"Open Source and the Evolution of Communication" by Zak Greant @ eLiberatica 2007

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The document discusses the evolution of communication through three revolutions: human language, programs (languages for machines), and the Internet. It defines free software and open source as software that users have the freedom to run, study, copy, modify, and share. The document also notes how programs allow machines to transform humans by acting as runnable versions of human skills, and how the Internet allows global broadcasting of those skills.

Technology News & Politics

Free Software, Open
Source and the Evolution
of Communication

Part I: Defining
Free Software &
Open Source

Programs Are
Runnable Versions
of Human Skills

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