Idealism as Code Beta 1: SymfonyLive Berlin 2014

Idealism embodied: Philosophy, Code, Empowerment
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As part of the LAMP stack, PHP is a dominant web technology and it is getting more powerful all the time: Convergence through things like Composer and the PSR standards is bringing once disparate communities together. Multiple “meta projects” like Drupal are adopting code from around the PHP and FOSS spheres. Contribution to one has become contribution to whole ecosystems. Many of us are idealists. Powering 80% of the web, we have the chance – and perhaps the responsibility – to make a difference through PHP. I will talk about how the thinking of RMS and other pioneers became code and how that code is empowering people and organisations. I want to draw a few lines from the very definition of free and open source software, through its practical application and native advantages, to how it helps people do better business, better government … and I’m hoping … make a better world.

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1. Idealism as Code:
   From philosophy
   to empowerment
   Beta 1
   !
   Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuire - @horncologne
   
   Open Source Evangelist, Acquia
   
   !
   SymfonyLive Berlin
   
   2014
   
   

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2. We the People
   

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3. Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuire
   Open Source Evangelist –

   Acquia
   •acquia.com/podcasts
   •slideshare.net/horncologne
   •tinyurl.com/jamyoutube
   •@horncologne
   •jam@acquia.com
   

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5. Who are you?
   Why are you here?
   

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6. Why am I here?
   

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7. Help4OK
   

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8. Where do we come from?
   

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9. FDR’s 4 Freedoms
   Message to Congress (State of the
   Union Address) on January 6, 1941
   

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10. FDR’s 4 Freedoms
    Message to Congress (State of the
    Union Address) on January 6, 1941
    the freedom of speech!
    the freedom of worship!
    the freedom from want!
    the freedom from fear
    

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11. RMS 1986:
    Free Software Definition
    

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12. The Free Software
    Definition
    The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any
    purpose (freedom 0).
    The freedom to study how the program works, and change
    it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1).
    Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
    The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your
    neighbor (freedom 2).
    The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions
    to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole
    community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access
    to the source code is a precondition for this.
    

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13. The Open Source
    Definition
    http://opensource.org/osd
    

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14. levi.maaia.com/os/
    section_who/perens.htm
    

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16. Ten Principles of
    Burning Man
    Radical Inclusion
    Gifting
    Decommodification
    Radical Self-reliance
    Radical Self-expression
    Communal Effort
    Civic Responsibility
    Leaving No Trace
    Participation
    Immediacy
    

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17. Use it: for anything, anywhere, forever
    
    Study it: understand what you are using
    
    Modify it: fix it, make it better
    
    Share it: redistribute, sell, give back
    Open Source
    = Four Freedoms
    

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18. “Users generally have a much
    more accurate and detailed
    model of their needs than
    manufacturers have ...”
    Eric von Hipple, Democratizing Innovation
    

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19. "In the world of computer software, open source
    communities develop and improve ideas
    organically, based on concepts and practices that
    work. Driven by innovation contributed by
    individuals, open source simply means that a
    system is available to any who wish to contribute.
    It provides the fastest possible rate of
    improvement for ideas."
    !
    One Way Forward: The Outsider's Guide to Fixing the Republic.
    - Lawrence Lessig, 2012
    

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20. Proprietary
    !
    IT Costs
    Personnel
    Hosting
    Bandwidth
    Design
    (Recurring) Licensing fees
    !
    !
    Vendor lock-in
    Data lock-in (buy it back?)
    Vendor roadmap
    Vendor release cycle
    When it happens
    Open Source
    !
    IT Costs
    Personnel
    Hosting
    Bandwidth
    Design
    No licensing fees
    Invest in your team
    Invest what/when you need
    1000s of vendors
    You own your data
    Your roadmap
    When you need it
    When you need it
    

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21. Successful digital government:
    1. Collaboration
    
    2. Transparency
    
    3. Participation
    
    4. Innovation
    
    !
    

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22. Successful Business:
    1. Innovation
    
    2. Cost Savings
    
    3. Efficiency
    
    4. Risk Mitigation
    
    !
    

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23. Successful FLOSS:
    1. Safe
    
    2. Secure
    
    3. Compelling
    
    4. Empowering
    
    !
    By Default.
    !
    

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24. What are we?
    

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25. Angie “Webchick” Byron
    Drupal core committer
    

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26. Are we winning?
    

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34. “Proprietary or FLOSS
    doesn’t matter.”
    

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35. * Like hell it doesn’t …
    

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37. DRM
    

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40. DRM & backdoors don’t matter:
    1. smart thermostats
    
    2. cars (… driverless cars!)
    
    3. traffic lights
    
    4. hearing aids
    
    5. insulin pumps
    
    6. pace makers
    
    !
    Must be safe and secure by default.
    
    !
    !
    

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41. Free as in “freedom”
    

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42. If I have to say, “Trust me,”
    don’t trust me. – @aral
    ind.ie
    

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43. Auditing is only possible
    through transparency.
    (system of record, compliance, etc.)
    
    http://goo.gl/VRzZW
    
    

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44. “100 money ...”
    

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45. Meet Vincenzo
    

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46. Meet Vincenzo
    Rubano
    http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/allow-me-to-
    attend-drupalcon-portland-2013

    aka: http://tinyurl.com/vincenzogoestoportland!
    http://www.titengodocchio.it/!
    http://acquia.com/podcasts

    “In accessibility there is usability”

    http://titengodocchio.it
    

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47. Open source licenses
    put me in control. Yours?
    

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48. Successful FLOSS does matter:
    1. Safe
    
    2. Secure
    
    3. Compelling
    
    4. Empowering
    
    !
    By Default.
    !
    

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49. We are PHP, the Web,
    Free and Open Source.
    We care … I hope.
    

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50. Thank you! Questions?
    Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuire
    Open Source Evangelist –

    Acquia
    •acquia.com/podcasts
    •slideshare.net/horncologne
    •@horncologne
    •jam@acquia.com
    

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52. mobro.co/horncologne
    because F*** cancer
    

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