We have just uploaded the video documentation for one of the most interesting Upgrade events we had in the past year with Biella Coleman and Zach Lieberman discussing the tensions within the Free Software / Open Source world(s?) on the meaning of “free”. It explores the tensions between ethics and pragmatics, between “to free” and “to open”, between means and ends. If you’re interested in these issues I really recommend you check it out:
Edit (see comments): To view the video in other formats (other than the Flash player), visit the video’s page in Blip.tv.
Hello!
Nice debate. You should watch your sound levels, though. That would make it easier to listen to.
I agree. There’s a lot to improve in the way we’re documenting these events. Always learning… We will take that into account next time.
And you use a flash video to present this? Oh boy. If you don’t understand why I’m pissed off, read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash#Open_web_versus_proprietary_plugins
On the actual subject, the only thing you need to read is http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
Have a nice day!
Thanks for the call. You can view the video w/o Flash here. I also updated the post with the link to the Blip page (with the full formats).
Now that you can view the video without compromising your software moral code I would love to hear what you thought of it ;)
I watched the video. Contentwise it was rather unevenly matched as a PhD in Socio-Cultural Anthropology (Coleman) vs. a Master of Fine Arts (Lieberman) who said things like he’d “been too busy to think about licenses” and answering questions “uhh, I have no idea”. And there are factual mistakes, for example it was implied that “patents don’t affect software” and said that “GPL removes copyright”… Technically the video file was embarrassingly poor in quality. But the subject is interesting.