* Daniel Lawson <daniel(a)meta.net.nz> [2004-04-16 05:19]:
Otherwise, the WLUG cannot have anything to do with it at any official WLUG events. [...] At a WLUG event, however, we have to obey the rules.
As a side note here, one of the LUG's charter points is for the promtion of Open Source software and Operating Systems. This is extended in another point to include "other Free Operating Systems", and the definitions of Free Software and Open Source Software are mentioned at the bottom of the Charter. I'm sure we all know the difference between "Free" software and software which, for whatever reason, you don't pay for, [...]
Thank you. It often bugs me when I see Windows-rooted people having the notion that this libre software thing is about getting things without paying for them. Warezing stuff seems to be such an ingrained response of the average Windows user that they can't imagine there is any greater issue. Libre software is not about getting things for free. That's a pleasant side effect at most. The key value at the bottom of all this is respect. Respecting the wishes of authors of proprietary software, whether or not their position is agreed with, is as much part of that as anything else. -- Regards, Aristotle "If you can't laugh at yourself, you don't take life seriously enough."