0x22: Elder's Methods of FOSS Activism

<p> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x22_Methods-FOSS-Activism.ogg"><img alt="[Direct download of cast in Ogg/Vorbis format]" src="https://faif.us/static/img/cast/audio_ogg_button.png"/></a> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x22_Methods-FOSS-Activism.mp3"><img alt="[Direct download of cast in MP3 format]" src="https://faif.us/static/img/cast/audio_mp3_button.png"/></a> </p> <p> <p>Karen and Bradley play and discuss <a href="http://ac.aup.edu/~a32816/">Ambj&ouml;rn Elder</a>'s talk entitled <a href="http://fosdem.org/2012/schedule/speaker/ambjoern_elder"><cite>Methods of FOSS Activism</cite></a> from the <a href="http://fosdem.org/2012/schedule/track/legal_issues_devroom">FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom</a>. </p> </p> <h3>Show Notes:</h3> <h4>Segment 0 (00:35)</h4> <p>Bradley and Karen summarize some of the logistics of FOSDEM.</p> <h4>Segment 1 (08:08)</h4> <p>You can follow along with <a href="http://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x22_Methods-FOSS-Activism_slides.pdf">Ambj&ouml;rn's slides for his talk</a> while you listen.</p> <h4>Segment 2 (24:04)</h4> <ul> <li>Bradley mentioned <a href="http://terrybollinger.com/">Terry Bollinger</a>'s <a href="http://terrybollinger.com/dodfoss/dodfoss_html/index.html">report, <cite>Use of Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</cite></a>. (26:13)</li> <li>Karen quoted the USA DoD in her <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2010/transparent-medical-devices.html"><cite>Killed by Code</cite> paper</a>. (28:04)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/10/eff-engages-veteran-lobbyists-take-fight-against-warrantless-wiretapping-capitol-h">EFF has engaged lobbyist in the past on some issues</a>. (29:58) </li> <li>Bradley mentioned <a href="http://www.chomsky.info/">Noam Chomsky</a>'s point regarding <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky%27s_political_views#Marginalization_in_the_mainstream_media">concision</a>. (35:32)</li> </ul> <hr width="80%"/> <p>Send feedback and comments on the cast to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">&lt;[email protected]&gt;</a>. You can keep in touch with <a href="https://faif.us">Free as in Freedom</a> on our IRC channel, #faif on irc.freenode.net, and by <a href="http://identi.ca/conservancy">following Conservancy on identi.ca</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/conservancy">and Twitter</a>.</p> <p>Free as in Freedom is produced by <a href="http://danlynch.org/blog/">Dan Lynch</a> of <a href="http://danlynch.org/">danlynch.org</a>. Theme music written and performed by <a href="http://www.miketarantino.com">Mike Tarantino</a> with <a href="http://www.charliepaxson.com">Charlie Paxson</a> on drums.</p> <p><a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png" hspace=10 /></a> The content of <span xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">this audcast</span>, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a>. </p>