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Broadly Defined Freedom and Radical Nondiscrimination in Libre Software Benjamin Mako Hill http://mako.cc Debian Project Ubuntu Project Canonical Limited Benjamin Mako Hill Libre Software Meeting 2005 http://mako.cc Reductionists say...

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Broadly Defined Freedom and Radical Nondiscrimination in Libre Software Benjamin Mako Hill http://mako.cc

Debian Project Ubuntu Project Canonical Limited

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Reductionists say...

Libre software is inherently anti-capitalist!

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Reductionists say...

Libre software is inherently capitalist!

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Reductionists say...

Libre software is inherently a system about placing limits capitalism!

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Broadly Defined Freedom

  • The freedom to run the program, for

any purpose

  • The freedom to study how the

program works, and adapt it to your needs

  • The freedom to redistribute copies

so you can help your neighbor

  • The freedom to improve the

program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits

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Broadly Defined Freedom

Anti-Discrimination

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Translateability

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Political Divisions in Development Communities

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Political Divisions in User Communities

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Indymedia

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I.B.M.

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Commons Movement

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Problems

  • Strange

Bedfellows

  • Cooptation
  • Effectiveness vs.

Clarity

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Lessons Learned

  • Avoid Reductive Analysis
  • Balance Breadth With

Rigid Limits

  • Discriminate Against

Discrimination

  • Consider “Internal” and

“External Relationships