Re: Essay on Free Software

[Graham Percival]

On 9-Nov-04, at 1:18 AM, Mats Bengtsson wrote:

> Does it have to be about software? Otherwise, it might be interesting
> to write something about public music archives like Mutopia, which is
> a phenomenon that's much less spread than public software, but still
> has many common denominators.

Actually, project Gutenburg might be more famous than Open Source
software -- it's certainly easier for non-computer people to understand.

I think Gutenburg and Mutopia would be a great topic.  Besides, it
can serve as a "gateway drug" to open source software -- once somebody
understands Gutenburg, it'll be much easier for them to understand
open source software.

Cheers,
- Graham