In this episode our aging heroes host the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). Its president, Matthias

Kirschner talk about the past, the present and the future of free and open source software not only

from an FSFE perspective. Never mind how he got into computers in the first place. Also, different opinions

about communism in general and its implementations (and the flaws of the first rounds of implementations)

are touched upon. So historians, FLOSS users and enthusiasts, communists and free spirits: This is your episode!

Plus: Ever wondered what the Towel Day is all about? Check out the second half of the episode! At our guest's

request: Please note that this episode was recorded on June 1st 2021.

Links:

Free Software Foundation Europe: https://fsfe.org

Matthias Kirschner: https://fsfe.org/about/people/kirschner/kirschner.en.html

Free Software Foundation: https://fsf.org

Open Software Initiative (OSI): https://opensource.org

OSI definition of open source: https://opensource.org/osd

Public Money Public Code campaign: https://publiccode.eu

Stallman controversy: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/03/richard-stallman-returns-to-fsf-18-months-after-controversial-rape-comments

Towel Day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day

FSFE podcast: https://fsfe.org/news/podcast.en.html

Rutger Bregman, Human kind: https://www.amazon.de/Humankind-Hopeful-History-Rutger-Bregman/dp/1408898934

Ashes to Ashes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jhp3l

UK met office: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk

Karl Marx, A Critique of Political Economy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Kapital