0x47: Why Are You a Software Freedom Zealot?

<p> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x47_Zealots.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_0x47_Zealots.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>Bradley and Karen discuss why software freedom as a political, social and moral issue is important to each of them personally.</p> </p> <h3>Show Notes:</h3> <h4>Segment 0 (00:36)</h4> <ul> <li>Bradley mentioned that he used to frequently give talks on why software freedom is important to him. There are available on FSF's Audio/Video website <a href="http://audio-video.gnu.org/audio/bradley_kuhn-swfreedom_and_gnu_generation-apr04.ogg">three</a> <a href="http://audio-video.gnu.org/audio/bkuhn-rutgers-2003-04-22-software-freedom.ogg">different</a> <a href="http://audio-video.gnu.org/audio/bradley-m-kuhn-software-freedom-and-the-gnu-generation-07-2002.ogg">recordings</a> of that talk, usually titled <cite>Software Freedom and the GNU Generation</cite>. (01:28)</li> <li>Bradley's first distribution was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softlanding_Linux_System">SLS</a>. (18:20)</li> <li>Bradley mentioned that <a href="http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2014/05/17/may-11-openstack-foundation-board-meeting/">OpenStack was denied 501(c)(6) trade association status by the IRS</a>. (37:56)</li> <li>Karen mentioned the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/lawsuit-filed-over-cooper-union-tuition-1401229539">Cooper Union law suit</a>. (48:40)</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>