How to explain freedom (by Anonymous on 2010-10-04 13:23:23 GMT from France)
"Non technical people who do not know what source code is can still understand what software freedom is about. You just have to let them actually read the EULA of the proprietary software they use. Show them the time bomb that the proprietary software they use is. In my country, there is the new HADOPI that you must have heard about. People are very angry at that. I point to them the way around HADOPI and the future of it, which will be even worse. People understand that their interests are not aligned with proprietary software. They understand that free software aligns their interest with the software developers and vendors. They are fed up with low quality software, cryptic EULAS that is always against them, intrusive adverts, vendors that hold their documents in hostage and trojan horses labelled as service. They do not trust vendors when they need support anymore. On the other hand, when they see the support forums I show them, that is like a bit of fresh air. They can trust the information, and they don't have to parse the adverts from the information. They can talk with peers and feel the community spirit. That is a freedom they appreciate."
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