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What should we do with Free Software users who don't contribute to it in any way?

(Notes added on 2017/12/06):

  1. links and formatting were updated on 2017/12/06)
  2. now you may help fix the underlying cultural and awareness problems mentioned here, also by suggesting the right concepts for this book

This page, unlike the rest of Stop!, is not written for the general public. It only addresses the community of Free/Open Source advocates. That’s why it isn’t listed in the home page: it is always related to the general theme of the website (which is how technology, especially digital could improve our lives) and it’s more convenient to publish it here, but it’s not for the usual readers of the Stop.

Digital Culture online course for parents, teachers and everybody else!

Here is a new online course, one teaching concepts that every parent, teacher or other educator should know. Please write me (mfioretti, at nexaima.net) or contact directly VIS if you are interested in an English edition.

How to turn into Free Software supporters people who couldn't care less

(Historical note: I originally published this on 2008/01/12 at digifreedom.net, the website I set up as an online counterpart to that Family Guide to Digital Freedom which later on became the basis for my basic course. I have moved it here on April 24th, 2012, because I think the advice below it’s a perfect complement to something else published on this website in the same month (With leaders like these, Free Software will never win), and because here you can add your comments)

Help everybody love Free Standards and Free Software!

You will never convince ENOUGH people with the GNU Manifesto.

Table of Contents of the Family Guide to Digital Freedom, 2007 Edition

The 2007 edition of the Family Guide to Digital Freedom consists of less than 60 chapters. Almost all of them are very short (the printed version was slightly above 200 pages). Some of the longest chapters have been divided in two parts for this online version.