From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i@azboss.net>
To: <blinux-list@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: RedHat and accessibility
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 21:30:36 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <000601c26b5e$cc24d920$0201a8c0@NU7I> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20021004035841.GA13700@dalek>
Hi Buddy,
Well, since I intend no piracy, I have no trouble signing NDAs, as long as
it means I will indeed gain the access I need. I just signed one for Sybex
3 days ago to get the MS Word version of their CCNA Study Guide... I take a
very reasonable approach; I'll do anything that is reasonable as long as the
company in question is working with me cooperatively towards accessibility.
But, in Jason's case, it seems RedHat was actually trying to take steps to
actively interfere with a blind person's progress in his life as a human
being, let alone a qualified Linux tech. Hmmm, how to effectively teach
RedHat a useful lesson in access that will result in positive change? This
was a pretty aggregious example to me. Even Microsoft is better than RedHat
here!!!
Hmmm, one idea... Maybe we should start with RedHat corporate management
staff? If we get no results, start a letter-writing campaign to all the
authors and teams who created all the various open-source packages RedHat
provides in order to explain how RedHat is violating open-source principles
and acting in a detrimental manner towards a subsection of its customers and
users?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Buddy Brannan" <davros@ycardz.com>
To: <blinux-list@redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: RedHat and accessibility
> Uhh.
>
> NDA's are evil. Full stop.
>
> WTF is Redhat, purportedly a champion of (at least) the open source
> concept, and one would think as well the free software concept, doing
> making people sign NDA's?! That's really wacked!
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV/3 | "And if the ground yawned,
> Phone: (814) 455-7333 | I'd step to the side and say,
> Email: davros@ycardz.com | "Hey ground! I'm nobody's lunch!"
> http://www.ycardz.com/ | --Eddie From Ohio
>
>
>
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