Re: [cllfst] traduction d'un article

[Oussema Harbi <harbi.oussema@xxxxxxxxx>]

je le fais aujourd'hui inshallah

2009/10/12 AtomCell <shelhatem@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Salam
>
> ya t'il quelqu'un ki pourra traduire ce text? (ou meme un extrait , un
> résumé)?Merci
> c'est un text de Richard et on pe le trouver sur le site de GNU.
> Merci
>
>
> Why schools should exclusively use free software
>
> There are general reasons why all computer users should insist on free
> software. It gives users the freedom to control their own computers—with
> proprietary software, the computer does what the software owner wants it to
> do, not what the software user wants it to do. Free software also gives
> users the freedom to cooperate with each other, to lead an upright life.
> These reasons apply to schools as they do to everyone.
>
> But there are special reasons that apply to schools. They are the subject of
> this article.
>
> First, free software can save the schools money. Even in the richest
> countries, schools are short of money. Free software gives schools, like
> other users, the freedom to copy and redistribute the software, so the
> school system can make copies for all the computers they have. In poor
> countries, this can help close the digital divide.
>
> This obvious reason, while important, is rather shallow. And proprietary
> software developers can eliminate this disadvantage by donating copies to
> the schools. (Watch out!—a school that accepts this offer may have to pay
> for future upgrades.) So let's look at the deeper reasons.
>
> School should teach students ways of life that will benefit society as a
> whole. They should promote the use of free software just as they promote
> recycling. If schools teach students free software, then the students will
> use free software after they graduate. This will help society as a whole
> escape from being dominated (and gouged) by megacorporations. Those
> corporations offer free samples to schools for the same reason tobacco
> companies distribute free cigarettes: to get children addicted (1). They
> will not give discounts to these students once they grow up and graduate.
>
> Free software permits students to learn how software works. When students
> reach their teens, some of them want to learn everything there is to know
> about their computer system and its software. That is the age when people
> who will be good programmers should learn it. To learn to write software
> well, students need to read a lot of code and write a lot of code. They need
> to read and understand real programs that people really use. They will be
> intensely curious to read the source code of the programs that they use
> every day.
>
> Proprietary software rejects their thirst for knowledge: it says, “The
> knowledge you want is a secret—learning is forbidden!” Free software
> encourages everyone to learn. The free software community rejects the
> “priesthood of technology”, which keeps the general public in ignorance of
> how technology works; we encourage students of any age and situation to read
> the source code and learn as much as they want to know. Schools that use
> free software will enable gifted programming students to advance.
>
> The next reason for using free software in schools is on an even deeper
> level. We expect schools to teach students basic facts, and useful skills,
> but that is not their whole job. The most fundamental mission of schools is
> to teach people to be good citizens and good neighbors—to cooperate with
> others who need their help. In the area of computers, this means teaching
> them to share software. Elementary schools, above all, should tell their
> pupils, “If you bring software to school, you must share it with the other
> children.” Of course, the school must practice what it preaches: all the
> software installed by the school should be available for students to copy,
> take home, and redistribute further.
>
> Teaching the students to use free software, and to participate in the free
> software community, is a hands-on civics lesson. It also teaches students
> the role model of public service rather than that of tycoons. All levels of
> school should use free software.
>
> RJ Reynolds tobacco company was fined $15m in 2002 for handing out free
> samples of cigarettes at events attended by children. See
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sci_tech/features/health/tobaccotrial/usa.htm.



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