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FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE: A KEY COMMON GOOD TO BUILD THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY JUAN CARLOS DE MARTIN POLITECNICO DI TORINO
COMPUTER SCIENCE
MACHINE-ASSISTED PROCESSING OF SYMBOLS
NEW WAYS OF THINKING, REPRESENTING, EXCHANGING, CREATING AND STORING INFORMATION
COMPARABLE TO INVENTION OF WRITING
FULL IMPLICATIONS STILL LARGELY UNKNOWN
INTERNET
WIRELESS
EMBEDDED
APPLIANCES
ENVIRONMENT
OURSELVES
BILLIONS OF ALWAYS-CONNECTED SYMBOL PROCESSORS
FULL IMPLICATIONS STILL LARGELY UNKNOWN
COMPUTER SCIENCE
COMPUTER DRIVING LICENSE
COMPUTER DRIVING LICENSE
SOFTWARE LITERACY
THE GREAT EMPOWERER
THE ALL-PURPOSE PERSONAL COMPUTING PLATFORMS
“FREE” HARDWARE
FREE OPERATING SYSTEM
FREE APPLICATIONS
FREE NETWORK
USED TO BE THE NORM
1984
UNIX IS PRIVATIZED
SOFTWARE TURNS HEAVILY PROPRIETARY
SOFTWARE TURNS INTO BLACK BOXES
FEW PRODUCE IT MANY (PASSIVELY) CONSUME IT
AS ANY ORDINARY TECHNOLOGY
BUT SOFTWARE IS ABOUT THE FREEDOM OF OUR KNOWLEDGE
OUR DOCUMENTS, OUR PICTURES, OUR DATA
NOT AN ORDINARY TECHNOLOGY
REACTION
VOLUNTARY, SPONTANEOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO A SOFTWARE COMMONS
BASED ON COPYRIGHT
FREE OPERATING SYSTEMS
MANY THOUSANDS OF FREE APPLICATIONS
AT LEAST ON PAR WITH THE PRODUCTS OF THE RICHEST CORPORATIONS IN THE WORLD
FREE FOR ANY COMPANY, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, OR INDIVIDUAL TO USE
FOREVER
15 MILLIONS OF PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMERS
100 MILLIONS OF PROGRAMMERS
IMPLICATIONS
FREEDOM FROM LICENSE FEES
PUBLIC MONEY
FREEDOM TO CHANGE, TO ADAPT, TO IMPROVE
FREEDOM TO LEARN
FREEDOM TO BE INDEPENDENT
SOFTWARE: THE KEY INFRASTRUCTURE OF A KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
SOFTWARE LITERACY
COMPUTER DRIVING LICENSE
FREE SOFTWARE: KEY TO BE INDEPENDENT TO LEARN TO GROW
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SUPPORT
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