Free as in Freedom

Episode 0x1B: Two Executive Directors

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Bradley and Karen discuss their jobs, particularly fundraising, and

plans for future shows.

Show Notes:
Segment 0 (00:36)
  • The Google Summer of Code Program is
large philanthropic program by Google for students to write Free
Software in the summer.
  • Bradley gave a talk
    • about non-profit organizations at the Google SoC Mentor
    Summit 2011
  • Karen mentioned the GNOME
    • Women's Outreach Program, which coordinates with the SoC, and the
    Season
    of KDE. (09:36)
  • Conservancy's Amarok, Mercurial and PyPy projects
    • are all currently doing fundraising programs (14:38)
  • Bradley will give two
    • talks
    at LinuxCon Europe this week. (15:15)
  • Karen will attend the Ubuntu Developer Summit. (20:20)
  • Karen will speak in Latvia later this year. (24:20)
  • Richard Fontana discussed RMS' quote about Jobs on
    • identi.ca (26:27)
    Segment 1 (29:28)
    • We'll try to record some talks/interviews at upcoming events.

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