DefinitionFour Commandments
Freedom 0 :Freedom to run a program
Freedom 1 :Freedom to analyse a program
Freedom 2 : Freedom to provide copies
Freedom 3 : Freedom to improve and provide a program
Quick Legal Overview on GPL
Written by R. Stallman and Eben Moglen a lawyer
Author is leaving all his rights
License is of Viral kind
Copyleft notion
FreeSoftware != freeware, shareware
HistoryPhantom Menace
1950 : Beginning of all – collaborative work
1970 : beginning of personal computers
(Intel/Micral/Altair)
1976 : Gates write to Altair's users
Today : critical situation but some hope exists
HistoryA New Hope
1984 : GNU Project launched by R. Stallman
1985 : FSF creation
1991 : Linus Torvalds creates Linux kernel
Today : things are improving ... let's do it !
Associations
Free SoftwaresOperating Systems
Free SoftwaresLinux
5th of October 1991 : Linux birth date
17th of July 1993 : Slackware birth date
August 1993 : Debian (FSF) birth date
1994 : Redhat birth date
1998 : Mandrake birth date
Free Softwaresother Operating Systems
xBSDs and BSD license
freedos a bit of nostalgia in a modern world
For windows addicts only ... someday maybe
Free Software - Office
Born in 2000
Main opponent to Redmond Office
Really MS Office compliant (for soft migrations)
ISO standard since may 2006
Multi architecture
OpenOffice Microsoft OfficeWriter WordImpress PowerPointCalc ExcellBase AccessDraw Dessin vectoriel
Free Softwares - Office
Complete and powerful office suite
More or less MS Office compliant
Opendocuments compliancy
Karbon14
photo manipulation
Koffice Windows equivalent
Kword MS Word
Kspread Excel
Kpresenter PowerPoint
Kexi Access
Kivio Visio
vectorial drawing
Krita
Kplato MS Project
Kchart Charts
Kformula mathematics formulas
Kugar Repports generator
Free Softwares – Page Making
Multi-architecture
Professional printing support
Good alternative to Quark Xpress
Another page making tool (BSD License)
Non stable yet but fully functional
A product to follow in the future (younger than Scribus)
Free SoftwaresProject Management
Planner : allow to manage a project from beginning to the end : gantt charts creation, project costs tools, web format exporting for web site integrations of results.
Multi Architecture ( java)
Exporting to MS Project, html, CSV, PDF, PNG, JPG
Importing from MS Project
Gantt and PERTgraphs creation
Resources management
Kivio et Dia : some other diagrams drawing tools
Maybe the most complete but only for windows or emulator
Free Softwares – Graphics
Absolute reference in Free World for image manipulation
Huge quantity of plug ins
Huge users community
Main concurrent for photoshop
Vectorial drawing tool
Illustrator Compliance
OpenSource since beginning 2006
No stable release yet, but already powerful
Vectorial drawing tool
Illustrator compliance
The only real GPL and efficient concurrent to illustrator
Free Software – digital imaging
A very good example of Free Spirit
The absolute reference in its topic
Multi Architecture
Various uses (design, web design, post production, digital imaging)
Used in some movies' digital FX
Free SoftwareVideo Editing
Perfect soft for complex video editing
Similar to adobe premiere
Video editing for all
Natively provided with KDE desktop
Free SoftwaresCodecs
Free
Proprietary
ogg
Free Softwares & Internet
1998 : Netscape source code released under GPL
2003 : AOL buy Netscape, Mozilla Foundation is created
Today : mozilla products are everywhere, an heavy weight against µsoft
Respecting W3C recommendations
Outlook Professional main concurrent
Huge quantity of communication modules
Pluggable on Groupwares
Proprietary mail clients specialist become GPL with Mozilla (project Penelope)
Free Softwares and SIG
uDig
Free Softwares & WEB
About 70% of web servers around the world are running Apache
1999 : Creation of ASF based on a group existing since 1995
Embedded with many commercials applications
Very robust and lightweight data bases
Both using universal SQL language
Mysql is very easy to install and is used into many web applications
34% sites are PHP made, 21% ASP and 45% other
Belongs to the LAMP architectures
Free Softwares - WebAppGroupwares
Collaborative work
Calendar sharing
Address book sharing
Schedule sharing
Files sharing
Project management
Mails
Knowledge database
Free Software - WebAppsCMS & Surveys
Forums building
Blogs building
Huge quantity of plugins
Used by some governmental sites
Customisable at will
Survey creation and publication (paper, internet)
Automatic invitations and reminded for survey pool
Answers directly stored in databases
Results presented with % and charts
Surveys, answers and results exportables to various format
Free SoftwaresTo infinity and beyond
Unlimited source of possibilities
Each needs has its solution
Direct interaction between users and programmers
http://framasoft.net
Create
Participate
Test http://www.freshmeat.net
Story of Gnu and windows
Virtualization
Virtual comp in a real comp
Requires huge resources
Emulation
Not fully functional
Not an easy solution for windows users
Simple installation with Linux
Allow a soft migration
Allows the use of non ported softwares
Speech of Free – Against Open code = easier to find security holes
Bothering GPL License ( free must stay free)
Softwares creators are not paid for their work
New concepts are not protected
Training courses cost
What about support ?
Free cannot be good because it's free
No concrete structure where to complain, ask etc...
Speech of Free – Pros
Cooperative development implies better quality
The bigger community is, the faster they react and the better the application is
Standards and Open Standards strict respect
Improved security and faster corrections releases
Speech of FreeWhy Free ?
Moral or Philosophical reasons Technical or fun reasons
Everybody gives a little to create linux, and everybody gets back a lot. It's how linux succed : you work a little and thanks to the whole community work this little becomes HUGE!
Speech of FreeFree Spirit
Work is not lived as work and constraints but as pleasure and fun« software is released when it is finished »
Popularity in the community, contribution to a global knowledge have higher value than money.
Programmers community are having project manager but the will of the majority really leads the project. (ex fork Xfree / X.org)
74% territorial collectivities and 56% of companies
The facts – Advantages
Freedom, Independence and security
Source code can fully be analysed
Independence in regard of a provider
Diversified and Efficient support
Professional support (SSLL)
Community support
Softwares made for You
“Any whom” can modify, customize, personalise
Sometimes just wishing on community forum is enough
The FactsFrench State
OpenOffice : Gendarmerie, Central Administration, Ministries
400 000 comps for 2007
All 70000 comps of Gendarmerie in 2005
Mail Management : Interior Affairs
Tool released under GPL but made by private company
All future tools with also be released under GPL
SPIP- Agora : Foreign Affairs Ministry
For Ministry wills and next given to community
Linux : Parliament, Gendarmerie
A Linux per Deputee
In 2010 all Gendarmeries will be Linux equipped
The FactsPrivates examples
MediasLe Tigre
Movies
« amateurs » movies making
Movies industry
They wouldn't exist without free softwares
The FactsTourism
Classical office use
GIS use
Web servers and web apps use (survey, sites, e-commerce)
E-tourism
http://www.i3s.unice.fr/~lolito/index.html
TourinFrance Compliant
World dominationof course but slowly ...
Difficulties to change mentalities
20 years of brain washing
Doubtfull propaganda
Software editor's lobbies
Just doing it
Migration cost on short term
World dominationNo mercy !!!
Just doing it – money saving on medium and long term
No more license renewal
Stronger reliability and stability
Soft migration with hybrid architectures
Freeing your home
Free and proprietary can coexist on same comp
User friendly installation and use
No more virus, adware, spyware
Huge software catalogue
Respecting laws
World dominationImpact ...
35% of FS made by private or public organisations
A global price evaluated around 12 Billions Euros
32% of market use in 2010 ...
Decreasing computer related money spending by 36%
Europe is a leader
Companies freeing their code
Back to the roots
World dominationTrainings indicators
Every 6 months from 2 training companies
Important to evaluate companies wills
Reflecting Free use evolution
More and more training dedicated to Free technologies
OpenCola
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* drinking with moderation
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