Re: [seul-edu] SEUL Licensing (was: Our presence at trade shows)

[Hilaire Fernandes <hilaire@ofset.org>]

 > Don't get me wrong -- I have no quarrel with our doing what we can to make
 > it easier for people who *want* do develop free software (libre or gratis,
 > though other postings seem to make it clear that libre implies gratis).
 > Ideas like Hilaire's suggestion to "encourage' teachers who have developed
 > shareware programs to make them free even sound fine, as long as "encourage"
 > doesn't turn into "coerce" (for example, perhaps his foundation could raise
 > money to buy the rights to good shareware programs and then make them
 > available for free).

What do you mean by coerce?


 > 
 > I don't even have a quarrel with our adopting the stance that only free
 > software meets our gold standard for acceptability. I don't share that view
 > personally, but it certainly is a respectable stance, especially when it
 > comes from someone like Stallman, whose own personal creation of free
 > software enhances his credibility (whether or not one agrees with the
 > details of his actual analysis). But people who feel this way simply should
 > not encourage commercial vendors to port to Linux.
 > 
 > I do have a problem with our doing these things AND also trying to act like
 > we are promoting Linux as a viable market for commercial vendors of
 > educational software. That's all. And that is why I raised this question in

As I have.
 
Hilaire