[LUG]Re: Mission Libre Free software for 13 - 17 year olds

[Paul Sutton via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for getting back,  I think some of the idea is to engage with 
young people who use / like free software and help them campaign to 
ensure those rights are afforded to developers in the future and promote 
what the four freedoms mean.

But also to help young people go from learning to code at home, to 
contributing to free software, either as a programmer, tester, 
documentation etc.

I don't feel young people need yet another group to teach them coding 
for example.  There are more then enough websites,  videos that do that, 
what I feel is important is they can find other people, in the same peer 
group who also share this interest.

In my experience when we bring people together who like computers, 
programming, hardware it really helps them out of their shells (no pun 
intended) and find friends,  esp if they are usually isolated due to 
their interest.  I think the benefits of that are pretty evident. One of 
the strengths of the free software community is that we are able to 
collaborate and share expertise across projects.

As Carmen, who runs this has only just launched, the initial group will 
also be able to shape the project priorities are.

Hope this helps,  I will ask Carmen about the clarity concerns raised 
here, so the website text can be made a little clearer. 	

Paul



On 25/08/2025 22:54, WaiTsun Yeung wrote:
> I have a couple of software engineering coworkers that have kids around 
> that age, but I just browsed the site and got a bit confused... Is it 
> about getting teenagers to sign petitions? Not that there's any problems 
> with that by itself but it'll be easier to attract followers if it has a 
> more straightforwardly visible agenda.
>
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> 2025年8月25日(月) 17:12 Tim Dobson <lists@xxxxxxxxxxx 
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>     de ja vu!
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>     On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 at 12:24, Paul Sutton via list
>     <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>         Hi All
>
>         I am trying to help promote a new project called Mission Libre.
>
>         "Mission:Libre is a new project for teens everywhere that love free
>         software! Free software is software that everyone can use,
>         share, change
>         and improve. It frees us from the unfair control of tech
>         companies while
>         being kind to us and our communities. "
>
>         I just wondered if anyone on the list knows anyone aged 13-17
>         who may be
>         interested and if they could perhaps pass this on please so that
>         they
>         can take a look and decide if they want to get involved.
>
>         https://missionlibre.org/ <https://missionlibre.org/>
>
>         Thanks
>
>         Paul
>
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