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Is There a Myth About Software Freedom?

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There is a myth about the Internet revolution, one of self-organizing individuals building a free culture. I would argue that the established system has been key in providing them an indication and providing them with computers. That's why I think we should rely more on institutions to support software freedom - not just on individual efforts.

Welcome back to another season of Code for Thought. And I'd like to kick it off with an interview with Bastien Guerry. Working for the French government, Bastien promotes the use, creation and distribution of Free Software. And in our conversation we discuss the four freedoms as defined by the Free Software Foundation.

Bastien is also an active member of the Emacs community and a contributor to one of the modes: Org mode - a note taking facility. Having used Emacs for a long time it's good to see that it is alive and well.

https://bzg.fr/en/libreplanet2022-notes/ Bastien's blog and intro
https://www.fsf.org The Free Software Foundation
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html GPL licence
https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/open_research_french_ecosystem/ Bastien's presentation on open software at FOSDEM early 2022
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ - YES, it's EMACS
https://orgmode.org Emac's Org mode for note taking etc

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