines who may 
> participate in a digital society. Therefore the freedoms to use, 
> copy, modify and redistribute software - as described in the Free 
> Software definition - allow equal participation in the 
> information age. Creating awareness for these issues, securing 
> Free Software politically and legally, and giving people freedom 
> by supporting development of Free Software are central issues of 
> the FSF Europe, which was founded in 2001 as the European sister 
> organization of the Free Software Foundation in the United States.
> 
>      http://www.fsfeurope.org
> 
> Contact
> 
>      FSF Europe:
>      Georg C. F. Greve   <greve@fsfeurope.org 
> <mailto:greve@fsfeurope.org>>
>      phone: +49-40-23809080
>      fax:   +49-40-23809081
> 
>      TUX&GNU@school <mailto:GNU@school> column:
>      Mario Fux           <foxman@lugo.ch <mailto:foxman@lugo.ch>>
> 
> 


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