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)

1. Freedom in the Library
François Marier
francois@catalyst.net.nz

8. software
freedom

9. I non-free
software

10. I
II
non-free
software
free
software

11. I
IIIII
non-free
software
free
software
free
society

12. story...

14. July 17th
, 2009

17. imagine...

21. How did we get to this point?

22. How did we get to this point?
How did we lose control
over our own books?

23. How did we get to this point?
How did we lose control
over our own books?
When did our book collections
stop being ours?

24. How can Amazon do this?

25. How can Amazon do this?
What can we do about it?

26. Inon-free software

27. free·dom: noun ˈfrē-dəm

28. free·dom: noun ˈfrē-dəm
benefits =

29. free·dom: noun ˈfrē-dəm
benefits = freedom itself!

31. proprietary software

32. anti-features

33. features that users
hate the most

34. willing to pay to get
them removed

35. 4types

36. $1. extracting money
from users

41. $$2. pricediscrimination

42. Starter
Home Basic
Home Premium
Professional
Enterprise
Ultimate

43. community
edition
ultimate
enterprise

44. community
edition
ultimate
enterprise
1000 records unlimited!

45. community
edition
ultimate
enterprise
100 patrons
1000 records unlimited!
unlimited!

46. community
edition
ultimate
enterprise
100 patrons
1000 records unlimited!
unlimited!
2 tags/record unlimited!

47. community
edition
ultimate
enterprise
100 patrons
1000 records unlimited!
unlimited!
2 tags/record unlimited!
(free) only $$$ / month!

48. $$$3. securing monopolies

52. standard
performance
maximum
performance!
(free) only $$$ / month!

53. $$$$4. “protecting” copyrights

55. truth

56. Digital
Restrictions
Management

60. 10,000 people

61. IIfree software

62. free software

63. open source

64. free as in...

65. free as in... freedom

66. free as in... freedom
speech

67. free as in... freedom
speech
beer

68. 4freedoms

69. 1. use

70. 1. use
2. copy

71. 1. use
2. copy 3. modify

72. 1. use
2. copy
4. contribute
3. modify

73. 1. use
2. copy
4. contribute
3. modify

74. license

75. straightforward
pleasurable

76. very long
unreadable
all different

77. designed for
human beings non-lawyers

78. over 50%

80. must extend the
same freedoms
to others

82. permissive
licenses

83. give complete freedom
to developers

85. public
domain

86. copyleft online...

87. Enterprise Koha

88. Enterprise Koha

89. Enterprise Koha
shared (GPL)
not shared

90. using a web service
is not copying

92. “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”

99. who controls
free software?

100. Q: who can make
changes to Koha?

101. A: anybody

102. free for all?

105. reviewed on mailing list

106. reviewed on mailing list
gone through QA

107. reviewed on mailing list
gone through QA
accepted by

110. IIIfree society

115. open
data

116. data
standards
open

117. open access

118. share
preserve
knowledge
&

119. free
open
infrastructure
&

121. promote & protect
that freedom

122. Questions?
francois@catalyst.net.nz
@fmarier
@fmarier

123. Photo credits:
surveillance cameras: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanmcintosh/3744953433/
keyloggers: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robbie73/4853086176/
your music, our way: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fullaperture/430114523/
ministry of truth: http://www.flickr.com/photos/umdrums/4114145376/
blender splashscreen:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/File:Blender_Splash_2.54.jpg
kindle tweet: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bfishadow/4833055122/
book burning pages: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44282411@N04/4141069138/
jail sky: http://flickr.com/photos/edutorres81/2686571658/
1984 cover: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/File:1984first.jpg (not CC)
jail cell: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sercasey/251142094/
nokia battery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/titanas/2133157073/
hp_cartridge: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbreg2007/4469239265/
crowd: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/
new bookshelf: http://www.flickr.com/photos/heipei/3570609850/
clouds: http://www.flickr.com/photos/turtlemom_nancy/2046347762/
traffic jam: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joiseyshowaa/2402764792/
chris cormack: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nengard/1137037006/
broken window: http://www.flickr.com/photos/orinrobertjohn/2986369502/
burglar: http://www.flickr.com/photos/calistan/3283435946/
dark alley: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roomiccube/3075664322/
hand up: http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/2326448445/