[Upd-discuss] iSummit 2006 the movie : open the wifi

Jean-Baptiste Soufron jbsoufron@gmail.com
Sat, 24 Jun 2006 16:24:57 +0200


Actually, you're right. I'll correct this small presentation.

Jean-Baptiste Soufron
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Le 24 juin 06 =E0 10:31, Richard Stallman a =E9crit :

>     The iSummit just begun in Rio de Janeiro. And it=3D92s really a =20=

> great =3D20
>     place to be. The introduction by a singing Gilberto Gil was =20
> amazing, =3D20
>     with an explanation of his vision of the Open Culture through =20
> the =3D20
>     creation of Capoeira by Brazilian people.
>
> He might be talking about livre culture.  I am sad that he chose to
> use the term "open", which is a weak and wishy-washy term.
>
>     But one strange point is that the wifi connection is not free =20
> at =3D20
>     all... It=3D92s quite expensive.
>
> Why would you expect them to be gratis?  The price of a connection
> has nothing to do with the issue of freedom.