Hi,
vikram vincent :
session at amrita eng college - managed to be there for a short
time
cool
things
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They have bunch of
enthu students and a teacher who is excited about free
software
-S
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some aspects of the
session i remember
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started with video -
Truth Happens
what motivates or
inspires the free software community
Free software is
about "the quality of sharing" - the quality very inate in us - appeal to
that - how
our mother told us its good to share food and choclates when we were
young
sharing vs PIRATE
hacker vs cracker :
who is a hacker - a cool - innovative guy - vs destructive
guy
century of steel -
century of information : the question of control : who controls -
whose hands
should the key be with in the information century - users - us or
owners..
how much code we
write we own - how much code we write for our country - how much we write in our
languages - localisation
Open source vs free
software
History of free
software - with more clarity and emphasis : on freedom
right to copy - copy
right - copy left : the gpl innovation
ended
with distribution of a few posters..
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demo of cool free
software is going on right now!!
Questions
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How secure
is free software ? Why doesnt it give us a
warranty
What are the
business models in free software ?