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| Richard Stallman lecture at UC | (02/06/2009) Powered by: CoveritLive |
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Raul: Notes from Richard Stallman Lecture
Solely on superficial characteristics – is it convenient, reliable, efficient? How much does it cost? Society allows us to ignore – if I use this program, what does it do to my freedom? What does it do to the social side of my community? Those are the questions that the free software movement is concerned with these issues. A program is free if it is proprietary (if it respects the freedom of society). Proprietary software keeps users helpless and alienated. Users can’t change it nor identify independently what it can do. However, just saying that we are on favour of freedom is too general to be useful. |
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12:45
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 hummingbird604: Use #stallman to track or tweet about Richard Stallman’s |
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12:45
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Raul: Everyone has heard that Windows has “best security” – these systems don’t actually have security. These systems require blind faith from the user. |
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12:46
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hummingbird604: Liveblogging the #stallman lecture on the free software movement – http://is.gd/iFnZ |
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12:47
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Raul: All software without Freedom 1 have malicious features. Programs in 2 categories – programs where we KNOW about malicious features and some where we DON’T know. We can’t tell which is which? |
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12:47
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honeymae: RT @hummingbird604: Liveblogging the #stallman lecture on the free software movement – http://is.gd/iFnZ |
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12:47
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Raul: Without identifying them we can make a statement – developers make mistakes. The user of a program without freedom 1 is just as helpless. You are a prisoner of the sofware you use. The next version of a software who is not malicious right now may have this malicious feature later. |
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12:49
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Raul: If you find something in our code that you don’t like, you are FREE to change it (with free software movement). Freedom 1 is essential but is not enough. There are millions of users who can’t exercise Freedom 1. But even for programmers, Freedom 1 is not enough. There is so much free software in the world that no one person is capable of personally knowing and mastering all the software. That’s more than one human being can do. The only way we can do it is by working together and to do that we need Freedom 3 – the freedom to contribute to the community and distribute copies of your software. |
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12:49
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hummingbird604: Are people following the #stallman liveblog? |
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12:50
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Raul: Unless all users exercise all freedoms – freedom 0 and 2 (to run and to distribute) do not require programming – freedoms 1 and 3 (study and change the software and distribute changed software) – freedoms 1 and 3 are for programmers, 0 and 2 are for users. People who don’t program can’t exercise all the freedoms, but they DO benefit for all these freedoms. |
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12:51
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Raul: Users can indirectly take advantage of all 4 freedoms even without exercising them. Changing a certain program may make your business run better. |
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12:52
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hummingbird604: Richard #stallman is an amazing speaker. So damn clear. His lecture on Free Software movement is very empowering and clear. |
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12:52
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Raul: You can take advantage of ALL freedoms even if you don’t have all the skills to benefit from Freedom 1 and 3. If a business is thinking of using a proprietary program, they have to take the program “as is”. Only the developer can make any changes. |
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12:53
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Raul: With free software, implementing changes, anybody who has the skills to do it can do it. Thus, the users of free software will get better support for their money for their free software. |
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12:54
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Raul: Freedom 3 is therefore all essential. What the 4 freedoms give us is democracy. A free program develops democratically under the control of its users. |
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12:54
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Raul: With proprietary programs – it develops under the dictatorship of its programmer. It grows under the autocratic structure of the developer. You should escape to the free world. The free world is the new continent that we have built in cyberspace so that we can all live in freedom. |
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12:55
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hummingbird604: @coveritlive is free – which is only fitting that I am liveblogging #stallman ‘s lecture |
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12:55
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Raul: The aim of the free software movement is to liberate cyberspace and all its inhabitants. |
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12:56
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Raul: In 1983, Stallman wanted to be able to use computers and live in freedom. But how, it was impossible! All operating systems back then were proprietary. The only way was to sign a non-disclosure agreement for a proprietary operating system, so there goes your freedom. |
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12:57
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Raul: At the time, Stallman wasn’t all that famous. He couldn’t solve this problem by starting an ordinary political movement. So instead he thought of another way. He was an operating system developer. All he had to do was to run another operating system, make it free, everybody would be able to use computers in freedom by using this system. A social problem with a technical work. |
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12:57
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Raul: An important social problem that affected a narrow part of society. Most people didn’t recognize it as a problem. |
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12:58
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hummingbird604: #stallman felt that it was his duty to start this free software movement. |
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12:59
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Raul: Stallman decided to try creating a free operating system. |
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12:59
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Raul: Stallman followed the design of UNIX so that it could be portable. |
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12:59
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hummingbird604: The room is packed with young minds. This is very inspiring. The new generations are interested in free sofware and freedom #stallman |
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1:00
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Raul: Also wanted to make it compatible with UNIX. The name was GNU (Gnu is Not Unix) |
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1:00
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Raul: The hacker community in the 1970s (back at MIT) – he was hired as a system hacker. His job was to make the operating system better (they called themselves a system hacker). Playful cleverness. |
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1:01
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hummingbird604: @awsamuel Richard #stallman is speaking at UBC about his experience as a hacker – thought this would be of interest  |
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1:02
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Raul: It was the fascination of programming what made it more fun. They gave themselves mysterious names. Now, in the 1970s system-level programming was generally not portable. So it was quite common that you would see a very useful program but you couldn’t use it because it was a different operating software. You named your program your program isn’t the other one. E-MACS text editor. |
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1:02
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Raul: 30 imitations of IMAX for some sort of computer. Straight Forward And Not Fun. FINE (Fine is not E-Macs) and SINE (Sine is Not E-Macs). Very recursory names. |
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1:02
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Raul: So you could have lots of fun with recursive acronyms (this is a kind of hacking). |
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1:05
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Raul: In 1991 a Finland student released LINUX (Linux is Not UniX) hehehe. |
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1:06
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Raul: In 1992 LINUX was released under the general free software license. |
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1:07
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Raul: Why would we need to have a license for a free software? |
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1:07
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Raul: Anything written (software) is automatically copyrighted. Therefore you NEED to make the program free to attach an explicit declaration giving users the four freedoms (which actually becomes a free software license). |
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1:09
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Raul: Copy-Left License – some of those free licenses are so permissive that they may allow people to re-release the software as proprietary. So we had to strip the movement of stripping the freedoms. You have the freedom to redistribute exact copies and when you do that, you MUST make the source code available under the EXACT same license. It has to stay with the same license (VERY MUCH LIKE CREATIVE COMMONS) |
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1:10
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hummingbird604: #stallman Copy Left license = very similar to Share-Alike Creative Commons – redistribute under the exact same license |
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1:11
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hummingbird604: If you’re following my liveblog of Richard #stallman ‘s lecture on free software, please feel free to comment – http://is.gd/iFnZ |
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1:11
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Raul: GNU was a predecessor of LINUX – so give us a share of the credit. |
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1:11
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Raul: Please call it GNU/LINUX – just give us a mention. |
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1:12
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Raul: There is a more important stake – YOUR freedom is at stake. |
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1:12
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[Comment From GregEh] haha, GNU/Linux, can’t believe he’s still on that |
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1:13
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Raul: Different names convey different ideas – and what they communicate with others is important. GNU has been associated with these ideas of freedom. The name of LINUX is associated with not caring for users freedoms. (as per Stallman) – Thorvald condemns their ideas of freedom. |
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1:13
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[Comment From GregEh] Not following too closely because I’m going to see his other lecture tonight |
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1:14
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Raul: It’s not fair that the tremendous work WE did for the sake of your freedom be distributed to Thorvald. |
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1:15
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Raul: [For purposes of the liveblog - please note that I'm writing almost verbatim notes of the lecture by Richard Stallman, so it's not ME saying that about Mr. Thorvald!] 
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1:15
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[Comment From GregEh] GNU gets plenty of credit in the Linux and FOSS communities, Stallman should stop whining. He’s been on this for years and clearly the language isn’t changing. |
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1:17
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Raul: Proprietary software creators basically say “we are entitled to give you NO rights at all, as a user”. We (the free software community) are calling for the 4 essential freedoms. |
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1:18
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Raul: ”Open Source” – completely different philosophy. |
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1:19
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Raul: Stallman has written letters to say that he is NOT the father that “Open Source” — he does not believe with the values of open source at all. [RAUL's comment - I find this fascinating - I thought they were one and the same term] |
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1:21
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Raul: In the 1990s as the GNU system started to spread there were 2 diff philosophies. People who liked the freedom and people who liked the system because it was free and cheap. In 1998 that second group decided to use a different term “open source” they could decide which ideas to include and which ideas to leave out. They left out the ethical points (which is the most important for free software believers) |
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1:22
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hummingbird604: I’m puzzled as to why #stallman makes the distinction between open source and free software – |
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1:22
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Raul: There is an ethical issue to consider here (with open source). |
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1:23
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[Comment From GregEh] RT myself: Basically, source can be open without you having the rights to copy, modify, and distribute. |
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1:24
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hummingbird604: would people please share their thoughts on open source/free software on my liveblog? Thanks! http://is.gd/iFnZ — #stallman |
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1:24
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Raul: We have to teach people to value the four freedoms. |
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1:26
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Raul: What does it say to the users – what this takes for granted – no free programs are a good thing. |
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1:26
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hummingbird604: Everyone who shared their thoughts – can you hashtag them #stallman so that CoverItLive can insert them into my blog? Thanks! |
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1:27
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Raul: UTUTO (free software) – BLAG (Black Linux and Gnu) |
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1:28
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[Comment From freelock] generally open source and free software refer to different aspects of the same thing. |
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1:28
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Raul: Other problems happened – in the early days of GNU – somebody wrote a free driver for that device. |
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1:28
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[Comment From freelock] Open Source – focuses on pragmatic benefits of open development, shared process, transparency, leading to better quality |
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1:29
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[Comment From freelock] free software focuses on software as an expression of an idea, and the rights of people to benefit from sharing those ideas |
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1:29
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[Comment From freelock] Open Source is largely Eric Raymond and others rebranding Free software, making it more palatable for business |
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1:30
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freelock: Stallman’s hostile to this, because he doesn’t care about business use–he cares about ideas getting locked up and not shared. |
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1:33
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Raul: We have to maintain a modified version of LINUX called LINUX Libre. In this version of LINUX the kernel is used in the GNU framework (a de-blocked version of LINUX). |
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1:35
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Raul: Stallman – we lose our freedom for failure to protect it. This is something much more important than that. The people who promote open source make a claim that outside of techies nobody cares of the software. Techies and some business men care about powerful, reliable software, but EVERYONE cares about freedoms. Questions of WHO controls your computer, they can understand. Everyone can understand that. Every citizen of our society MUST be concerned with. |
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1:35
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Raul: Stallman would like to cover a few secondary elements – another dangerous propaganda term “intellectual property” – this term carries confusion. |
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1:37
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GregEh: (yep) |
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1:39
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Raul: Any time anyone uses the term “intellectual property” is harmful. Either he/she is confused or is trying to confuse others. It is very hard. Even law professors fall into error overlooking facts that they know. Because the term is built to encourage people to generalize in yearning to generalize, they fall into faults. You have to be careful to avoid it – reject the term, regard it as poison. |
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1:41
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Raul: It’s very hard. The Canadian Labor Council is debating a motion to adopt a position about “intellectual property” (Stallman read about this) |
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1:42
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Raul: Free software employment – the IT sector will NOT disappear. |
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1:45
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Raul: Schools *must* teach exclusively free software (1) to save money — this should be obvious! |
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1:46
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hummingbird604: @LizHargreaves Sorry Liz i missed what you were going to check out – the #stallman lecture? or Cover It Live? |
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1:47
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Raul: They (schools) should not be used as vessels to distribute proprietary software. |
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1:50
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hummingbird604: gd stuff – Wikipedia’s entry on #stallman is VERY comprehensive. & by virtue of bein in this room, ive seen many facets of his personality |
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1:52
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Raul: To close now, Stallman will present now Saint IGNUcius. He blesses my computer |
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1:53
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hummingbird604: #stallman just blessed my computer (he is dressed as St. IGNUtius) In the Church of IMAX |
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1:53
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LizHargreaves: @hummingbird604 both First I’ve seen of this content tool, looks useful. In class now so can’t follow #stallman right now though |
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1:54
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Raul: ”You must exorcize whatever proprietary software and install Holy Free Software and ONLY install free software.” |
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1:56
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Raul: This liveblog is completed. I’m not liveblogging the questions. |
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1:56
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hummingbird604: #stallman is incredibly funny – he really rocked it, particularly the end of the talk |
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