Freedom in the Library

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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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 II III 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. I non-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. 4 types
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. II free 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. 4 freedoms
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. III free 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/