Re: [OS:N:] Open source in Education - with senior citizens

[Jon Adam <jonadam gcnet com>]

> 	I (in my spare time) train senior citizens how to use computers and
> hopefully, the internet.  Yesterday I picked up donated computers from
> the County of Fresno, California.  I was so excited.  They are Pentium 2
> 266's with 17 inch monitors, ethernet cards included.  I haven't fired
> them up yet, but I know they also have windows 95 and some components of
> Office Installed.  Over the summer I also got donated 5 old compaq
> presario 166's.  I am planning on installing linux on at least some of
> these.  Would it be legal, as far as you guys know, to make a backup
> copy of one of the new windows machines (they were ghosted on there) and
> then install linux. (I'm thinking Redhat 8 when i get it, actually).  

I started the Giving Back Technology Foundation.  We pretty much do the 
same thing you do, except we donate the computer back to a kid without a 
computer.  According to my lawyer, whom is sitting next to me, Microsoft 
no longer requires 95 to be liscenced.  SO you are free to do whatever you 
want with it.

Please feel free to visit www.givingbacktech.org or email me personally at 
anytime if there is anything we can help you with.

Jon

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Jon Adam
Executive Director/Founder
Giving Back Technology Foundation
www.givingbacktech.org
Helping Children Get the Technology Needed to Succeed