Software Freedom Podcast

By Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE)

The regular podcast about Free Software and ongoing activities hosted by the FSFE... more

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Software Freedom Podcast episodes:

January 26, 2022SFP#13: Free Software game "0 A.D. Empires Ascendant" with Stanislas Dolcini
SFP#13: Free Software game "0 A.D. Empires Ascendant" with Stanislas Dolcini
The upcoming "I Love Free Software Day" will focus on Free Software Games. One of the most famous Free Software games is "0 A.D.: Empires Ascendant". In this episode Bonnie Mehring talks with Stanislas Dolcini, the project leader of 0 A.D., about the game itself, the project, and how the game became Free Software.
This podcast episode takes you on a journey through the game's development and its history of becoming one of the most famous Free Software games. You can also learn about how to participate and contribute to 0 A.D. Discover together with Stanislas and Bonnie how the community behind one of the best known Free Software games works, where support is needed, and the different types of developers and contributors. Bonnie and Stanislas also tell the success story of releasing 0 A.D. under a Free Software licence and talk about the positive side of developing a Free Software game.
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I Love Free Software Day
What is Free Software?
0 A.D. Empires Ascendant
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33min
September 21, 2021SFP#12: Enforcement of the GNU GPL with Till Jaeger
SFP#12: Enforcement of the GNU GPL with Till Jaeger
With our 12th episode of the Software Freedom Podcast we dig into the
history and the beginning of enforcing Free Software licences, especially
the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL). Together with Till Jaeger, who has
been working alongside Harald Welte for enforcing the GNU GPL in the first
court cases in Germany, we talk about the long way we have come since those
early days.

Our guest, Till Jaeger, discusses with our host, Matthias Kirschner, how the
decision to go to court and stand up for the rights of copyleft licences
came about. Till and Matthias tell an exciting story about those first steps
on this new legal ground. They also highlight the short term and long term
impacts of the first court decision in favour of Free Software. For example,
how more and more information about licensing and especially using a Free
Software licence became available and publicly known. But also how
workshops, like the FSFE's yearly Legal
and Licensing Workshop, were created for those interested in using and
being compliant to Free Software licences.

Discover together with us the changes that have come from those first steps
to the acceptance of Free Software in companies. Till has been involved with
Free Software licensing for a long time and provides a deep and well rounded
insight into the history of enforcing the GNU GPL. To give this episode a
perfect ending, Matthias and Till also talk about some of the most common
misunderstandings of Free Software licensing. This is the perfect episode
for everyone to get an insight into one of the most important events in the
history of enforcing Free Software licences.
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What is Free Software?

The Free Software Legal and Licensing
Workshop

FSFE's Legal Network

The gpl-violations.org project

SFP#3 about Free
Software mobile phone communication with Harald Welte

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41min
July 01, 2021SFP#11: REUSE Booster and our update on REUSE with Max Mehl
SFP#11: REUSE Booster and our update on REUSE with Max Mehl
Max Mehl and Bonnie Mehring talk about the REUSE initiative and the newly launched REUSE Booster programme. This 11th episode of the Software Freedom Podcast is the perfect match for you if you are interested in Free Software licensing and curious about how REUSE and its tools make that easier for developers and users.
For this episode we have invited Max Mehl. This is the first time since the launch of the Software Freedom Podcast that a FSFE staff member joins the podcast. Max Mehl, an FSFE programme manager, has been with the FSFE since 2011 and has worked on numerous campaigns. These include the "I Love Free Software Day", "Free Your Android", "Router Freedom", and the "Public Money? Public Code!" campaign, just to name a few. Nowadays, Max Mehl is also the person responsible for the REUSE initiative and one of the REUSE tool's maintainers.
REUSE is a standard for modern licensing of Free Software projects. It is widely adopted and has been implemented by large Free Software communities like KDE. In this episode Bonnie Mehring and Max Mehl talk about REUSE itself and its tools, the development of the REUSE community and the newly launched REUSE Booster programme, which is the perfect opportunity for an easy entrance to adopting the REUSE standard for your software project. With this episode Bonnie Mehring and Max Mehl provide a nice and easy entrance to the very complex world of software licensing.
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REUSE Booster helps Free Software projects with licensing and copyright

REUSE campaign

Max Mehl

SFP#4 about REUSE with Carmen Bianca Bakker
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33min
April 06, 2021SFP#10: How to support Free Software and a sustainable digital infrastructure
SFP#10: How to support Free Software and a sustainable digital infrastructure
In our 10th episode of the Software Freedom Podcast we talk with Elisa Lindinger from Superrr Lab. Together we discuss problems faced by Free Software projects and how to tackle them. In a broader frame we discover what would be needed for a more sustainable digital infrastructure and talk about the work Elisa does for this aim.
For this episode Matthias Kirschner and Bonnie Mehring talk with Elisa Lindinger about the survey Roadwork ahead, which evaluates the needs of those working for software freedom and a digital infrastructure for the public. What concrete actions are needed to create sustainable Free Software communities and projects? How could developers spend more time on coding and not so much time on organising events and finances, in short how could community management be better organised? And how could those who do volunteer work for open infrastructure and Free Software receive the support they need? Those are just some of the questions discussed in the podcast. All of those problems are brought into a broader sense of this topic, when we talk about how our digital civil society can be more sustainable. We discuss the four claims Elisa and her team developed and advocate for:
Digital civil society needs to be part of political discussions about digital policy,
New methods are needed of support and funding,
"Public Money? Public Code!" should be a guiding principle for public procurements and Open Data, Open Access and Open Source should be the base for public contracts,
A commitment for long-time support of widely-used software, libraries and protocols is needed to ensure their maintenance.
Together, we discuss what a sustainable digital civil society can look like and what is still needed for this aim to be reached. This episode provides knowledge and insights for all of you who want to support Free Software and create a long-lasting digital society.
Read more:
What is Free Software?

Report: Roadwork ahead

Learning from the crisis: empower civil society organisations!

Superrr Lab

Next Generation Internet Zero Initiative (NGI0)
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38min
February 10, 2021SFP#9: I Love Free Software Day
SFP#9: I Love Free Software Day
For this episode of the Software Freedom Podcast we talk about the background of the "I Love Free Software Day" and how it all began 11 years ago. Discover together with Bonnie Mehring why Free Software developers, advocates, activists and contributors think this special day is so important for Free Software.
In this ninth episode, Bonnie Mehring and Matthias Kirschner cover one of the oldest FSFE campaigns: "I Love Free Software Day". Together, they explore the early days of the campaign and dive into the many special moments it has provoked. For this episode Bonnie has invited prominent members of the Free Software community to share their thoughts on the importance of saying thank you to Free Software contributors. These include Lydia Pintscher from KDE, Greg Kroah-Hartmann from the Linux Foundation, Florian Effenberger from The Document Foundation, Miriam Ballhausen from the FSFE's Legal Network, Pamela Chestek also from the Legal Network and member of the OSI Board, Polina Malaja from the FSFE's CARE Team and CENTR, and Greg Farough from the Free Software Foundation.
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What is Free Software?

I Love Free Software Day

Join "I Love Free Software Day" by creating your own share-pic
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29min
December 03, 2020SFP#8: How to tell my mother that Free Software can cost money?
SFP#8: How to tell my mother that Free Software can cost money?
In this Software Freedom Podcast episode Bonnie Mehring and Matthias Kirschner talk about the monetary costs of Free Software. On the example of a conversation Bonnie had with her mother, both discover ways of explaining the world of Free Software and how to answer common questions and misunderstandings about software freedom.
For this episode we talk about why Free Software can cost money. Bonnie Mehring and Matthias Kirschner discuss the topics: How can I pay for Free Software and why is it important to pay and thereby support Free Software? What are the different models of earning money with Free Software and where is the difference of earning money as an individual or as a company. Throughout this conversation both explain the concept of Free Software and talk about some of the most common questions. This is the perfect episode for explaining to your loved ones what Free Software is.
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What is Free Software?

There is no Free Software company - But!

Free-Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS) is Commercial Software

The core values of software freedom

Next Generation Internet
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27min
September 24, 2020SFP#7 Artificial intelligence as Free Software with Vincent Lequertier
SFP#7 Artificial intelligence as Free Software with Vincent Lequertier
For the seventh episode of our Software Freedom Podcast we talk with Vincent Lequertier about transparency, fairness, and accessibility as crucial criteria for artificial intelligence (AI) and why it is important for our society to release AI software under a Free Software license.
Our guest for the seventh episode of the Software Freedom Podcast is Vincent Lequertier. Vincent is a member of the Free Software Foundation Europe and is researching AI in the health care sector. Together we discuss the use and development of artificial intelligence from a Free Software perspective. Vincent explains what AI actually is and why it is important for our society to release AI software under a Free Software license. We discuss why the criteria of transparency, fairness and accessibility are important when working with artificial intelligence and how they relate to Free Software. Finally, we also discover what challenges AI is facing in the future and whether we should be afraid of the increasing use of this technology in our daily lives.
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Vincent Lequertier interview

"Putting artificial intelligence back into people's hands", Vincent's talk at FOSDEM

"Upcoming Challenges in artificial intelligence Research and Development", an OW2online20 talk by Vincent

TensorFlow, an end-to-end open source machine learning library

Keras, an easy-to-use API built on top of TensorFlow

Pytorch, an open source machine learning framework

AI-Box Experiment (xkcd)

White paper: On artificial intelligence - A European approach to excellence and trust (European Commission)

Article about racial bias in healthcare algorithms

Scientific paper about racial bias in healthcare algorithms

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35min
July 02, 2020SFP#6 Copyright enforcement with Miriam Ballhausen
SFP#6 Copyright enforcement with Miriam Ballhausen
We invited Miriam Ballhausen to talk with us about copyright enforcement. She is a German lawyer who focuses on software, data protection, copyright law and specifically Free Software copyright. This is the sixth regular episode of the Software Freedom Podcast for which we invite experts from our community.
In this sixth episode of the Software Freedom Podcast we talk about Free Software copyright enforcement with our guest, Miriam Ballhausen. Miriam Ballhausen is a German laywer who specialises in Free Software copyright questions. Together we cover the basics about Free Software licensing and discuss how Free Software copyright can be enforced, what are the steps to enforce it and why it is often enforced in Germany. We also explore how the REUSE project could help with being in compliance with Free Software licenses.
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"What is Free Software?"

The Principles of Community-Oriented GPL Enforcement

Free Software Licensing Resources

Violations of the GNU Licenses

REUSE

REUSE Git
repositories

REUSE helper tool

The Legal Network

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29min
April 23, 2020SFP Special about GNU Health with Dr. Luis Falcón and Dr. Axel Braun
SFP Special about GNU Health with Dr. Luis Falcón and Dr. Axel Braun
For our Software Freedom Podcast we talk with people who have inspiring ideas about software freedom. In this special episode, we talk with Dr. Luis Falcón and Dr. Axel Braun about the Free health and hospital information system GNU Health.
Unfortunately, as we had to do this podcast remotely this time, we cannot provide the same level of audio quality as you are used to in this podcast. We apologise for this and will look into
better solutions for remote recordings for future episodes.
In this special episode of the Software Freedom Podcast we talk about some of the advantages of GNU Health and how as a Free health and hospital information system it can and already does help with the current Covid-19 pandemic. Our guests are Dr. Luis Falcón who is the author of GNU Health and Dr. Axel Braun who published the first live CD of GNU Health. We discover how and why Dr. Luis Falcón got the idea for the software and what are the next steps in the development of GNU Health, how it is financed and where it is already being used. Together we speak about the importance of a Free health and hospital information system and why public code is essential in the public health care sector during the Covid-19 crisis and beyond. This is the perfect episode for an overview of how important Free Software is in the current situation and especially in hospitals and the public health system.

GNU Health – the free health and hospital information system
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GNU Health

"Tackling the Beast: Using GNU Health to help the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic"

GNU Health in 5 Minutes

“Public Money? Public Code!” For more background information on public code in the public administrations
COVID-19 Hackathons: Only Free Software creates global solutions

FSFE Supporters write about Free Software for remote working

Freeware, Free Software and the Corona Virus Crisis – Choose your tools wisely!
FSFE in times of Corona: How a virus affects us

What is Free Software?

The four freedoms of Free Software
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28min
April 08, 2020SFP#5 about regulation with Professor Lawrence Lessig
SFP#5 about regulation with Professor Lawrence Lessig
For our Software Freedom Podcast we talk with people who have inspiring ideas about software freedom. In this episode, we talk with Professor Lawrence Lessig, founder of Creative Commons, about regulation of society, offline as well as online, about the different means of regulation, and shed light on regulations through code.
This fifth episode of the Software Freedom Podcast covers the complicated topic of regulation. Our guest is Professor Lawrence Lessig from the Harvard Law School. Lessig is a former board member of the Free Software Foundation and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, as well as founder and present Board member of Creative Commons. Lessig has published several books, including the influential and often-quoted "Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace". In this episode we discuss with Professor Lessig the different types of regulation that affect society both online and offline, such as laws, norms, the market, or architecture. In this respect we also touch upon code as a means of regulation. Enjoy learning about the positive and negative effects that some of these regulations can have on society, as well as the further development of ideas.

Katharina Nocun, Lawrence Lessig and Matthias Kirschner while recording the Software Freedom Podcast.
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Professor Lawrence Lessig

Books from Professor Lawrence Lessig

Free Software Foundation

Creative Commons

Copyright

What is Free Software?

The four freedoms of Free Software
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26min

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