Coincidence, piracy and freedom

salasi · 09-16-2009, 06:53 AM

It can be odd what sets you off, can't it? Inspired by this otherwise unremarkable contribution

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Originally Posted by XavierP

Reported for closure as this be spam

I remembered that software freedom dayhttp://www.softwarefreedomday.org/Home and talk like a pirate day http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html are going to crash heads on the same day, Saturday

Isn't this odd?
Given that many people, thoroughly erroneously, seem to associate free software with piracy, is this also unfortunate? Or is it, maybe, a welcome opportunity to explain exactly what the free software movement is really about?

MS3FGX · 09-17-2009, 03:49 PM

I would be willing to bet quite a lot that the average person has never heard of Free Software day or Talk Like a Pirate day, and most certainly will never know they fell on the same day. So I would say this isn't going to do much for public perception.