Free and Open Source

Four essential freedoms...

  1. The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose.
  2. The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish. Access to the source code is necessary for this.
  3. The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others.
  4. The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others. By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is necessary for this.
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Creative Commons

A moment to share creative work so that others can use and innovate freely. They wish to create a Commons for the creative field. Can be thought of as Free and Open Source movement for the creative world.

Post scarcity economy

A theoretical economic situation where most goods and services can be produced easily and at a low cost. They will be available to all very cheaply or freely. We are close to this in IT thanks to Free and Open Source Software.

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Published on: Dec 03, 2021

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