Free as in Freedom

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March 20, 2019

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x63: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today? (Part IV)

Summary

In their final installment regarding their joint keynote at FOSDEM 2019, entitled: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today?: Confessions of Activists Who Try But Fail to Avoid Proprietary Software, you listeners can hear the final product — a recording of the actual FOSDEM keynote. Afterwards, Karen and Bradley compare notes on what went wrong and what went right (but mostly what went wrong) during the talk.

This show was released on Wednesday 20 March 2019; its running time is 01:10:28.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:00:35)

Bradley and Karen talk logistics of how the talk is embedded in the audio.

Segment 1 (00:04:14)

The audio in this segment taken directly from the video of Karen and Bradley's FOSDEM 2019 opening keynote, entitled Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today? Confessions of Activists Who Try But Fail to Avoid Proprietary Software, which was given . If you'd rather watch the video, you can do so via FSODEM's video site in either webm format or in mp4 format.

Segment 2 (00:46:01)

Segment 3 (01:05:31)

Karen and Bradley mention that the next episode will be an interview with Dan Lynch recorded at CopyleftConf 2019.


Tags: faif, conferences, FOSDEM

March 12, 2019

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x62: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today? (Part III)

Summary

Bradley and Karen have the last pre-talk installment of discussing the preparation for their joint keynote at FOSDEM 2019, entitled: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today?: Confessions of Activists Who Try But Fail to Avoid Proprietary Software. This episode is the third of three episodes where Bradley and Karen record their preparation conversations for this keynote address. In this particular episode, they discuss the issue of letting others use proprietary software on your behalf, the problem of relying too much on that, and then finish up discussing with how they'll include this material into the final talk.

This show was released on Tuesday 12 March 2019; its running time is 00:28:00.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:34)

Segment 1 (23:15)


Tags: faif, FOSDEM, social justice

February 19, 2019

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x61: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today? (Part II)

Summary

Bradley and Karen continue the process of preparing their joint keynote at FOSDEM 2019, entitled: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today?: Confessions of Activists Who Try But Fail to Avoid Proprietary Software. This episode is the second of three episodes where Bradley and Karen record their preparation conversations for this keynote address. In this particular episode, they discuss the golden age in history when they used very little proprietary software, and then discuss the beginning of their personal Dark Ages of using some proprietary software.

This show was released on Tuesday 19 February 2019; its running time is 00:35:23.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:35)

Segment 1 (12:34)


Tags: faif, conferences, FOSDEM

January 13, 2019

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x60: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today? (Part I)

Summary

Bradley and Karen pull back the curtain and begin the process of preparing their joint keynote at FOSDEM 2019, entitled: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today?: Confessions of Activists Who Try But Fail to Avoid Proprietary Software. This episode is the first of multiple episodes where Bradley and Karen record their preparation conversations for this keynote address.

This show was released on Sunday 13 January 2019; its running time is 00:36:37.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:36)

Bradley and Karen discuss the plan to do prep for their FOSDEM keynote “on air” as part of FaiF broadcasts.

Segment 1 (07:13)


Tags: faif, conferences, FOSDEM

September 21, 2016

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x5D: Conference Report, 1st Half of 2016

Summary

Bradley and Karen discuss Conservancy's conference trips and presentations during the first half of 2016.

This show was released on Wednesday 21 September 2016; its running time is 00:53:28.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:38)


Tags: faif, OSCON, conferences, FOSDEM, Conservancy

December 24, 2014

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x52: Legal Issues from a Radical Community Angle

Summary

Bradley and Karen play and discuss

Stefano Zacchiroli's talk entitled Legal issues from a radical community angle that he gave 12:00 European/Central time on Sunday 2 February 2014 at FOSDEM 2014.

This show was released on Wednesday 24 December 2014; its running time is 01:04:50.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:00:35)

Karen and Bradley introduce the talk.

Segment 1 (00:02:38)

Stefano Zacchiroli's talk entitled Legal issues from a radical community angle . You can watch the video instead of listening to our audio and/or follow along with Zach's slides.

Segment 2 (00:53:17)


Tags: faif, licensing, copyright, Debian, FOSDEM, trademarks

December 11, 2014

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x51: Why Licenses Requiring Use of Trademarks are Non-Free

Summary

Bradley and Karen play and discuss Pam Chestek's talk entitled Why Licenses Requiring Use of Trademarks are Non-Free that she gave on Sunday 2 February 2014 at FOSDEM 2014.

This show was released on Thursday 11 December 2014; its running time is 01:10:00.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:00:34)

Segment 1 (00:13:26)

Pam Chestek gives a talk entitled Why Licenses Requiring Use of Trademarks are Non-Free. You can watch the video instead of listening to our audio and follow along with Pam's slides.

Segment 2 (01:00:37)


Tags: faif, commercial, licensing, FOSDEM, trademarks

July 18, 2014

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x49: Why Free Software Phone Doesn't Exist

Summary

Bradley and Karen discuss the talk, Why the free software phone doesn't exist by Aaron Williamson given at FOSDEM 2013 on Sunday 3 February 2013.

This show was released on Friday 18 July 2014; its running time is 01:08:30.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:37)

Bradley and Karen introduce the talk.

Segment 1 (04:06)

Aaron's slides area available.

Segment 2 (56:41)


Tags: faif, mobile, FOSDEM, Restricted Boot

October 17, 2013

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x43: State of the GNUnion

Summary

Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss John Sullivan's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled State of the GNUnion.

This show was released on Thursday 17 October 2013; its running time is 01:19:37.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:00:33)

Karen and Bradley introduce the talk.

Segment 1 (00:01:58)

The slides for John's talk are available, and the source of those slides is available too.

Segment 1 (00:54:31)

Segment 2 (01:14:53)

Private Internet Access became a new GNOME Advisory Board Member.


Tags: faif, GNU, GPL, FSF, non-profit, copyright, FOSDEM

July 17, 2013

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x3F: FOSDEM 2013 - AGPLv3 Panel Discussion

Summary

Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss The panel discussion on the GNU Affero General Public License from FOSDEM 2013.

This show was released on Wednesday 17 July 2013; its running time is 01:28:47.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:00:38)

Segment 1 (00:04:50)

This is the Panel Discussion: GNU Affero General Public License, version 3 from FOSDEM 2013. The speakers, in the order their voices are heard, are Tom Marble (introduction), Richard Fontana (moderator), Bradley M. Kuhn, Eileen Evans, and Christopher Allan Webber.

Segment 2 (01:06:47)


Tags: faif, FSF, FOSDEM, AGPL

June 13, 2013

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x3E: Mozilla - Licensing in the Trenches

Summary

Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Gervase Markham's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled Mozilla: Licensing In The Trenches.

This show was released on Thursday 13 June 2013; its running time is 01:11:55.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:00:34)

Segment 1 (00:04:57)

Gerv's slides from his FOSDEM 2013 talk can be downloaded from FOSDEM's website.

Segment 2 (00:51:48)

Bradley and Karen discuss Gerv's talk.


Tags: Creative Commons, licensing, non-profit, copyright, IBM, conferences, FOSDEM

May 7, 2013

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x3C: FOSDEM 2013: How to Share a Trademark

Summary

Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Pamela Chestek's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled How to Share a Trademark.

This show was released on Tuesday 7 May 2013; its running time is 01:23:47.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:00:33)

Karen and Bradley introduce the talk.

Segment 0 (00:02:05)

Pam gave us slides, but it's all in one big SVG.

Segment 2 (00:55:10)


Tags: faif, licensing, FOSDEM, trademarks

April 11, 2013

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x3B: FOSDEM 2013: Should We Embrace App Stores?

Summary

Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Simon Phipps' and Amanda Brock's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled Should We Embrace App Stores?.

This show was released on Thursday 11 April 2013; its running time is 01:11:25.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:00:33)

Karen and Bradley introduce the talk.

Segment 1 (00:03:03)

Segment 1 (00:49:35)

Bradley and Karen discuss the talk.


Tags: licensing, FOSDEM

April 3, 2013

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x3A: FOSDEM 2013: FOSS Code Goes In And Never Comes Out

Summary

Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Gabriel Holloway's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled FOSS code goes in and never comes out: The Challenge of Sandboxed Proprietary Cloud Services.

This show was released on Wednesday 3 April 2013; its running time is 01:24:33.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:00:33)

Karen and Bradley introduce the talk.

Segment 1 (00:05:48)

The speaker's that you hear are:

Unfortunately, Gabe didn't provide us with slides.

Segment 2 (00:52:25)


Tags: faif, GPL, licensing, FOSDEM, AGPL

March 26, 2013

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x39: FOSDEM 2013: What is a Derivative Work under European Copyright Law?

Summary

Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Till Jaeger's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled What is a derivative work under European Copyright Law?.

This show was released on Tuesday 26 March 2013; its running time is 01:13:07.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:00:31)

Karen and Bradley introduce the talk.

Segment 2 (00:02:41)

The speaker's that you hear are:

The slides for Till Jaeger's talk are available.

Segment 2 (00:49:11)


Tags: faif, copyright, FOSDEM

July 17, 2012

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x2E: FOSDEM 2012: Linksvayer on Public Policy & CC 4.0

Summary

Karen and Bradley play and discuss Mike Linksvayer's FOSDEM 2012 talk, Creative Commons 4.0 licenses and other opportunities for FLOSS/free culture legal/policy intersections from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

This show was released on Tuesday 17 July 2012; its running time is 00:59:30.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:38)

Bradley and Karen suggest that you use the slides below when listening to Mike's talk.

Segment 1 (05:51)

Mike Linksvayer's slides for this talk are available in PDF format and in ODP format.

Segment 2 (33:43)

Segment 3 (34:25)

A special licensing message from Mike Linksvayer.

Segment 4 (35:09)


Tags: faif, Creative Commons, FOSDEM

June 19, 2012

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x2C: FOSDEM 2012: Laurent's Open Licences before European Courts

Summary

Karen and Bradley play and discuss Philippe Laurent's FOSDEM 2012 talk, Open Licences before European Courts from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

This show was released on Tuesday 19 June 2012; its running time is 00:44:07.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:36)

Karen and Bradley mention there is one talk remaining after this one from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

Segment 1 (03:04)

Philippe's slides are available from faif.us. Note: the slides are licensed differently than the show: they are CC-By-SA-3.0-Unported (rather than -USA).

Segment 2 (32:22)


Tags: faif, GPL, copyright, conferences, FOSDEM

May 8, 2012

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x28: FOSDEM 2012: Loic Dachary

Summary

Karen and Bradley play and discuss Loïc Dachary's FOSDEM 2012 talk, Can for-profit companies enforce copyleft without becoming corrupt like MySQL AB? from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

This show was released on Tuesday 8 May 2012; its running time is 00:56:01.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:35)

Bradley and Karen discuss FOSDEM again.

Segment 1 (10:10)

Unfortunately, we don't have Loïc's slides.

Segment 2 (32:03)

Bradley and Karen comment on Loïc's talk.


Tags: faif, GPL, licensing, FOSDEM

April 25, 2012

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x27: FOSDEM 2012: Randal's Legal Hygiene

Summary

Karen and Bradley play and discuss Allison Randal's FOSDEM 2012 talk, FLOSSing for Good Legal Hygiene: Stories from the Trenches from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

This show was released on Wednesday 25 April 2012; its running time is 01:04:56.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:35)

Bradley talked about the #faif IRC conversation regarding hot milk recipe and its copyright. (01:54)

Segment 1 (07:10)

Allison's slides are available from faif.us.

Segment 2 (35:00)


Tags: faif, GPL, licensing, conferences, FOSDEM

April 13, 2012

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x26: FOSDEM 2012: Meeks on Copyright Assignment

Summary

Karen and Bradley play and discuss Michael Meeks's FOSDEM 2012 talk, Risks and Benefits of Copyright Assignment from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

This show was released on Friday 13 April 2012; its running time is 00:47:19.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:35)

Bradley and Karen introduce Michael's talk.

Segment 1 (01:56)

Michael's slides are available from faif.us and from his blog post on the talk.

Segment 2 (26:47)


Tags: faif, licensing, copyright, FOSDEM

March 13, 2012

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x24: App Store Panel

Summary

Karen and Bradley play and discuss Panel on Application Stores, moderated by Richard Fontana, with Giovanni Battista Gallus, Bradley M. Kuhn, and Hugo Roy from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

This show was released on Tuesday 13 March 2012; its running time is 00:47:28.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:34)

Karen and Bradley introduce the panel.

Segment 1 (02:15)

This is the recording of the panel. Some of the questions aren't completely audible, but Dan did a pretty good job boosting it in places.

Segment 2 (35:04)


Tags: faif, conferences, FOSDEM

February 28, 2012

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x23: Is Copyleft Being Framed?

Summary

Karen and Bradley play and discuss John Sullivan's talk entitled Is Copyleft Being Framed? from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

This show was released on Tuesday 28 February 2012; its running time is 00:56:19.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:34)

Segment 1 (06:35)

Segment 1 (37:23)


Tags: faif, conferences, FOSDEM

February 14, 2012

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x22: Elder's Methods of FOSS Activism

Summary

Karen and Bradley play and discuss Ambjörn Elder's talk entitled Methods of FOSS Activism from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

This show was released on Tuesday 14 February 2012; its running time is 00:44:44.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:35)

Bradley and Karen summarize some of the logistics of FOSDEM.

Segment 1 (08:08)

You can follow along with Ambjörn's slides for his talk while you listen.

Segment 2 (24:04)


Tags: faif, conferences, FOSDEM

Free as in Freedom is produced by Dan Lynch of danlynch.org. Theme music written and performed by Mike Tarantino with Charlie Paxson on drums.

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