Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

Paul Schulz paul at mawsonlakes.org
Wed May 26 01:43:16 BST 2010


Greetings,

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Ubuntu Lists <karmic at scentient.com.au> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 May 2010 05:25:31 -0700 (PDT)
> bwright <bwright.au at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I believe that you are not allowed to change the operating system in
>> the contract with the DET until you leave school. I go to a public
>
> ...
>
>> kids get a bag full of DRM in a box and if they try disable it they
>> get punished by the school system. So it is a huge blow not having
>
> if you mean the punishment is the netbook/lappy is disabled I don't
> really see how that is punishment. it is not yours 'til you leave so
> what's your problem? are you forced to supply personal or even
> incriminating details? do they beat you with an iron bar?
>
>
> A LoCo has no capacity to interact with governing or authoritative
> bodies because it cannot make statements or representations on
> behalf of Canonical.

While this is true.. Ubuntu-AU can take an active role in poking Linux Australia
who can make statements on behalf of a whole bunch of Linux users and developers
in Australia.



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