%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Speech-new-economy.mgp %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%% MagicPoint file for Speech-new-economy %%%% %deffont "standard" xfont "helvetica-medium-r" %deffont "thick" xfont "helvetica-bold-r" %deffont "typewriter" xfont "courier-medium-r" %default 1 leftfill, size 5, vgap 40, fore "white", back "black", font "thick" %default 2 font "standard", vgap 40, prefix " " %default 4 size 5, prefix " " %tab 1 size 5, vgap 40, prefix " ", icon box "green" 50 %tab 2 size 4, vgap 40, prefix " ", icon arc "yellow" 50 %tab 3 size 3, vgap 40, prefix " ", icon delta3 "white" 40 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% mgp Speech-new-economy.mgp -g 550x500 %% -g 850x900+350+30 %page %center, bar "blue" Free Software in the New Ecomomy %center, bar "blue" %size 3 Robert J. Chassell bob@gnu.org http://www.gnu.org http://www.teak.cc %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page What is Open Source, Freely Redistributable Software? Free software is software to which you have the legal right to %icon delta3 "blue" 50 copy %icon delta3 "blue" 50 study %icon delta3 "blue" 50 modify %icon delta3 "blue" 50 redistribute %icon box "blue" 50 You are forbidden to forbid %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Freedom to study and modify %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 You can learn from the best %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 You can write what you need %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 You can be efficient %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Freedom to copy and redistribute %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 You can use your own property to make copies %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 You can enter the business %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Freedom to copy and redistribute %icon delta3 "green" 50 sales in a free market. %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Hence, low price for free software. %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Don't sell software as such. %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Sell solutions. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Sell services, hardware, solutions ... %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Originally, all software was free %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Restrictions: 1970s and 1980s %icon delta3 "blue" 35 Copyright for software %icon delta3 "blue" 35 Patents for mathematics %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Creating free software %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 In 1984, we started the GNU Project %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Led to GNU/Linux %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page How is software made free? %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 50 Use legal and institutional framework of copyright licensing %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 A special copyright license %prefix " ", icon arc "yellow" 40 GNU General Public License (GPL) %prefix " ", icon arc "yellow" 40 Other licenses -- not as good %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page The GNU General Public License %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 More rights %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Forbids you to forbid %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Do everything else %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Reciprocal %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 protects programmers %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 protects users %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page The key freedoms: %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Your rights to: %prefix " ", icon arc "yellow" 40 copy %prefix " ", icon arc "yellow" 40 study %prefix " ", icon arc "yellow" 40 modify %prefix " ", icon arc "yellow" 40 redistribute %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page `Free' has two meanings in English %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 no visible price %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 freedom %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Spanish distinguishes between `gratis' and `libre'. %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Free software is `libre' %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page `Open Source' %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 A marketing term for free software invented by Eric Raymond and Bruce Perens %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 Successful phrase.... %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 50 However, the term `free software' better conveys the goal of Freedom %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page The key freedoms: %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Your rights to: %prefix " ", icon arc "yellow" 40 copy %prefix " ", icon arc "yellow" 40 study %prefix " ", icon arc "yellow" 40 modify %prefix " ", icon arc "yellow" 40 redistribute %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Your right to ... %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Copy: %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 Use your own computer, which is your own property, to copy %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Your right to ... %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Study: %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 Anyone, even in Mexico or India or Europe, can study great code %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 Requires that software be available as humanly readable source code %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Your right to ... %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Modify: %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 Fix or enhance a program, or hire someone to do so %prefix " ", icon delta3 "green" 40 Requires open source code %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Your right to ... %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Redistribute %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 Charge for, or give away, software %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 Consequences: %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 30 lower costs %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 30 collaboration %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Freedom brings %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 a world in which software does what you want %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 the legal and practical right to create your own %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Freedom brings %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 reliability %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 people can and do fix problems %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Freedom brings %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 security %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 avoid foolish vulnerabilities %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 fix holes immediately %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 confidence %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Freedom brings %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 choice of vendors %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 you can hire whomever you want %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Freedom brings %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 low barriers to entry %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 you can start a company %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 sales and profits come from satisfying customers legally %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Freedom brings %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 the freedom to share %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 you have the legal right to help %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 you have the legal right to collaborate %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Empowerment -- my story %prefix " ", icon box "yellow" 50 First, I found a program that did everything I needed ... %prefix " ", icon box "yellow" 50 Then, I discovered I could use new, unwritten features ... %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 I needed to customize the program %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 Free software let us employ a programmer to do the work %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Reliability in complex systems %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 mathematical objects do not break %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 mistakes, misunderstandings, missing code %prefix " ", icon delta3 "yellow" 40 Many eyes make all bugs shallow. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Test GNU utilities %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 send electrical `noise' %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 respond safely %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Secure communications %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 past US export controls %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 foolish vulnerabilities %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 great mathematical algorithms restricted %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 free software now available, from Europe, not the US %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Do not sell software itself %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Sell services, hardware, or other solutions %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Sell %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 support %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 convenience %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 an adjunct to free software, such as hardware %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 an adjunct to free software, such as books %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Legal right to start %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Not forbidden %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Success depends on satisfying your customers %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Policing %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Expensive %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Unpleasant %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Sharing %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Permitted %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Legal %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Good governance %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 law abiding is best for %prefix " ", icon delta3 "green" 40 legal %prefix " ", icon delta3 "green" 40 moral %prefix " ", icon delta3 "green" 40 practical reasons People want their neighbors to be law abiding and honest! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page New dangers to freedom %prefix " ", icon box "blue" 50 Proposed new laws %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 50 US laws will effect Europe %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 Trade secrecy extension %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 Liability %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 Reverse engineering ban -- good for European employment! Bad for exports and communication %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %prefix "", leftfill %page Conclusions Your opportunities depend on your legal right to: %prefix " ", icon arc "yellow" 40 copy %prefix " ", icon arc "yellow" 40 study %prefix " ", icon arc "yellow" 40 modify %prefix " ", icon arc "yellow" 40 redistribute software under a free license. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page %prefix "", leftfill Freedom is Key %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 50 Freedom leads to: %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 35 collaboration %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 35 lower prices %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 35 reliability %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 35 efficiency %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 35 security %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 35 fewer barriers to entry %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 35 fewer barriers to use %prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 35 more opportunities