Re: [LUG] Free Offer ...

["Paul Sutton" <psutton@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

sounds like a good idea,  can someone come up with a basic letter to go with
them to explain that it'sok to do this libraries are always worried about
copyright etc,

paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Trevena" <betty@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [LUG] Free Offer ...

> On Fri, 17 May 2002, David Bell wrote:
>
> > I have boxed editions (with manuals) of SuSE Personal 7.0 and 7.1,
Mandrake
> > 8.0, a set of Debian 2.2r3 and Caldera Desktop v2.4 discs destined for
the
> > skip on Tuesday.  If anyone wants them and can collect (Hatherleigh)
they are
> > welcome.
>
> I was thinking about this..
>
> Many of use have old Boxed sets and ISO's are easy to burn - it would be a
> nice publicity and awareness stunt to provide Linux and related books to
> libraries rather than throwing them away or stuffing them in the attic.
>
> After all - how many of teh books you see in computer sections of
> libraries are less than 5 years old? I can probably spare 1 or 2 of my
> Linux Books and they are certainly more relevent now than the Windows
> Books I have that are the same age.
>
> Best of all we could provide each library with Free software that they
> don't have to worry about piracy with.  People who don't have internet
> access or the tiem to spend 12 hours downloading Linux, Mozilla, Internet
> explorer, paint shop pro or Open Office Could borrow or buy the CD's of
> Free Software like Linux, FreBSD, GIMP, OPenOffice, Gnome Office, Mozilla,
> Apache (now better than IIS on windows as well as unix) - any copies sold
> could raise funds for the LUG, or related groups like YAS, the FSF, etc.
>
> It would work well with advertising for related companies -bookshops can
> say how great their selection of Linux and UNIX books is, computer shops
> and specialists can offer consultation and boxed sets, etc.
>
> Anyone up for attacking this - Pete and I are in Truro - we have a library
> in sore need of this kind of thing and I know 2 or 3 local companies use
> Linux and would be able to advertise on the page in the newspaper.
>
> any other volounteers to pick up cdes and books or to talk to librarians,
> papers and advertisers ?
>
> A.
>
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