Open Source CD Lending For Public Libraries?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday December 15, 2003 @08:21AM from the libraries-plus-plus dept.

phatlipmojo writes "Bob Kerr has taken what might well be an important step in getting open source software to the masses: donating CDs to public libraries for lending. It's a simple idea, but fraught with complications; indeed, at first, he couldn't give the CDs away to the wary libraries. Mr. Kerr dealt with the complications admirably, and has had a great deal of success getting open source CDs into lending libraries around his home country, as Mr. Kerr's howto PDF and this NewsForge article detail. What kinds of suggestions would Slashdotters make in addition to Mr. Kerr's to help make open source software on public library shelves a widespread reality?"

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2TB warez depot with usbfs pluggable DL/UL support by NynexNinja · 2003-12-15 08:56 · Score: 0, Troll

I'd rather bring an old locked down linux box with eight 250GB internal drives, and allow library patrons to hot plug their USB hard disks into it and share thier warez back and forth. Put a big sign next to the box that says "insert USB hard disk cable here --->" and allow everyone to sync their data with the warez mothership of ISO images.