Free as in Freedom

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October 9, 2014

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x4F: Linus Torvalds' Comments at DebConf 2014

Summary

Bradley and Karen discuss and criticize comments made by Linus Torvalds at his Q&A during DebConf 2014 in Portland, OR on 29 August 2014.

This show was released on Thursday 9 October 2014; its running time is 00:38:51.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:37)

Bradley and Karen discuss the Q&A with Linus Torvalds at DebConf 2014 in Portland, OR on 29 August 2014. (01:09)

Segment 1 (04:30)


Tags: faif, GPL, FSF, licensing, Debian, gender, conferences

July 1, 2014

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x48: copyleft-next

Summary

Bradley and Karen discuss the talk, copyleft-next: an Introduction by Richard Fontana given at FOSDEM 2013 on Sunday 3 February 2013.

This show was released on Tuesday 1 July 2014; its running time is 01:35:07.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:37)

Bradley and Karen introduce the talk.

Segment 1 (05:37)

The slides Fontana's talk on copyleft-next are available.

Segment 2 (01:06:51)


Tags: faif, GNU, GPL, FSF, copyright, Richard Fontana

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

September 4, 2013

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                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x42: libVLC LGPL Relicensing

Summary

Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Jean-Baptiste Kempf's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled Relicensing libVLC and VLC modules from GPL to LGPL.

This show was released on Wednesday 4 September 2013; its running time is 01:25:43.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:00:28)

Segment 1 (00:05:52)

Jean-Baptiste Kempf slides are available for this talk.

Segment 2 (01:03:20)

Segment 3 (01:21:00)

Bradley and Karen discussed the release of the ExFAT Samsung source code.


Tags: faif, FSF, licensing, copyright, LGPL

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

February 13, 2013

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x37: Copyright Assignment Again

Summary

Karen and Bradley discuss the LWN article, GnuTLS, copyright assignment, and GNU project governance and other issues related to copyright assignment.

This show was released on Wednesday 13 February 2013; its running time is 01:01:15.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:46)


Tags: faif, GNU, GPL, FSF, licensing, copyright

December 18, 2012

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x36: RMS' Ubuntu Essay and Canonical, Ltd.'s Response

Summary

Karen and Bradley discuss RMS' essay on FSF's website, Ubuntu SpyWare: What To Do, and Shuttleworth's Slashdot interview that responds somewhat to RMS' comments.

This show was released on Tuesday 18 December 2012; its running time is 00:39:57.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:36)


Tags: FSF

July 5, 2012

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] 0x2D: FSF's Restricted Boot Paper

Summary

Karen and Bradley discuss FSF's announcement of FSF's white paper on Restricted Boot, which critiques Red Hat's approach to restricted boot for its Fedora distribution and Canonical, Ltd.'s approach to restricted boot for its Ubuntu distribution.

This show was released on Thursday 5 July 2012; its running time is 00:42:22.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:38)


Tags: faif, FSF, Restricted Boot

December 16, 2011

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x1E: Our Non-Profits Considered

Summary

Karen and Bradley discuss recent debates about the value of non-profit organizations for Free Software.

This show was released on Friday 16 December 2011; its running time is 00:44:33.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:34)


Tags: FSF, non-profit, Richard Fontana

January 4, 2011

[Get cast in Ogg/Vorbis
                                          format] [Get cast in MP3 format] Episode 0x06: GRUB, Zulu Foxtrot Sierra

Summary

Bradley and Karen discuss the inclusion of ZFS GPLv2-or-later code inclusion into GNU GRUB.

This show was released on Tuesday 4 January 2011; its running time is 00:47:58.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:35)

Final (45:45)


Tags: faif, GNU, GPL, FSF

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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