Quo vadis,
Free Software?

Where are you?
Where are you going to?

Hi!

Rui Miguel Seabra <rms@1407.org>

  • Free Software Activist
  • Systems Administrator
  • Actor

Free Software activist

Systems Administrator

  • At SIBS, a nation-wide and international payments processor
  • Best known for famous portuguese brands such as
  • Multibanco, MB Way, ATM Express, and others

  • MAKE NO CONFUSIONS

  • I’m not here on their behealf

What’s Free Software?

  • Easy:
    explained in multiple definitions
  • Easier:
    four essential freedoms

Freedom #0

That’s how programmers count

  • The freedom to run the program
  • as we wish it to
  • for any purpose.

Freedom #1

  • The freedom to study the program
  • and change it so it works as we wish it to.

Access to the source code is a precondition

Freedom #2

  • The freedom to redistribute copies
  • so we can help others.

Freedom #3

  • The freedom to publish our modifications
  • so we can give the whole community a chance to benefit from our changes.

Access to the source code is a precondition

So…

Where’s

Free Software

Now?

Where’s Free Software?

Some might say…

  • «Nowhere!»
  • Wind0ze rulez
  • iPay to join the hivemind

Where’s Free Software?

Almost everywhere, actually…

  • TVs, mobile phones, cars
  • embbedded(IoT) & health devices, robotics
  • governmetal agencies, private companies
  • …
  • Space Force!

So…

Have we won?

Have won?

Many don’t think about freedom…

  • Convenient model
  • Cheaper
  • Sexy games are on Windows
  • «I use Apple because [fill in] sucks, but at least all my servers are Linux»
  • This conference has a problematic console!

….

#depression

Politicians

They are so “creative”…

  • Software patents by the Unitary Patent backdoor
  • Censorship attempts (Cybercrime convention, taxes on storage, copyright directives)

….

#depression

BTW…
Good news everyone!

  • JURI mandate revoked yesterday
  • so no…
    • #censorshipmachines
    • #linktax

Yet!

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Now go #saveyourinternet… Please!