Today I decided to create a 22 page visual guide which describes what FOSS is and how it works. This is because I’ve found technical people who describe it to be dull and non technical users who get a good explanation to be genuinely interested.
So there seems to be a disconnect between technical people who understand FOSS and non technical users and what kinds of explanations work between them.
Since I’ll be explaining these concepts to many different people, mostly non technical, I need a way to communicate what we mean by Free and Open source Software and some of it’s implications for the community center organisers I’ll be talking to.
I’m attaching both the pdf and an archive of the source svgs all licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY-SA. If you see spelling mistakes or think there is something missing or erroneous, tell me or post a fix.
Download PDF here
Download SVGs here
Update: Thanks to all the input so far. I’ve revised it 17 20 times with each person’s input and help. Spelling mistakes have been removed, my own personal dogmas have been sanded down, some new pages and it’s now ready for use.
I tried it out on the local Radio Shack employees, it seems to work. They get the ideas, they understand what it’s about and seem to be able to relate better to people who choose to use Ubuntu. So good signs for this trial.