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DATE | 2015-02-26 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] one more read
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http://opensource.com/business/15/2/interview-john-sullivan-free-software-foundation
this article echos much of my deep concerns in the comeing few years.
what is weird is that I believe it is the Open Source people that have largely contributed to our troubles
There is a growing concern about government surveillance. At the same time, those of us who live and breathe technology do so because it provides us with a service and freedom to share our lives with others.
There is a tacit assumption that once we leave the store, the device we have in our pocket, backpack, or desk is /ours/. We buy a computer, a tablet, a smartphone, and we use applications and apps without even thinking about who really owns the tools and whether we truly own any of it. You purchase a device, yet you are not free to modify it or the software on it in any way. It begs the question of who /really/ owns the device and the software?
John Sullivan, Executive Director Free Software FoundationThe Free Software Foundation (FSF ) is a nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom and defend the rights of all free software users. FSF proudly promotes the idea of free software—not "free" as in "free beer," but "free" as in "free to modify the code, share the code, and distribute it freely."
As the FSF describes on its about page, "The free software movement is one of the most successful social movements to arise from computing culture, driven by a worldwide community of ethical programmers dedicated to the cause of freedom and sharing."
I had a chance to interview John Sullivan, Executive Director of FSF , and what he said was both refreshing and thought provoking. The Foundation sponsors the GNU project , which maintains an entire operating system licensed as free software.
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