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| ==Related pages== * [[Implementing Free Software usage policy]] * [[Free software usage in schools]] * [[Reasons for public administration to use Free Software]] |
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| ==Sources for further information== * http://fsfeurope.org/projects/education/argumentation.en.html * [http://fsfeurope.org/documents/rms-fs-2006-03-09.en.html#free-software-and-schools Richard Stallman talking about this during another talk] * [http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/ciaran/ciaran_s_free_software_notes/transcript_richard_stallman_honorary_degree_speech_pavia_2007 Stallman's acceptance speech for an honorary degree in Pavia] * [http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/ciaran/ciaran_s_free_software_notes/transcript_of_rms_at_wsis_on_is_free_open_source_software_the_answer#wsis--schools-and-proprietary-software Stallman talks about the WSIS development agenda] |
= Sources for further information = * http://fsfeurope.org/projects/education/argumentation.en.html * [[http://fsfeurope.org/documents/rms-fs-2006-03-09.en.html#free-software-and-schools | Richard Stallman talking about this during another talk]] * [[http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/ciaran/ciaran_s_free_software_notes/transcript_richard_stallman_honorary_degree_speech_pavia_2007 | Stallman's acceptance speech for an honorary degree in Pavia]] * [[http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/ciaran/ciaran_s_free_software_notes/transcript_of_rms_at_wsis_on_is_free_open_source_software_the_answer#wsis--schools-and-proprietary-software | Stallman talks about the WSIS development agenda]] |
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Schools should teach children to be good members of the community, and schools should not provide product training for companies that do not respect freedom.
Arguments
We should try to keep each point as short as possible. These arguments should be a resource for people who want to approach a school, teacher, or related body to ask them to use Free Software.
Sharing
Schools should teach children to help each other and to share with each other. With proprietary software, teachers are required to prevent such sharing and to tell the children that sharing of useful software is wrong. Using free software allows schools to set a better example and teach children to share.
Equality at home
With free software, teachers can give a copy to each student. Thus parents are not put in a position of making a financial decision, and children of families with less financial resources can learn with the same tools as every other child.
Learning to program
Some children will be interested in how software works, and some will be interested in writing software. When a school uses Free Software, they are in a position to help interested children learn about computers to any depth.
Dependency
If children learn to do things a certain way in school, the easiest way for them to do that thing in their adult life is to continue to do it the same way. If schools teach children to rely on proprietary software, they are giving the child a dependency on something which they have to pay for and which generally discourages sharing and good will in society. However, if a school teaches children to rely on Free Software, the software can never be taken away from the child (even in the child's adult life) and the child can continue using this software while helping others by sharing it.
Related pages
Sources for further information
http://fsfeurope.org/projects/education/argumentation.en.html
Stallman's acceptance speech for an honorary degree in Pavia