Pardon the slow progress, folks; I have some stuff going on that is taking a little longer to get done than I anticipated, but things should be getting underway here in earnest very soon. I found this today and figured as a first order of business it would be helpful to provide a link to this site: http://selfproject.eu/en/Coursebook_Intro_Free_Software which provides an introduction to Free Software. It attempts to provide an explanation of the history and main concepts of the Free Software movement