FOSS: Freedom matters
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The document discusses the philosophies and contributions of key figures in the free and open-source software movement, focusing on Richard Stallman's opposition to proprietary software and his advocacy for user freedoms, culminating in the announcement of the GNU operating system. It also highlights Mark Shuttleworth's achievements, including founding the Ubuntu project and his experience as the first African in space. The document emphasizes the importance of software freedom and community collaboration.
FOSS: Freedom matters
- 1. FOSS H.S.Rai 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 2. FOSS Free and Open Source Software 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 3. 1: What does it signify 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 4. 2: Slave 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 5. 3: Identify 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 6. 4: Recent photo 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 7. 5: Painting 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 8. Richard Matthew Stallman a programmer at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory graduated from Harvard magna cum laude earning a BA in Physics in 1974 1977: password control system. found a way to decrypt the passwords, suggesting no password, 20% followed 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 9. 1979: "time bombs" in Scribe, to restrict unlicensed access to the software, RMS proclaimed it "a crime against humanity. Blocking the user's freedom that he believes is a "crime", not the issue of charging for the software. In 1980, Stallman and some other hackers at the AI Lab were refused access to the source code for the software of the first laser printer. 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 10. Modified the software on an older printer, messaged a user when job was printed, and would message all logged-in users when a printer was jammed. Not being able to add this feature to the printer was a major inconvenience, as the printer was on a different floor from most of the users. This one experience convinced RMS of people's need to be free to modify the software they use. 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 11. software users should have the freedom to "share with their neighbour" and to be able to study and make changes to the software that they use. He maintains that attempts by proprietary software vendors to prohibit these acts are "antisocial" and "unethical". announced the plan for the GNU operating system in September 1983 on 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 12. several ARPANET mailing lists and USENET 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 13. Links fsf.org.in fsf.org gnu.org directory.fsf.org 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 14. 6: Identify 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 15. 7: Same guy 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 16. Mark Shuttleworth Studied finance and information technology at the University of Cape Town Founded Thawte, a company specialising in digital certificates and cryptography. Sold it to US company VeriSign in 1999 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 17. Founded HBD Venture Capital and The Shuttleworth Foundation. Moved to London in 2001, and began preparing for the First African in Space mission Got training in Star City, Russia, and Khazakstan. Flew in space on April 2002, as a cosmonaut member of the crew of Soyuz 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 18. mission TM34 to the International Space Station. 2004: Founded the Ubuntu project, which aims to produce a free, high quality desktop OS for everybody. 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com
- 19. Thanks Suggestions / Questions / Commets at: hsrai@gndec.ac.in 26 Nov 09 FOSS hs.raiandrai.com