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Thou shalt not print
thou shalt not print
Why Software Freedom Matters
Sameer Verma, Ph.D.ProfessorInformation Systems DepartmentSan Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, [email protected]://verma.sfsu.edu
Seminar in Dr. Lila Rao-Graham's MIS courseMona School of Business, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
--forbidden fruit, book of Jobs
The iPad cannot print
May 2010. The iPad cannot print
Cannot print or will not print?
Who gets to decide?
http://www.macrumors.com/2010/05/10/steve-jobs-says-printing-will-come-for-ipad/
A clever hack!
Defective by design
Planned obsolescence
http://defectivebydesign.org
Once upon a time...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7707585592627775409
GNU Project
GNU = GNU's not Unixrecursive acronym
Started by Richard M. Stallman in 1985http://groups.google.com/group/net.unix-wizards/msg/4dadd63a976019d7
Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Boston, MA, USA. We rely on support from individuals like you to carry out our worldwide mission to preserve, protect and promote the freedom to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer software, and to defend the rights of all free software users.
GNU General Public License
V1 - 1989
V2 - 1991
V3 2007
Most widely used FOSS License
FSF is the keeper of GPL
What does Free mean?
Free as in Freedom or Free as in Beer?
Free implies zero cost
Free implies liberty
or
Stallman's Four Freedoms
Freedom 0: The freedom to run the program, for any purpose.
Freedom 1: The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs.
Freedom 2: The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor.
Freedom 3: The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits.
Open Source Initiative
Created in 1998 to counter the confusion around the term free.Free is not business friendly.
Open Source simply put, the source code is open.
First meetingEric Raymond, Bruce Perens, Larry Augustin, Jon maddog Hall, Christine Peterson, Todd Anderson, Sam Ockman, Michael Tiemann.
Christine Peterson suggested open source.
The Open Source Definition
1. Free Redistribution2. Source Code3. Derived Works4. Integrity of The Author's Source Code5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor7. Distribution of License8. License Must Not Be Specific to a Product9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software10. License Must Be Technology-Neutral
http://opensource.org/docs/osd
GPL Family - reciprocation
GNU General Public License or GPL
Lesser GPL, sometimes also referred to as Library GPL
GNU Free Documentation License or GFDL
BSD family - academic
Sourced from AT&T Unix
Heavily modified by UC Berkeley. Therefore called Berkeley Software Distribution.See history at http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/kirkmck.html
Gave rise to many Unices, including Solaris, MacOSX, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD etc.
Have their own licenses.
So, which is it?
Free/Libr Open Source Software (FLOSS)
Free Software (FS)
Open Source Software (OSS)
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
Varies by geography
Used interchangeably
What really matters is the license!
Licenses
Complete list of FSF licenseshttp://www.fsf.org/licensing/education
Complete list of OSI Licenseshttp://opensource.org/licenses/category
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is analogous to FOSS except that they create licenses for content and not code.http://creativecommons.org/
Listen to this (a capella): http://ccmixter.org/files/anjibee/19299
Then listen to this (nicely remixed under a CC license): http://ccmixter.org/files/hepepe/20997
Creativity grows and flows when allowed to mingle.
FOSS: Use anywhere
Linux
Unix
Mac
DOS
Windows
...
OS PlatformObject codeSource code
Who uses FOSS
Google, HP, Intel, Oracle, IBM, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, Internet Archive...and yes, Apple and Microsoft as well!
http://www.techdigest.tv/steve-ballmer-hands.jpg
Who uses FOSS
UWI Mona...
http://coe-msb.org
Who uses FOSS
http://olpcjamaica.org.jm
Providence Basic School, Kingston, Jamaica
August Town Primary School, August Town, Jamaica
Who uses FOSS
...and Lidia in the jungles of Peru.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xby2uj_web-la-selva_tech
Learn more
http://laptop.org
Explore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software
Questions? Ask away!
Made with the free stuff
http://libreoffice.org
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