The Free Software Revolution
summary
A historical overview of the Free Software movement from the 1970s MIT hacking culture through Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation, explaining how free software spread beyond computing into society. It covers free-software licenses (their similarities and differences), Creative Commons, Open Hardware and Open Data, and explains how to contribute to these movements and the personal, professional and societal benefits, finishing with reflections on a possible future if the movement continues to grow.
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chapters (27)
- 0:00Welcome
- 2:09About me
- 3:56First hackers and Spacewar
- 5:42Origin of hacker term
- 7:10Richard Stallman and AI lab
- 8:13Xerox 9700 printer and free software
- 10:07GNU Project and free OS
- 11:57Free Software Foundation and GPL
- 14:47Linus Torvalds and Linux kernel
- 15:52Internet and open web
- 16:54Creative Commons and free culture
- 17:40Wikipedia and collective intelligence
- 18:50Moodle vs software patents
- 20:36WordPress impact on web
- 21:19Wikileaks and free journalism
- 22:21Arduino and open hardware
- 23:48Bitcoin and decentralized economy
- 24:32Sci-Hub and open access
- 25:36Tesla and open patents
- 26:19Microsoft embraces Linux
- 27:57Red Hat and enterprise free software
- 29:01Open data and governments
- 31:05How to contribute
- 33:12Events and communities
- 33:56Free software in education
- 35:40Call to action
- 37:32Q&A
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