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What software freedom is, what benefits it brings to libraries and society in general. Presented at Kohacon10 (http://kohacon.appspot.com/2010/program/day2.html)
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softwarefreedom
I non-freesoftware
I
II
non-freesoftware
freesoftware
I
IIIII
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
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