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Submitted by Henry Poole on November 11, 2005 - 7:36am
Free Software's surprising sympathy with Catholic doctrine from the OSN List
This would make my mom (Ingrid Shafer) proud of my affilation with Free Software!
"The technological configuration underlying the Internet has a considerable bearing on its ethical aspects. Use of the new information technology and the Internet needs to be informed and guided by a resolute commitment to the practice of solidarity in the service of the common good. The Internet requires international cooperation in setting standards and establishing mechanisms to promote and protect [that common good]. Individuals, groups, and nations must have access to these new technologies. Cyberspace ought to be a resource of comprehensive information and services available without charge to all, and in a wide range of languages. The winner in this process will be humanity as a whole and not just a wealthy elite that controls science, technology, and the planet's resources. Determined action in the private and public sectors is needed to close and eventually eliminate the digital divide."
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I often like to invoke that parable (?) when talking about open source software. I feel that technologists working with non profit organizations have an obligation to teach them to use open source software rather than securing discounted proprietary software. It is the technological equivalent to teaching a man to fish rather than just giving him a fish.
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