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 title: "Struggle to Graduate Without Nonfree Software"
 date: 2021-10-02T00:00:00
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 # Introduction
 From the title of this journal entry alone, you might think it's about my story struggling to graduate without nonfree software. But I've already beaten that topic to death on this journal. It's time for someone else's story: Wojciech Kosior. He faced the same sort of difficulties graduating that I did, except he graduated. His story is one of incredible determination and persistence. He fought hard to graduate in freedom and won. I don't know of many people with the resolve displayed in his narrative.
 
-The revised narrative of his struggle can be found on gnu.org[1]. It went through at least 20 revisions before being published. Many of the details were stripped. He kindly sent me the unedited original copy of his narrative which I personally find more inspiring than the one on gnu.org. I modified the narrative's formatting to make it more presentable here. It was originally sent as a .org. If you want the original .org file (for Emacs), I've uploaded it to this web server for download[2].
+The revised narrative of his struggle can be found on [gnu.org](https://www.gnu.org/education/how-i-fought-to-graduate-without-using-non-free-software.html). It went through at least 20 revisions before being published. Many of the details were stripped. He kindly sent me the unedited original copy of his narrative which I personally find more inspiring than the one on gnu.org. I modified the narrative's formatting to make it more presentable here. It was originally sent as a .org. If you want the original .org file (for Emacs), I've uploaded it to this web server for [download](/resource/narrative.org).
 
 If you enjoyed reading my story struggling to graduate without nonfree software, then you're in for a treat. Without further introduction, I present to you Wojciech Kosior's narrative.
 
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 There is however one major difference between mine and Wojciech's situation: money. In Poland, attending university is tuition-free for nationals. In the United States, college is very expensive. Since I'm not wealthy, continuing college for me would've meant thousands of dollars in student loans every semester. Every time I failed a class for refusing proprietary software, that would've been money down the drain. If college were tuition-free in the United States, I'd consider returning because even if I failed for refusing proprietary software, I could try again. It would only cost my time. Unfortunately free college in the United States doesn't seem likely within the near future.
 
 In conclusion, I think the cost factor made a major difference in the outcome. Did it make *the* difference? I don't know. Nonetheless, I salute Wojciech for his dogged persistence in completing his studies in freedom. He's the only other person I know of who insisted on his computing freedom to the point of being willing to fail classes. We need more stories like his. Success or failure doesn't matter. What matters is putting pressure on the educational system to transition to free software. Even a small number of vocal students fighting for their computing freedom in universities has the potential to break big tech's stranglehold on education.
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-[1: gnu.org: How I Fought to Graduate Without Using Nonfree Software](https://www.gnu.org/education/how-i-fought-to-graduate-without-using-non-free-software.html)
-[2: Original .org File](/resource/narrative.org)