diff --git a/kiss/freedom/freedomslides.org b/kiss/freedom/freedomslides.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fdd2def2473c4a191ad06f294034c5dbb1b8bbe7 --- /dev/null +++ b/kiss/freedom/freedomslides.org @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +#+TITLE: Free Software, Free Society +#+AUTHOR: Milan Santosi +#+EMAIL: milan.santosi@gmail.com +#+DATE: 2012-04-12 Thu +#+DESCRIPTION: +#+KEYWORDS: +#+LANGUAGE: en +#+OPTIONS: H:3 num:t toc:t \n:nil @:t ::t |:t ^:t -:t f:t *:t <:t +#+OPTIONS: TeX:t LaTeX:t skip:nil d:nil todo:t pri:nil tags:not-in-toc +#+INFOJS_OPT: view:nil toc:nil ltoc:t mouse:underline buttons:0 path:http://orgmode.org/org-info.js +#+EXPORT_SELECT_TAGS: export +#+EXPORT_EXCLUDE_TAGS: noexport +#+LINK_UP: +#+LINK_HOME: + +#+startup: oddeven +#+startup: beamer +#+LaTeX_CLASS: beamer +#+LaTeX_CLASS_OPTIONS: [bigger] +#+latex_header: \mode<beamer>{\usetheme{Copenhagen}} +#+BEAMER_FRAME_LEVEL: 2 + +#+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %13BEAMER_env(Env) %6BEAMER_envargs(Args) %4BEAMER_col(Col) %7BEAMER_extra(Extra) + + +* Introduction +** Overview +- Understanding software +- What are the four freedoms of free software? +- What's the difference between Open Source and Free Software? + +* Considerations about Software +- Source Code is a work of authorship, similar but not identical to + works of literature, a cooking recipe, or a musical piece. + - Side Note: Legally, works of authorship fall under Copyright. +- Some form of Instruction set to make a machine do something. +- Condensed knowledge, or information (hence IT). + +* Considerations about Knowledge +- Information has unique, properties, it is not a real commodity and + it cannot easily be contained. +- From an economic point of view, knowledge is a positive externality. + - Software, like all knowledge, should be accessible in a democratic + and nondiscriminatory way. +* Intellectual "Property"? +- Umbrella term for copyright, patent, trademark and other + categories law. Those have virtually nothing in common. +- Commonly misused to actually mean anything. +- Implies claim to ownership, in particular of ideas. + +* Market implications +- In a free market economy monopolies are ususally dangerous and have + to be avoided. + - Monopolies on public goods are really, really bad. +- Software still generates economic value; however, most is generated + by use, not sale of software. +- Software patents are in effect monopolies on ideas. + +* The Four Freedoms +** Freedom 0 +- You are free to run the program, for any purpose. + - Not as obvious as it might seem. +** Freedom 1 +- You are free to study how the program works, and change it so it + does your computing as you wish. Access to the source code is a + precondition for this. + - The user controls the software, not the other way around. +** Freedom 2 +- You are free to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor. + - Few people realize how important sharing is, in particular sharing + of public goods. Contrary to common propaganda, ideas, techniques, stories, + melodies, images etc. are NOT hurt by sharing. On the contrary, + sharing keeps them alive. +** Freedom 3 +- You are free to distribute copies of your modified versions to + others. By doing this you can give the whole community a + chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a + precondition for this. + +* Open Source? +Openness of source is less decisive when one or more of the four +freedoms are formally or effectively taken away. +The term "Open Source" is usually used synonymous to Free Software, in +the past the term was coined to avoid misunderstandings. + +* Licensing +** GPL +- Copyleft, restrictive, enforces all four freedoms. +*** BSD +- Non-copyleft, permissive, not all rights have to be conserved. + + +- Perversion Software Patente: Wie etwas, das eigentlich Innovation foerdern soll genau das Gegenteil bewirkt. +- Digital Restrictions Management (DRM): + - Defective by Design und Malicious Features. Beispiele: Amazon Kindle, ei-Phone, Skype, Spotify, Steam, Diverse unfreie Betriebssysteme + - Probleme mit restriktiven Datenformaten: MP3, flash, docx, etc... + diff --git a/kiss/freedom/freedomslides.pdf b/kiss/freedom/freedomslides.pdf new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..679e56b64d6d85697b18be518d8c4a6a1f628617 Binary files /dev/null and b/kiss/freedom/freedomslides.pdf differ diff --git a/kiss/freedom/freedomslides.tex b/kiss/freedom/freedomslides.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6f161262cb04eb0ab8a4e1b65968bc23026183c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/kiss/freedom/freedomslides.tex @@ -0,0 +1,189 @@ +% Created 2012-04-12 Thu 16:37 +\documentclass[bigger]{beamer} +\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} +\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} +\usepackage{fixltx2e} +\usepackage{graphicx} +\usepackage{longtable} +\usepackage{float} +\usepackage{wrapfig} +\usepackage{soul} +\usepackage{textcomp} +\usepackage{marvosym} +\usepackage{wasysym} +\usepackage{latexsym} +\usepackage{amssymb} +\usepackage{hyperref} +\tolerance=1000 +\mode<beamer>{\usetheme{Copenhagen}} +\providecommand{\alert}[1]{\textbf{#1}} + +\title{Free Software, Free Society} +\author{Milan Santosi} +\date{2012-04-12 Thu} +\hypersetup{ + pdfkeywords={}, + pdfsubject={}, + pdfcreator={Emacs Org-mode version 7.8.08}} + +\begin{document} + +\maketitle + +\begin{frame} +\frametitle{Outline} +\setcounter{tocdepth}{3} +\tableofcontents +\end{frame} + + + + +\section{Introduction} +\label{sec-1} +\begin{frame} +\frametitle{Overview} +\label{sec-1-1} + +\begin{itemize} +\item Understanding software +\item What are the four freedoms of free software? +\item What's the difference between Open Source and Free Software? +\end{itemize} +\end{frame} +\section{Considerations about Software} +\label{sec-2} + +\begin{itemize} +\item Source Code is a work of authorship, similar but not identical to + works of literature, a cooking recipe, or a musical piece. +\begin{itemize} +\item Side Note: Legally, works of authorship fall under Copyright. +\end{itemize} +\item Some form of Instruction set to make a machine do something. +\item Condensed knowledge, or information (hence IT). +\end{itemize} +\section{Considerations about Knowledge} +\label{sec-3} + +\begin{itemize} +\item Information has unique, properties, it is not a real commodity and + it cannot easily be contained. +\item From an economic point of view, knowledge is a positive externality. +\begin{itemize} +\item Software, like all knowledge, should be accessible in a democratic + and nondiscriminatory way. +\end{itemize} +\end{itemize} +\section{Intellectual ``Property''?} +\label{sec-4} + +\begin{itemize} +\item Umbrella term for copyright, patent, trademark and other + categories law. Those have virtually nothing in common. +\item Commonly misused to actually mean anything. +\item Implies claim to ownership, in particular of ideas. +\end{itemize} +\section{Market implications} +\label{sec-5} + +\begin{itemize} +\item In a free market economy monopolies are ususally dangerous and have + to be avoided. +\begin{itemize} +\item Monopolies on public goods are really, really bad. +\end{itemize} +\item Software still generates economic value; however, most is generated + by use, not sale of software. +\item Software patents are in effect monopolies on ideas. +\end{itemize} + +\section{The Four Freedoms} +\label{sec-6} +\begin{frame} +\frametitle{Freedom 0} +\label{sec-6-1} + +\begin{itemize} +\item You are free to run the program, for any purpose. +\begin{itemize} +\item Not as obvious as it might seem. +\end{itemize} +\end{itemize} +\end{frame} +\begin{frame} +\frametitle{Freedom 1} +\label{sec-6-2} + +\begin{itemize} +\item You are free to study how the program works, and change it so it + does your computing as you wish. Access to the source code is a + precondition for this. +\begin{itemize} +\item The user controls the software, not the other way around. +\end{itemize} +\end{itemize} +\end{frame} +\begin{frame} +\frametitle{Freedom 2} +\label{sec-6-3} + +\begin{itemize} +\item You are free to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor. +\begin{itemize} +\item Few people realize how important sharing is, in particular sharing + of public goods. Contrary to common propaganda, ideas, techniques, stories, + melodies, images etc. are NOT hurt by sharing. On the contrary, + sharing keeps them alive. +\end{itemize} +\end{itemize} +\end{frame} +\begin{frame} +\frametitle{Freedom 3} +\label{sec-6-4} + +\begin{itemize} +\item You are free to distribute copies of your modified versions to + others. By doing this you can give the whole community a + chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a + precondition for this. +\end{itemize} +\end{frame} +\section{Open Source?} +\label{sec-7} + +Openness of source is less decisive when one or more of the four +freedoms are formally or effectively taken away. +The term ``Open Source'' is usually used synonymous to Free Software, in +the past the term was coined to avoid misunderstandings. +\section{Licensing} +\label{sec-8} +\begin{frame} +\frametitle{GPL} +\label{sec-8-1} + +\begin{itemize} +\item Copyleft, restrictive, enforces all four freedoms. +\end{itemize} +\begin{itemize} + +\item BSD +\label{sec-8-1-1}% +\begin{itemize} +\item Non-copyleft, permissive, not all rights have to be conserved. +\end{itemize} + + +\begin{itemize} +\item Perversion Software Patente: Wie etwas, das eigentlich Innovation foerdern soll genau das Gegenteil bewirkt. +\item Digital Restrictions Management (DRM): +\begin{itemize} +\item Defective by Design und Malicious Features. Beispiele: Amazon Kindle, ei-Phone, Skype, Spotify, Steam, Diverse unfreie Betriebssysteme +\item Probleme mit restriktiven Datenformaten: MP3, flash, docx, etc\ldots{} +\end{itemize} +\end{itemize} + +\end{itemize} % ends low level +\end{frame} + +\end{document} \ No newline at end of file