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Defining Moments #define freedom Benjamin Mako Hill mako@atdot.cc June 2, 2006 MIT Media Laboratory Debian and Ubuntu Projects Benjamin Mako Hill CEOS'06 :: Dalhousie :: Halifax, Nova Scotia http://mako.cc Free Software has created...


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Defining Moments

MIT Media Laboratory Debian and Ubuntu Projects

#define freedom

Benjamin Mako Hill mako@atdot.cc June 2, 2006

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Free Software has created...

Strange Bedfellows

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Indymedia says...

“Free/open source software is inherently anti-capitalist!”

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IBM says...

“Free/open source is inherently capitalist!”

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Lawrence Lessig says...

“Free/open source software is inherently a system about placing limits capitalism!”

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A quick history of free software's...

Defining Moments

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GNU Is Manifested

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Freedom Is Defined

  • 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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Debian Does Freedom

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Open Source Joins The Mix

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At the heart of each step...

Freedom

(Broadly Defined)

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And at the heart of freedom (broadly defined)...

Radical Non- Discrimination

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This leads to... Large and diverse development communities

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This leads to... Large and diverse user communities

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Ultimately, normative positions lead to...

Pragmatic Benefits

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Summary

  • Free software history can be read as a

series of “defining moments.”

  • Each moment describes normative positions
  • n non-discrimination, etc.
  • Practical benefits of free software can be

traced to these positions.