Explaining Software Freedom to a Beginner

Courtesy Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Fri, 07/04/2008 - 19:52

I needed a good way to explain software freedom to people who have little to no computer experience (possibly parents or grandparents, kids, stay-at-home moms/dads, etc.), so I created the following blog post.

Many of these people could benefit from free software, but aren’t going to learn about it through mainstream media.

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