The Age Of Literate Machines: FOSSNUT 2008Q1
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T H E · A G E · O F LITERATE MACHINES
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A presentation focused on how Free Software, Open Source and the Internet relate to our past, present and future. These slides were used for a brief tour of Norwegian Universities and Høgschoolen.
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T H E · A G E · O F
LITERATEMACHINES
Free Software?
Free Software
Free Software
1. Run2. Study3. Modify4. Share
Open Source=
Free Software
Open SourceIsn't a Bad Term
Why DoesFree Software
Matter?
Largest ComputingProject in History
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Vision?
Free Softwareis a response
~ 50 000 years ago
Source Codeto Society
Burning Scrolls & Burying Confucians
Language is The Great Tool
TowardsFree Speech
The Wordwas at God
The KnowledgeWithin the Medium
Freedom Spreads
Burning Scrolls & Burying Confucians
Worshipful Company of
Stationers and Newspaper Makers
Stationers Company Monopoly (1556 - 1695)
Copyright vested in the printer.
Power to seize offending books and to bring the offending author before the
authorities.
Statute of Anne
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Copyright that vests in the author - 14 years for new works and 21 years for
existing work. Required submission of multiple copies to state libraries.
A Blossomingof Freedoms
Constitution of NorwayArticle 100: There shall be freedom of expression. ...
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State-subsidizedFree Speech
Free Speech in theElectro-Mechanical
Revolution
1/1000¢1438 Printing
1/10 000¢1609 Newspaper
10¢1838 Telegraph
1/100¢1848 Telephone
1/10¢1877 Phonograph
1/1 000 000¢1896 Radio
1/10¢1898 Magnetic Recording
$1/100 0001927 Television
Radio
TVNewspaper
Other Print Media
Worshipful Company of
Television and Radio Broadcasters
LiterateMachines
The GreatObsoleter
JusticeAlgorithms
Free as in Freedom
BalancedFreedomsBalancedFreedoms
Build Freedomfor the Future
The Mozilla Manifesto
http://mozilla.org/about/mozilla-manifesto.html
Robo Habilis
Zak Greanthttp://zak.greant.com
From http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Promote_MDC
Public DomainDedication
