the age of literate machines: fossnut 2008q1

T H E · A G E · O F

LITERATEMACHINES

Free Software?

Free Software

Free Software

1. Run2. Study3. Modify4. Share

Open Source=

Free Software

Open SourceIsn't a Bad Term

Why DoesFree Software

Matter?

Largest ComputingProject in History

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Vision?

Free Softwareis a response

~ 50 000 years ago

Source Codeto Society

Burning Scrolls & Burying Confucians

Language is The Great Tool

TowardsFree Speech

The Wordwas at God

The KnowledgeWithin the Medium

Freedom Spreads

Burning Scrolls & Burying Confucians

Worshipful Company of

Stationers and Newspaper Makers

Stationers Company Monopoly (1556 - 1695)

Copyright vested in the printer.

Power to seize offending books and to bring the offending author before the

authorities.

Statute of Anne

53

Copyright that vests in the author - 14 years for new works and 21 years for

existing work. Required submission of multiple copies to state libraries.

A Blossomingof Freedoms

Constitution of NorwayArticle 100: There shall be freedom of expression. ...

57

State-subsidizedFree Speech

Free Speech in theElectro-Mechanical

Revolution

1/1000¢1438 Printing

1/10 000¢1609 Newspaper

10¢1838 Telegraph

1/100¢1848 Telephone

1/10¢1877 Phonograph

1/1 000 000¢1896 Radio

1/10¢1898 Magnetic Recording

$1/100 0001927 Television

Radio

TVNewspaper

Other Print Media

Worshipful Company of

Television and Radio Broadcasters

LiterateMachines

http://revolution

The GreatObsoleter

JusticeAlgorithms

Free as in Freedom

BalancedFreedomsBalancedFreedoms

Build Freedomfor the Future

The Mozilla Manifesto

http://mozilla.org/about/mozilla-manifesto.html

Robo Habilis

Zak Greanthttp://zak.greant.com

zak@greant.com

From http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Promote_MDC

Public DomainDedication