Free Software for Chile
Georg Greve
greve@fsfeurope.org
Free Software Foundation Europe
Free Software for Chile – 20 August 2007 – Ministry of Education, Santiago, Chile – p. 1

0. Roadmap
Approaching the issues
1. Free Software Basics
2. Regulatory perspective
3. Economic perspective
4. Government
5. Education
6. Free Software in practice
7. SELF Project
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1. Free Software
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1. Free Software
Free for freedom, not price.
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1. Free Software
Free for freedom, not price.
1. Freedom: unlimited use, for any purpose
2. Freedom: study and modify
3. Freedom: copy / distribute
4. Freedom: distribute modifications
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1. Free Software
Free for freedom, not price.
1. Freedom: unlimited use, for any purpose
2. Freedom: study and modify
3. Freedom: copy / distribute
4. Freedom: distribute modifications
First publication: January 1989
From Copyright to Freedom:
Copyright allows licensing
licensing grants Freedom
GNU GPL, X11 License, BSD, MIT, ...
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1. Clarity matters
1983: Free Software
January 1989: ”four Freedoms”; DFSG (1997)
1992: Libre Software
European Context
1998: Open Source
Proposed marketing term for Free Software
200X: FOSS (”Free / Open Source Software”)
redundant, combines ambiguity
2003: FLOSS (”Free/Libre/Open Source”)
triple redundant, combines all ambiguities
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1. Clarity matters
1983: Free Software
IDENTICAL
January 1989: ”four Freedoms”; DFSG (1997)
1992: Libre Software
European Context
LICENCE
1998: Open Source
Proposed marketing term for Free Software
200X: FOSS (”Free / Open Source Software”)
BASE
redundant, combines ambiguity
2003: FLOSS (”Free/Libre/Open Source”)
triple redundant, combines all ambiguities
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1. Essential
Free Software = freedom to
use
study
modify
distribute
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2. Regulatory perspective
Code shapes the physical laws of digital space
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2. Regulatory perspective
Code shapes the physical laws of digital space
Code & Law
are both regulators!
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2. Regulatory perspective
Code shapes the physical laws of digital space
Code & Law
are both regulators!
Who owns your software?
Free Software for Chile – 20 August 2007 – Ministry of Education, Santiago, Chile – p. 6

2. Regulatory perspective
Code shapes the physical laws of digital space
Code & Law
are both regulators!
Who owns your software?
Without software control, who controls the data?
Free Software for Chile – 20 August 2007 – Ministry of Education, Santiago, Chile – p. 6

2. Regulatory perspective
Code shapes the physical laws of digital space
Code & Law
are both regulators!
Who owns your software?
Without software control, who controls the data?
What about the government?
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2. Regulatory perspective
Code shapes the physical laws of digital space
Code & Law
are both regulators!
Who owns your software?
Without software control, who controls the data?
What about the government?
Software is not policy neutral!
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3. Economic perspective
1. communication required
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3. Economic perspective
1. communication required
2. five intermediaries
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3. Economic perspective
1. communication required
2. five intermediaries
3. proprietary software:
rewards lock-in through ”value-adding”
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3. Economic perspective
1. communication required
2. five intermediaries
3. proprietary software:
rewards lock-in through ”value-adding”
Proprietary model encourages monopolies,
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3. Economic perspective
1. communication required
2. five intermediaries
3. proprietary software:
rewards lock-in through ”value-adding”
Proprietary model encourages monopolies,
proliferating into the hardware domain
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3. Economic perspective
1. communication required
2. five intermediaries
3. proprietary software:
rewards lock-in through ”value-adding”
Proprietary model encourages monopolies,
proliferating into the hardware domain
Fraunhofer ISST study:
> 50% of German industry
> 80% of German exports
depend on ICT!
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4. Government
Governments must be accessible to all, so
Governments using proprietary technology
lose control over decisions and data
spread monopoly at cost of local economy
force population into similar dependency
transfer economic power out of country
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4. Government
Governments must be accessible to all, so
Governments using proprietary technology
lose control over decisions and data
spread monopoly at cost of local economy
force population into similar dependency
transfer economic power out of country
Conflict:
It is the responsibility of governments
to protect freedom of competition!
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5. Freedom to study in education
No secret arts
Everything can be learned
No built-in barriers
Learn as much as you want
No sand box games
Learn from the best at the state of the art
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5. Freedom to study in education
No secret arts
Everything can be learned
No built-in barriers
Learn as much as you want
No sand box games
Learn from the best at the state of the art
Sustainable learning
Learn principles, not products!
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5. Freedom to study in education
No secret arts
Everything can be learned
No built-in barriers
Learn as much as you want
No sand box games
Learn from the best at the state of the art
Sustainable learning
Learn principles, not products!
Prevent exclusion:
Take the software home
Teach the family
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6. Free Software in practice
Municipality of Munich, Germany
richest municipality of Germany
significant IT industry
primary reason:
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6. Free Software in practice
Municipality of Munich, Germany
richest municipality of Germany
significant IT industry
primary reason:
strategic decision for political
independence
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6. Free Software in practice
Municipality of Munich, Germany
richest municipality of Germany
significant IT industry
primary reason:
strategic decision for political
independence
Junta de Extremadura, Spain
one of the poorest in Europe
almost entirely first sector
primary reason:
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6. Free Software in practice
Municipality of Munich, Germany
richest municipality of Germany
significant IT industry
primary reason:
strategic decision for political
independence
Junta de Extremadura, Spain
one of the poorest in Europe
almost entirely first sector
primary reason:
education and economic capacity
building
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7. SELF Project
Science, Education and Learning in Freedom
http://selfproject.eu
learning and knowledge technology on Free Software,
...with global consortium
methodology for Free courseware and knowledge,
...so others will be able to follow in their fields
build courses on Free Software and Open Standards,
...providing universal resource in our expert field
Free Software for Chile – 20 August 2007 – Ministry of Education, Santiago, Chile – p. 11

7. SELF Project
Science, Education and Learning in Freedom
http://selfproject.eu
learning and knowledge technology on Free Software,
...with global consortium
methodology for Free courseware and knowledge,
...so others will be able to follow in their fields
build courses on Free Software and Open Standards,
...providing universal resource in our expert field
Give a man a fish...
Free Software for Chile – 20 August 2007 – Ministry of Education, Santiago, Chile – p. 11

7. SELF Project
Science, Education and Learning in Freedom
http://selfproject.eu
learning and knowledge technology on Free Software,
...with global consortium
methodology for Free courseware and knowledge,
...so others will be able to follow in their fields
build courses on Free Software and Open Standards,
...providing universal resource in our expert field
Give a man a fish...
SELF is teaching people to fish their own knowledge
...to build sustainable education
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Contact
Thank you for your attention!
Georg C. F. Greve <greve@fsfeurope.org>
FSFE, President
Free Software Foundation Europe
Sumatrastrasse 25
8006 Z¨rich
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Switzerland
http://fsfeurope.org
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