Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 22:25:30 -0600 (MDT) From: Kenneth Merry <ken@plutotech.com> To: dcarmich@mcs.net (Douglas Carmichael) Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free FreeBSD CD-ROM donations to environmental/non-profit groups? Message-ID: <199710210425.WAA16428@pluto.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: <199710210300.WAA11923@Venus.mcs.net> from Douglas Carmichael at "Oct 20, 97 10:00:54 pm"
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Douglas Carmichael wrote... > I was looking at the WWW site of an organization called the > Environmental Support Center (http://www.envsc.org) and one of their > functions is to donate Lotus software and computer equipment (Windoze :-( > to non-profit environmental groups. > > What do you think of a program to donate FreeBSD CD-ROMs (because a lot > of small grassroots organizations have no Internet access) to non-profit > groups working on environmental or animal rights issues? > > Benefits: > * Promotes FreeBSD > * Gives the groups an advanced, open OS base for their own > networking and computing needs without the extra cost of source licenses, > etc. > * Strengthens the goodwill of Walnut Creek (and FreeBSD Inc.) in the > computing community and the activism community at large. > > Any thoughts on this? I think the FreeBSD project should avoid political involvement of any kind. I think that we would lose more than we would gain by supporting one political point of view over another. If the issue were supporting some computing-related political issue, it is (remotely) possible that FreeBSD might benefit from it. (it would have to be thoroughly discussed and widely agreed to, IMO, though) In this case, though, I don't think it's a good idea. [ just my $.02 ] Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@plutotech.com
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