[Lias] linux on mac?

Ken Yap ken at etherboot.org
Mon Feb 16 21:33:01 UTC 2004


>Ben wrote:
>That is exactly what I mean, the high cost of licencing and onerous 
>conditions attached have forced or encouraged the software piracy 
>issue.  In regard to the gimp and blender, are you going to have a 
>facility whereby the kids can download the software themselves or would 
>you consider just burning a heap of copies?
>
>I've got 10 copies of TheOpenCD (google it) and plonked them into the 
>Library.  I wanted to give'em away but librarians being who they are 
>ran them through their system and lend them out. Works ok. Want to rev 
>it up but whos got time?
>
>Nick Oliver
>MultiMedia
>Lake Tuggeranong College
>Canberra

Not sure who wrote what above, but read this article by a scotsman who
has succeeded in placing FOSS media in libraries to understand, among
other things, why librarians (at least ones in public libraries) are
the way they are.

http://www.newsforge.com/software/03/12/14/1545216.shtml



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