Re: [edlug] Donating CD's to Edinburgh Council

[Space Bunny <lists@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

Bob Kerr wrote:

> As part of an Open Source Awareness program, I am going to donate a 
> copy of the LendingCD and a copy of TheOpenCD to every Edinburgh City 
> Councillor. 


I have about 40 now of some properly pressed copies of the TheOpenCD [1] 
which nice colour sleeves. People trust the software more if cdrom is 
properly pressed it seems. And covers look really good.

I have yet to make a cardboard display holder with some blurb for 
selling the in Word Power bookshop [2] at the counter but you can 
already ask as they are a couple behind the counter for £2.50. The idea 
of DVD cases would make sense for ease of handling and presentation in 
bookshops as well as libs.

If people catch me in person and I am trying to make sure I always have 
some on me, I sell them for £1.50 each, but can be haggled,  but I 
rarely make it to EdLUG meetings. So not sure when any of you would see me.

I have vague ideas of doing a paste table stall on the street in town 
with petition about Patents. Leaflets about issues such as free software 
in government/education contracts,  DRM,  the new police powers to enter 
premises and seize computers with unlicensed software on which crept in 
as amendments to 1988 copyright act [3], etc. And make it worth my while 
by flogging cdroms of free (as in freedom) software. Whether this 
happens is another matter but it would be good to get me out of house 
away form my computer and talking to people. Take the debate from just 
slashdot [4] to the streets. I am curious to what reaction I would get. 
Probably ignored but maybe not by enough to make worthwhile.

As for the letter from EdLUG to decision makers, I myself would hold 
back from involving myself in developing or endorsing a collective 
letter from EdLUG as I don't feel part of EdLUG enough. Why don't you 
just make it a letter not from EdLUG but just a collective group of us 
in Edinburgh who sign as individuals ( which will obviously include many 
from EdLUG). From what I understand of EdLUG to have it produce a 
collective letter is to move EdLUG to a level it does not really 
function at now and I think choices not to function at. But may I am mis 
judging the group.

cheers,

Micah
http://j12.org/sb/


[1] http://www.theopencd.org
[2] http://www.word-power.co.uk
[3] http://www.fraw.org.uk/mobbsey/pdfs/gn_copyright_users.pdf
[4] http://www.slashdot.org

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