[OS:N:] Wanted: quotes on OSS and education

["Marco Fioretti" <m fioretti inwind it>]

Greetings,

I am writing an article about Open Source and education.
For it, I need as many quotes as possible which point out how
using open source software in place of black box solution is
perfect, education-wise, because:

it allows self learning

it strenghtens characters and self reliance, making possible to
improve the existing tools or build whole new ones if needed

it gives an active, not passive attitude to young people
it teaches the strenght of cooperation and friendship, by sharing
efforts and results

All kind of quotes are needed and welcome, ie both from famous people like
Stallman, Linus, Eric Raymond, etc.... and normal, more or less unknown
guys like you and me.

I'd prefer, however, "public" quotes, ie something which already said/written on a
web page or in some speech/presentation: the reason is to demonstrate that the
OSS community is already aware of the issues above, and is already publicly
working to bring OSS benefits to young people.
 
Thank you in advance for any feedback. I'll let you know when the article
is published (online!)

Marco Fioretti