SXSW festival by Heath
Heath Row blogged the SXSW festival. If you didn’t get to go, it looks like Heath has typed up every word spoken during the entire shindig. Especially interesting was his write up of Richard Stallman’s discussion: “Copyright Vs. Community in the Age of the Computer Networks“.
“ In 1983, I reached the conclusion that for people to use computers freely, they needed to have access to free software and be able to use it freely. You should have the freedom to use software once you’ve got a copy. There are three freedoms. Freedom 0 is the freedom to run the program. Freedom 1 is the freedom to help yourself by studying the program and changing it to suit your needs. Freedom 2 is the freedom to help your neighbor by giving them a copy of the software. Freedom 3 is the freedom to help build your community by working together to build that software.“
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