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0x4F: Linus Torvalds' Comments at DebConf 2014

0x4F: Linus Torvalds' Comments at DebConf 2014

Free as in Freedom

October 9, 201438m 51s

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<p> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x4F_Torvalds.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_0x4F_Torvalds.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 and criticize comments made by <a href="http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2014/debconf14/webm/QA_with_Linus_Torvalds.webm">Linus Torvalds at his Q&amp;A</a> during <a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/meeting/155/qa-with-linus-torvalds/">DebConf 2014 in Portland, OR on 29 August 2014</a>.</p> </p> <h3>Show Notes:</h3> <h4>Segment 0 (00:37)</h4> <p>Bradley and Karen discuss the <a href="http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2014/debconf14/webm/QA_with_Linus_Torvalds.webm">Q&amp;A with Linus Torvalds</a> at <a href="https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/meeting/155/qa-with-linus-torvalds/">DebConf 2014 in Portland, OR on 29 August 2014</a>. (01:09)</p> <h4>Segment 1 (04:30)</h4> <ul> <li>Ryan Lortie asked about <a href="https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/6/495">an offensive public statement Linus Torvalds made on 6 July 2012</a>. (05:04)</li> <li>Bradley mentioned that <a href="https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/2/21/228">Linus Torvalds argued Red Hat was kowtowing to Microsoft using offensive language</a>. (07:57)</li> <li>Karen mentioned that <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/05/linus_slams_gnome_three/">Linus called GNOME an <q>unholy mess</q>.</a> (19:05)</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>

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