Re: [OS:N:] Re: Troll

--- Jeremy Hogan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > It is an omission that I raised on the first round of questions,
> > let me recap :
> > 
> >  1. Do you support and promote the usage of the Gnu Free
> Documentation
> > license for your learning materials? 
> > -- no
> 
> We support the OPL. We support the FDL for our public docs.
> 
> That is not the same as being against the "basic freedoms of
> students".

Your courseware, and learning materials on not under these licenses,
even if you support the use of those licenses for other docs.
> 
> > 
> > 2. Do you support and promote the usage of internet Standard file
> > formats for your learning materials? 
> > -no 
> > 
> 
> Um. HTML? I've already answered this.

Flash, java?

> 
> > 3. Do you support and promote the usage of free software for your
> > distance learning software? 
> > -- no
> 
> Linux? Mozilla? Heard of those?

Flash, Java. 
Is is possible to exclusivly use free software to take part in your
learning experience?


> 
> > 
> > Do you support the idea of allowing access to the source code of
> all
> > the tools involved in the courseware? 
> > -- no 
> 
> We support access to code we write/port/develop or contribute to.
> Stop
> telling everyone Digital Think's code is Red Hat's code.

But your courseware is still not free.

> 
> > 4. Do you support and promote the relieving of students from EULA
> and
> > and other license agreements that are designed to take away the
> > freedoms of the students? 
> > -- no
> 
> You mean by developing and contributing to F/OSS Java tools, code and
> applet servers? The answer is Yes.

But they still cannot study the RHCE without giving up thier freedoms.

> 
> > 5. Do you support and promote the docuementation of free software? 
> > -- yes
> > 
> > When you are creating learning materials, do you contribute your
> > changes, improvements, criticism, ideas and sources back to the
> > community?
> >
> > -- no
> 
> What?!?!?!
> 
> I give up.

Please dont. Your webpage says how the great advantage of the redhat
courseware is that it is up to date. Is there a procedure for sharing
this advantage over a period of time after it has been amortized? 
The question is, how long does this up to date documentation stay your
advantage?
mike

=====
James Michael DuPont
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/

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