Red Hat Enterprise 6.2

[John G. Heim]

I'll ask IAVIT's lawyer about it this afternoon. I know he feels very 
strongly about this stuff but I can't volunteer his time.  I am about as 
sure as I can be though, that he will be willing to advise anyone who 
wants to get started. I'm sure he can tell you exactly what you have a 
right to ask of Red Hat and what to do if they turn you down.
On 03/29/2013 10:33 AM, Amanda Rush wrote:
> I spoke to my local and state NFB representatives last year around this
> time, and was told that if I could find a lawyer who would take this on,
> and provide the money and other such, then the NFB would then maybe be
> willing to back this. But since I'm not rich, and don't have steady work,
> this is pretty much impossible. I would love to find someone possibly more
> in the know/higher up to talk to. People's jobs and educations are on the
> line because of this.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Speakup [mailto:speakup-bounces at linux-speakup.org] On Behalf Of John
> G. Heim
> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 10:48 AM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2
>
> IMO, the shocking thing isn't that REL doesn't have the speakup modules,
> it's that Red Hat apparently just threw up it's hands and said, "Sorry,
> blind people, no certs for you." Somebody should  sue them. There's no
> substitute for certification from RH itself. They *have* to make that
> accessible.
>
> This is the kind of thing that steams my wheaties. It's part of the reason
> I help create the International Association of Visually Impaired
> Technologists (www.iavit.org).
>
> On 03/29/2013 10:33 AM, Tony Baechler wrote:
>> Yes, Speakup wasn't officially in 2.6.32 kernels, but it could still
>> be compiled as modules.  Debian Squeeze ships it, but they don't use a
>> Red Hat kernel.  Even now, they can still make the argument that
>> Speakup isn't "official" because it's in staging which is considered
> unofficial.
>> Regardless, there are other ways of accessing RHEL such as ssh and
>> there is still no excuse why they can't comply with the ADA and make
>> RHEL accessible for certification.  Also, there is yasr and Gnome
>> Terminal with Orca, so even without Speakup, there is still no excuse.
>> That still doesn't address the graphical part of the requirement or
>> the ability or lack thereof to use the VM.
>>
>> On 3/29/2013 6:18 AM, John G. Heim wrote:
>>> I ttalked to someone here at the University of Wisconsin who manages
>>> Red Hat servers. The UW has a site license for Red Hat. I don't know
>>> anything about it because my department uses debian (lucky for me).
>>>
>>> Anyway, he said the reason RH still doesn't give you speakup is that
>>> their current release still uses a 2.6.32 kernel and speakup wsn't
>>> included in the official kernel source until 2.6.37 -- which is
>>> correct, I believe.
>>>
>>> In a way, I can understand where RH is coming from but, holy cow,
>>> they are making it impossible for blind people to get certification
>>> from them.
>>> That's
>>> outrageous! I mean, I hate to use this cliche but this is an outrage.
>>> Personally, I don't give a flying fig about Red Hat because my
>>> department uses debian. But even so, I find this unconcionable.
>>> Somebody ought to sue their ass.
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