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Why Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software"><meta name="resource-type" content="document"><meta name="distribution" content="global"><meta name="Generator" content="texi2html 1.82"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><style type="text/css"> -<!-- -a.summary-letter {text-decoration: none} -blockquote.smallquotation {font-size: smaller} -pre.display {font-family: serif} -pre.format {font-family: serif} -pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif} -pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif} -pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller} -pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller} -pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller} -pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller} -span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal;} -span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal;} -ul.toc {list-style: none} ---> -</style><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../web-common/style.css"></head><body lang="en" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#800080" alink="#FF0000" class="article"> - -<a name="Schools"></a> -<header><div id="logo"><a href="/"><img src="../gnu.svg" height="100" width="100"></a></div><h1 class="book-title">Free Software, Free Society, 2nd ed.</h1></header><section id="main"><a name="Why-Schools-Should-Exclusively-Use-Free-Software"></a> -<h1 class="chapter"> 7. Why Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software </h1> - -<a name="index-education_002c-free-software-in-1"></a> -<a name="index-schools_002c-free-software-in-1"></a> -<a name="index-call-to-action_002c-use-only-free-software-in-schools"></a> -<a name="index-users_002c-benefit-to-2"></a> -<p>There are general reasons why all computer users should insist on -free software: it gives users the freedom to control their own -computers—with proprietary software, the computer does what the -software -<a name="index-ownership_002c-and-users_0027-freedom-1"></a> -owner wants it to do, not what the user wants it to -do. Free software also gives users the freedom to cooperate with each -other, to lead an upright life. These reasons apply to schools as -they do to everyone. -</p> -<p>The purpose of this article is to state additional reasons that -apply specifically to education. -</p> -<p>First, free software can save schools money. Free software gives -schools, like other users, the freedom to copy and redistribute the -software, so the school system can make copies for all the computers -they have. In poor countries, this can help close the digital -divide. -</p> -<a name="index-traps_002c-donated-proprietary-software"></a> -<p>This obvious reason, while important in practical terms, is rather -shallow. And proprietary software developers can eliminate this reason -by donating copies to the schools. (Warning: a school that accepts -such an offer may have to pay for upgrades later.) So let’s look at -the deeper reasons. -</p> -<a name="index-citizen-values_002c-schools_0027-social-mission"></a> -<p>Schools have a social mission: to teach students to be citizens of -a strong, capable, independent, cooperating and free society. They -should promote the use of free software just as they promote -recycling. If schools teach students free software, then the students -will tend to use free software after they graduate. This will help -society as a whole escape from being dominated (and gouged) by -megacorporations. -</p> -<p>What schools should refuse to do is teach dependence. Those -corporations offer free samples to schools for the same reason tobacco -companies distribute free cigarettes to minors: to get children -addicted.<a name="DOCF27" href="#FOOT27">(27)</a> -They will not give discounts to these students once they’ve grown up -and graduated. -</p> - -<p>Free software permits students to learn how software works. Some -students, on reaching their teens, want to learn everything there is -to know about their computer and its software. They are intensely -curious to read the source code of the programs that they use every -day. To learn to write good code, students need to read lots of code -and write lots of code. They need to read and understand real -programs that people really use. Only free software permits this. -</p> -<p>Proprietary software rejects their thirst for knowledge: it says, -“The knowledge you want is a secret—learning is -forbidden!” Free software encourages everyone to learn. The free -software community rejects the “priesthood of technology,” -which keeps the general public in ignorance of how technology works; -we encourage students of any age and situation to read the source code -and learn as much as they want to know. Schools that use free software -will enable gifted programming students to advance. -</p> -<p>The deepest reason for using free software in schools is for moral -education. We expect schools to teach students basic facts and useful -skills, but that is not their whole job. The most fundamental job of -schools is to teach good citizenship, which includes the habit of -helping others. In the area of computing, this means teaching people -to share software. Schools, starting from nursery school, should tell -their pupils, “If you bring software to school, you must share -it with the other students. And you must show the source code to the -class, in case someone wants to learn.” -</p> -<p>Of course, the school must practice what it preaches: all the -software installed by the school should be available for students to -copy, take home, and redistribute further. -</p> -<p>Teaching the students to use free software, and to participate in -the free software community, is a hands-on civics lesson. It also -teaches students the role model of public service rather than that of -tycoons. All levels of school should use free software. -<a name="index-schools_002c-free-software-in-2"></a> -<a name="index-call-to-action_002c-use-only-free-software-in-schools-1"></a> -<a name="index-users_002c-benefit-to-3"></a> -</p> -<div class="footnote"> -<hr><h3>Footnotes</h3> -<h3><a name="FOOT27" href="#DOCF27">(27)</a></h3> -<a name="index-RJ-Reynolds-Tobacco-Company"></a> -<p>RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company was fined $15m in 2002 for handing out -free samples of cigarettes at events attended by children. See -<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sci_tech/features/health/tobaccotrial/usa.htm">http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sci_tech/features/health/tobaccotrial/usa.htm</a>. -</p></div> -<hr size="2"></section></body></html> |