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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.