Books explaining Free Software for Children
J.B. Nicholson
jbn at forestfield.org
Thu Jun 15 23:30:56 UTC 2017
Evaggelos Balaskas wrote:
> I don't know about that age (3-12) but one of the classics in that area
> (my opinion) is The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond
That essay focuses on developmental methodology and business interests
("...and listen to your customers", case reviews on businesses like
Netscape). Free software focuses on ethically of treating other people with
regard to computers; free software isn't anti-business but the free
software movement doesn't give primacy to business interests. These
different philophies reach radically different ends when comparing the
reaction to reliable, featureful proprietary software (as
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html describes
toward the end).
Raymond's essay refers to "Linux" as an operating system (or outright
claims "the Linux operating system") despite that Linux is and was a kernel.
For free software rationale I recommend the material on
https://audio-video.gnu.org/, the collected rms essays in "Free Software,
Free Society", and asking rms directly by emailing rms at gnu.org.
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