We call on school administrators at all levels to drop requirements for students to use proprietary software to participate in a course, and to adopt a free software replacement for every nonfree program being used. As students, teachers, parents, and concerned citizens, we stand together for the following principles:
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It is an injustice to require students to sacrifice their freedom to proprietary software in pursuit of an education.
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Using free software in the classroom communicates the importance of values key to a free society: sharing, social responsibility, and independence.
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With its focus on study and collaboration, free software is far more suited to the spirit of pedagogy than the dependence and abuse caused by proprietary software.
Submitted July 23, 2020 at 09:17AM by technologyclassroom https://ift.tt/2CzxWRA
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