Source: http://www.schnews.org.uk/images/560-linux-large.jpg
In this fascinating entry, a Texas teacher is described as confiscating free open source software–a GNU/Linux Live CD–from students:
Recently a Texas teacher confiscated Linux OS discs that a kid was passing out in class. She then sent a nasty email to the nonprofit that built and donated the Linux-loaded computer…
“No software is free and spreading that misconception is harmful,” Karen wrote in the email that HeliOS, which builds and donates computers for poor kids, posted to their blog. “I will research this as time allows and I want to assure you, if you are doing anything illegal, I will pursue charges as the law allows.”
Source: The Consumerist
One illuminating excerpt from the letter the teacher wrote is quoted below:
This is a world where Windows runs on virtually every computer and putting on a carnival show for an operating system is not helping these children at all. I am sure if you contacted Microsoft, they would be more than happy to supply you with copies of an older verison of Windows and that way, your computers would actually be of service to those receiving them…”
There is a lesson to be learned here. We don’t know the district except that it is “AISD.”
Do you ban live CDs and bootable USB flash drives?
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