Freedom in the Library

Freedom in the Library

François Marierfrancois@catalyst.net.nz

softwarefreedom

I non-freesoftware

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non-freesoftware

freesoftware

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non-freesoftware

freesoftware

freesociety

story...

July 17th, 2009

imagine...

How did we get to this point?

How did we get to this point?

How did we lose controlover our own books?

How did we get to this point?

How did we lose controlover our own books?

When did our book collectionsstop being ours?

How can Amazon do this?

How can Amazon do this?

What can we do about it?

Inon-free software

free·dom: noun \ˈfrē-dəm\

free·dom: noun \ˈfrē-dəm\

benefits =

free·dom: noun \ˈfrē-dəm\

benefits = freedom itself!

proprietary software

anti-features

features that users

hate the most

willing to pay to get

them removed

4 types

$1. extracting moneyfrom users

$$2. pricediscrimination

StarterHome Basic

Home Premium

ProfessionalEnterprise

Ultimate

communityedition

ultimateenterprise

communityedition

ultimateenterprise

1000 records unlimited!

communityedition

ultimateenterprise

100 patrons

1000 records unlimited!

unlimited!

communityedition

ultimateenterprise

100 patrons

1000 records unlimited!

unlimited!

2 tags/record unlimited!

communityedition

ultimateenterprise

100 patrons

1000 records unlimited!

unlimited!

2 tags/record unlimited!

(free) only $$$ / month!

$$$3. securing monopolies

standardperformance

maximumperformance!

(free) only $$$ / month!

$$$$4. “protecting” copyrights

truth

DigitalRestrictionsManagement

10,000 people

IIfree software

free software

open source

free as in...

free as in... freedom

free as in... freedomspeech

free as in... freedomspeechbeer

4 freedoms

1. use

1. use

2. copy

1. use

2. copy 3. modify

1. use

2. copy

4. contribute

3. modify

1. use

2. copy

4. contribute

3. modify

license

straightforward

pleasurable

very long

unreadable

all different

designed forhuman beings non-lawyers

over 50%

must extend the

same freedomsto others

permissivelicenses

give complete freedom

to developers

publicdomain

copyleft online...

Enterprise Koha

Enterprise Koha

Enterprise Koha

shared (GPL)

not shared

using a web service

is not copying

“if you modify the Program, your modified version must

offer all users interacting with it remotely through a computer network an opportunity to receive the

Corresponding Source of your version from a

network server at no charge”

who controlsfree software?

Q: who can makechanges to Koha?

A: anybody

free for all?

reviewed on mailing list

reviewed on mailing list

gone through QA

reviewed on mailing list

gone through QA

accepted by

IIIfree society

opendata

data

standardsopen

open access

sharepreserve

knowledge&

freeopen

infrastructure&

promote & protect

that freedom

Questions?

francois@catalyst.net.nz

@fmarier

@fmarier

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