[Gnugeneration] [Fwd: [Fsfe-uk] DFEY and GNU Generation?]

[Tim Dobson]

You may be interested in this post I recently noticed.

:)

Tim

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Subject: [Fsfe-uk] DFEY and GNU Generation?
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:51:11 +0100 (BST)
From: MJ Ray <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden

We've occasionally seen posts from DFEY – Digital Freedom in Education
and Youth - on fsfe-uk and I think the last one mentioned something
about a Google event.

The H Open reports that the Free Software Foundation are applying
Google Highly Open Participation Content to the GNU Generation
community, aimed at people between the ages of 13 and 18.
http://www.h-online.com/open/FSF-launch-GNU-Generation--/news/113992

The comments there criticise the logo, but not for the reason I would.
I thought it just looked a bit childish for 13-18.  Am I out of touch?

Anyway, my main questions:

How will DFEY interact with this, if at all?

Some of you may know that I'm not a fan of Google, its no-download
services and business methods.  It wouldn't be the first time that
no-download web service software was used to develop the GNU project,
after all - see wiki.list.org.  Should we be worried by this apparent
Googlisation of a new FSF project, though?

In general, does Google get an easy ride from FSF contributors?

Curiously,
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