Freedom and loathing on the campaign trail '16

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Freedom and loathing on the campaign trail '16

Remy DeCausemaker

Like it or Loathe it, this election was historic--for the candidates, for citizens, and even the Free Software Movement. The creation of DevProgress.us marks the first time that a major national political party or presidential campaign in the United States has officially adopted contribution policies embracing copyleft licenses. Come hear about how hackers and artists from around the world made an impact up and down the ticket, and ways #wewillcontinue.

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This talk was presented at LibrePlanet.
libreplanet.org LibrePlanet is the Free Software Foundation's annual conference. The FSF campaigns for free/libre software, meaning it respects users' freedom and community. We believe that users are entitled to this; all software should be free. gnu.org/important We do not advocate "open source". That term was coined to reject our views. It refers to similar practices, but usually presented solely as advantageous, without talking of right and wrong. gnu.org/not-open-source Richard Stallman launched the free software movement in 1983 by announcing development of the free operating system, GNU. By 1992, GNU was nearly operational; one major essential component was lacking, the kernel. gnu.org/gnu-begin In 1992, Torvalds freed the kernel Linux, which filled the last gap in GNU. Since then, the combined GNU/Linux system has run in millions of computers. Nowadays you can buy a new computer with a totally free GNU/Linux system preinstalled. gnu.org/gnu-and-linux The views of the speaker may not represent the Free Software Foundation. The Foundation supports the free software cause and freedom to share, and basic freedoms in the digital domain, but has no position on other political issues.

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