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The Four Freedoms of Free Software

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The four freedoms of free software as we call it like the freedom to execute, to copy the software, to modify and to redistribute modifications. People don't really understand how software works so you have to explain how it works. Why do you think it is so important that the software is free? Yeah. To prevent software producers to do the wrong stuff with their own software. So it's a matter of power. Showing the power and sharing the ability to let users do what they want with the software.

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

Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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