The University of Washington has cancelled all in-person classes.

This is understandable, but it also makes it especially crucial that the university allow students to do this with free software. Until now, it seems that students had the option of attending classes. With that option cancelled, they may face the choice of running nonfree software, or flunking out.

If I were a student, I'd drop out rather than yield to that. But schools should not impose on students the need for such sacrifice.

Aside from that, virtual "school" over the internet is known to be inferior in quality to real school. If this continues, students won't continue paying for quality which they don't get.