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Karen and Bradley play and discuss href="http://ac.aup.edu/~a32816/">Ambjörn Elder's talk
entitled href="http://fosdem.org/2012/schedule/speaker/ambjoern_elder">Methods
of FOSS Activism from the href="http://fosdem.org/2012/schedule/track/legal_issues_devroom">FOSDEM
2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom.

Show Notes:

Segment 0 (00:35)

Bradley and Karen summarize some of the logistics of FOSDEM.

Segment 1 (08:08)

You can follow along with Ambjörn's slides for his talk while you listen.

Segment 2 (24:04)

• Bradley mentioned Terry
  Bollinger's href="http://terrybollinger.com/dodfoss/dodfoss_html/index.html">report,
  Use of Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the
  U.S. Department of Defense. (26:13)
• Karen quoted the USA DoD in her href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2010/transparent-medical-devices.html">Killed
  by Code paper. (28:04)
• href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/10/eff-engages-veteran-lobbyists-take-fight-against-warrantless-wiretapping-capitol-h">EFF
  has engaged lobbyist in the past on some issues. (29:58)
• Bradley mentioned Noam
  Chomsky's point regarding href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky%27s_political_views#Marginalization_in_the_mainstream_media">concision.
  (35:32)

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