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The Good Robot Andys (ogg)s11e08 Karen Sandler on taking back control through Software Freedom – The Good Robot AndysAndyB is extremely excited to introduce AndyC to Karen Sandler from the Software Freedom Conservancy. Links: The Software Freedom Conservancy Outreachy – Internships supporting diversity in tech Declaration of Digital Autonomy Follow @conservancy@sfconservancy.org on Mastodon Follow @karen@floss.social on Mastodon Inkscape – Free Software vector drawing program OpenWRT – Free Software router software LineageOS – Free Software Android replacement Standing for the Matrix Governing Board – what AndyB was going on about at the end The Good Robot Andys podcasts and web site by Andy Balaam and Andy Cockerill are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Musi...2024-04-231h 19

The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s11e08 Karen Sandler on taking back control through Software Freedom – The Good Robot AndysAndyB is extremely excited to introduce AndyC to Karen Sandler from the Software Freedom Conservancy. Links: The Software Freedom Conservancy Outreachy – Internships supporting diversity in tech Declaration of Digital Autonomy Follow @conservancy@sfconservancy.org on Mastodon Follow @karen@floss.social on Mastodon Inkscape – Free Software vector drawing program OpenWRT – Free Software router software LineageOS – Free Software Android replacement Standing for the Matrix Governing Board – what AndyB was going on about at the end The Good Robot Andys podcasts and web site by Andy Balaam and Andy Cockerill are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Musi...2024-04-231h 19

Software Freedom PodcastSFP#24: The status of Free Software with Karen Sandler and Alexander SanderSFP#24: The status of Free Software with Karen Sandler and Alexander SanderHave there been any changes for Free Software in Europe or the USA in the last year? How is Free Software viewed by legislators? What can we do to support software freedom? Karen Sandler and Alexander Sander are active in the Free Software movement and share their views on the current status of Free Software in our society. Karen Sandler is the executive director of the Software Freedom Conservancy and has a background in law and engineering. Our second guest for this episode...2024-02-1440 min

SustainEpisode 207: FOSSY 2023 with Karen SandlerGuest Karen Sandler Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! Richard is in Portland at FOSSY, the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference that is held by the Software Freedom Conservancy. In this episode, Richard is joined by Karen Sandler, Executive Director at Software Freedom Conservancy. Today, they discuss the various aspects of organizing a conference, emphasizing ethical considerations, precautions taken, software freedom, community involvement, GNOME pronunciation, and highlight community contributions and the balance between using open source and proprietary software. They explore...2023-11-1016 min

SustainEpisode 205: FOSSY 2023 with Richard LittauerGuest Richard Littauer Panelist Karen Sandler Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! In this episode, the tables are turned today as Karen Sandler takes over as host, interviewing our very own Richard Littauer. Recorded at the Free and Open Source Yearly conference, the discussion delves into Richard’s evolving perspective on sustainability in open source projects. His experiences attending multiple conferences have led him to question the term ‘sustainability,’ advocating instead for a shift towards values such as human rights, joy, and mitigating harm. Also, Richard and Karen explor...2023-10-2717 min

SustainEpisode 190: Karen M. Sandler on Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC)Guest Karen M. Sandler Panelists Richard Littauer | Justin Dorfman Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, hosts Richard and Justin welcome Karen Sandler, Executive Director of the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC). Karen shares her journey from engineer to lawyer, and how her personal health condition led her to the world of open source. She discusses her role at SFC, the importance of Copyleft licenses, and the organization's diversity initiative, Outreachy. Karen also shares her personal experience with her defibrillator pacemaker, emphasizing the need for more control over technology. The...2023-07-0738 min

Software Freedom PodcastSFP#19: Why we need Free Software on medical devices with Karen SandlerSFP#19: Why we need Free Software on medical devices with Karen Sandler For this episode Bonnie Mehring met with Karen Sandler to talk about her relationship with Free Software. Karen depends on a medical device to keep her heart working. This led her to become an advocate for Free Software in medical devices. In her daily life Karen relies on a defibrillator to help her heart work properly. Like many medical devices this defibrillator uses proprietary software. Therefore Karen had to put software into her body over which she has no control in order to...2023-02-1438 min

Software Freedom ConservancyKaren Sandler’s LibrePlanet 2016 keynote “Companies, Free Software, and You”At LibrePlanet 2016, Karen Sandler presented “Companies, Free Software, and You” as a keynote presentation. In the talk, she takes a hard look at companies’ engagement in the free software community, dissecting which contributions are productive and weighing them against instances where their interests might diverge from the rest of the community’s. When that happens, Conservancy is a strong independent voice fighting for the community’s interests, in project leadership, employment agreements, license compliance, and more. Please support Conservancy today to keep the conversation balanced! https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/ Thanks to the Free Software Foundation for runnin...2022-08-1000 min

How to Succeed PodcastHow to Succeed at Performance PlanningMike Montague interviews Karen Meracle on How to Succeed at Performance Planning. In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at performance planning Some people think if they ignore a new initiative, it might just go away As the sales leader, you are the trail guide The 5 Ps: Prioritize, Process, Playbook, Practice, Progress Writing an email telling your people to do it is not enough How to use a playbook in performance planning Use video to build your playbook Work on the new thing live and together Debrief after you try the new thing Karen’s fa...2021-12-1323 min

SFCampKaren Sandler talks about the importance of Software FreedomKaren Sandler talks about the importance of software freedom. Event: Software Freedom Camp Diversity 2021 https://camp.fsci.in 2021-11-3000 min

SustainEpisode 88: Foundations Roundtable: From Maintain to SustainGuest Ewa Jodlowska, Rachel Lawson, Leah Silen, Ben Nickolls, Jory Burson, and Karen Sandler Panelists Duane O'Brien and Richard Littauer Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Today, we’re doing something a little different with this episode. We are giving you the audio recording of a round table that was recently hosted by Duane O’Brien and Richard Littauer, about the role of foundations in open source. Our panelists today are Ewa Jodlowska, Rachel Lawson, Leah...2021-08-0646 min

Free as in Freedom0x6C: Even More DMCA Exemption Requests! Karen and Bradley discuss two other DMCA exemptions filed by Software Freedom Conservancy during the 2020/2021 Triennial Rulemaking Process at the copyright office: one for wireless router firmwares and one for privacy research. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:39) Supporters of Conservancy can join this mailing list to hear and see live recordings of every show! Segment 1 (06:30) Conservancy filed a DMCA exemption request for wireless routers, and updated it with their long comment on the issue. NPR's Planet Money had a show that discussed how recycling plastic in the USA was somewhat of a...2021-03-0952 min

Inspire Nation Show with Michael SandlerTAKE 2 MINUTES to CALM THE MIND, BODY, and FUEL THE SPIRIT! with Karen SalmansohnCan you spare 2 minutes a day? Do you want to think better, feel better and live better, starting from now? Then do we have the Instant Calm show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Karen Salmansohn, best-selling author, award-winning designer, and social media maven, and the author of a sensory stirring book on calming you down, Instant Calm. That’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about 2-minute meditations to create a lifetime of happy, help reduce stress and improve focus, clarity, productivity, and sleep. Topics Include:...2020-11-0652 min

Free as in Freedom0x6A: Live Show from SeaGL 2019 The first live podcast of Free as in Freedom, hosted at SeaGL 2019 in November 2019. Hear questions from the studio audience and answers from Bradley and Karen. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:38) Producer Dan speaks on mic to introduce that this is a live show. Segment 1 (01:17) This is a live show from SeaGL 2019, a community-organized FaiP (02:15) Carol Smith from Microsoft asked about being a charity in the USA under recent tax changes regarding tax deduction and, and asked about Conservancy's annual fundraiser which had completed by the time this...2020-03-311h 21

Creating Zeal PodcastSoftware Freedom with Karen SandlerIn our latest episode, Adam has a conversation with Karen Sandler, an engineer-turned-attorney who now serves as the Executive Director with the Software Freedom Conservancy. Listen in as Karen tells the story of how a heart condition led to her mission for software freedom. Passionate about ethics in tech, Karen works to avoid using closed proprietary software where possible. Learn how this impacts the devices we use, such as heart defibrillators, and their security.Featured Links:Software Freedom Conservancy website: https://sfconservancy.org/Karen's Podcast "Free as in Freedom": http://faif.us/K...2020-03-1743 min

Free as in Freedom0x69: Microsoft's E-Book Platform and Other DRM Disasters Karen and Bradley discuss the end to Microsoft's e-book platform and generally the dangers and disasters that Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) cause for software users and developers. Show Notes: Karen and Bradley discuss the end to Microsoft's e-book platform and generally the dangers and disasters that Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) cause for software users and developers. Segment 0 (00:35) Bradley mentioned that Microsoft ended their e-book platform. He said this was “last month” but we ended up releasing this show late, so it was in August 2019 (01:31). Bradley mentioned the analog hole...2019-11-1246 min

Inspire Nation Show with Michael SandlerHOW TO FIND INSTANT CALM!!! 2 Minute Self-Help Tips to Finding Peace Fast from Karen Salmansohn!!! Plus a Guided Meditation!If you’ve ever wanted Peace, RIGHT NOW, then do we have the INSTANT CALM show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Karen Salmansohn, best-selling author, award-winning designer, and social media maven, and the author of a sensory stirring book on calming you down, Instant Calm. And that’s just what I want to talk with her about, about 2 minute meditations to create a lifetime of happy. Topics Include: What’s a 2 minute meditation? How can two minute meditations help us? What’s a stop and swap? How’d you get blessed...2019-07-1500 min

Free as in Freedom0x68: Molly De Blanc at CopyleftConf 2019 Bradley and Karen enjoy and discuss Molly De Blanc's keynote at the first annual CopyleftConf, entitled The Margins of Software Freedom, followed by an exclusive interview with Molly! Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:37) Bradley mentioned (without the title) the film, When a Stranger Calls, which is indeed a real movie, not a TV movie, and was from the late 1970s — although Bradley saw it on TV sometime in the 1980s. (02:15) Segment 1 (04:11) A recording of Molly De Blanc's keynote at the first annual (2019) CopyleftConf, entitled entitled The Margins of Software Fr...2019-05-3158 min

Free as in Freedom0x67: Analysis of Two Backports of GPLv3 Termination Provisions to GPLv2 Bradley and Karen discuss two additional permissions that can be used to “backport” the GPLv3 Termination provisions to GPLv2 — the Kernel Enforcement Statement Additional Permission, and the Red Hat Cooperation Commitment. A blog post on Conservancy's site summarizes the discussion on this show. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:35) Bradley mentioned irregardless is not actually a word, but it does appear to be slang, which dates back to 1795! (03:23) The additional permission system was codified as a formal part of GPLv3, but are generally more informal under GPLv2. (05:24) Karen explained what the Principles of Commun...2019-05-1141 min

Free as in Freedom0x65: Linux Foundation's Community Bridge Bradley and Karen discuss and critique the new initiative by the Linux Foundation called CommunityBridge. The podcast includes various analysis that expands upon their blog post about Linux Foundation's CommunityBridge. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:36) Conservancy helped Free Software Foundation and GNOME Foundation begin fiscal sponsorship work. (07:50) Conservancy has always been very coordinated with Software in the Public Interest, which is a FOSS fiscal sponsor that predates Conservancy. (08:26) Conservancy helped NumFocus get started as a fiscal sponsor by providing advice. (08:53) The above are all 501(c)(3) charities, but there are also 501(c)(6) fiscal sponsors, such...2019-04-0247 min

Free as in Freedom0x64: Our Producer Dan Lynch Interviewed at Copyleft Conf 2019 Bradley and Karen interview their own producer, Dan Lynch, on site at Copyleft Conf 2019. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:46) Karen now teaches teaches a course at Columbia University. (03:40) In addition to being the producer of Free as in Freedom, Dan Lynch was the host of Rat Hole Radio, the co-host of Linux Outlaws, and currently co-hosts Hollywood Outlaws. (04:30) Segment 1 (5:19) Dan helps co-organize Oggcamp which is having its tenth-anniversary event on Saturday 19 October 2019. (08:00) Bradley mentioned the phrase from IT Crowd quote: Did you see that ludicrous display last night? (11:08) Dan talked...2019-03-2736 min

Free as in Freedom0x63: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today? (Part IV) In their final installment regarding their joint keynote at FOSDEM 2019, entitled: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today?: Confessions of Activists Who Try But Fail to Avoid Proprietary Software, you listeners can hear the final product — a recording of the actual FOSDEM keynote. Afterwards, Karen and Bradley compare notes on what went wrong and what went right (but mostly what went wrong) during the talk. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:35) Bradley and Karen talk logistics of how the talk is embedded in the audio. Segment 1 (00:04:14) The au...2019-03-201h 10

Free as in Freedom0x62: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today? (Part III) Bradley and Karen have the last pre-talk installment of discussing the preparation for their joint keynote at FOSDEM 2019, entitled: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today?: Confessions of Activists Who Try But Fail to Avoid Proprietary Software. This episode is the third of three episodes where Bradley and Karen record their preparation conversations for this keynote address. In this particular episode, they discuss the issue of letting others use proprietary software on your behalf, the problem of relying too much on that, and then finish up discussing with how they'll include this material into the...2019-03-1228 min

Free as in Freedom0x61: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today? (Part II) Bradley and Karen continue the process of preparing their joint keynote at FOSDEM 2019, entitled: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today?: Confessions of Activists Who Try But Fail to Avoid Proprietary Software. This episode is the second of three episodes where Bradley and Karen record their preparation conversations for this keynote address. In this particular episode, they discuss the golden age in history when they used very little proprietary software, and then discuss the beginning of their personal Dark Ages of using some proprietary software. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:35) Bradley...2019-02-2035 min

Free as in Freedom0x60: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today? (Part I) Bradley and Karen pull back the curtain and begin the process of preparing their joint keynote at FOSDEM 2019, entitled: Can Anyone Live in Full Software Freedom Today?: Confessions of Activists Who Try But Fail to Avoid Proprietary Software. This episode is the first of multiple episodes where Bradley and Karen record their preparation conversations for this keynote address. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:36) Bradley and Karen discuss the plan to do prep for their FOSDEM keynote “on air” as part of FaiF broadcasts. Segment 1 (07:13) Bradley read out the abstract from Brad...2019-01-1436 min

Free as in Freedom0x5F: Was 2018 the Year of Non-FOSS Licensing? Bradley and Karen return, as promised, in 2018 (just barely)! They discuss the many non-FOSS and otherwise software-freedom-unfriendly licenses that have been promulgated in 2018. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:36) Bradley and Karen discuss ideas for what to do with the oggcast going forward. Segment 2 (07:49) Bradley mentioned the field of endeavor restriction in Open Source Defintion. (09:20) Bradley mentioned how badly Amazon treats its workers who pack boxes, which was widely reported this month (10:22). Bradley referenced that someone changed attempted to change a license on a project to prohibit use by...2018-12-3136 min

5 Minute Success - The PodcastDoug Sandler - Secrets of a Top New Media Pro Revealed: 5 Minute Success - The Podcast Doug Sandler - Secrets of a Top New Media Pro Revealed: 5 Minute Success - The Podcast, Episode 50 Doug has interviewed hundreds of business leaders. As co-host of The Nice Guys on Business Podcast and an interviewer, Doug has interviewed digital marketing guru Gary Vaynerchuk, media superstar Arianna Huffington, ABC's Dan Harris, Celebrity Apprentice Jeffrey Hayzlett, NY Times and Wall Street Journal Best Seller Jeffrey Gitomer and dozens of celebs and business leaders. As an author, Doug's book, Nice Guys Finish First, is an Amazon best seller. Doug is a nationally recognized speaker and shares his Nice Guy...2018-05-0135 min

Inspire Nation Show with Michael SandlerMIND-BLOWING PROOF OF HEAVEN INTERVIEW WITH DR. EBEN ALEXANDER & KAREN NEWELL!!! Health | Inspiration | Self-Help | InspireIf you’ve ever wanted to understand consciousness and life beyond death, then do we have the Living in A Mindful Universe show for you. Today I’ll be talking with international #1 best-selling author of Proof of Heaven, neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander and his co-author and co-founder of sacred acoustics Karen Newell about their latest treasure Living in a Mindful Universe. And that’s just what I want to talk with them about today, about A neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Heart of Consciousness, and what it means for us! Proof of Heaven Self-Imp...2018-01-1600 min

Changelog InterviewsANTHOLOGY – Hacker stories from OSCON and All Things OpenKaren Sandler, Rachel Nabors, and Jono Bacon joined the show by way of some great conversations at OSCON in London, UK and All Things Open in Raleigh, NC. We talked about free software, web animation and motion in user interfaces, and how open source communities organize. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:GoCD – GoCD is an on-premise open source continuous delivery server created by ThoughtWorks that lets you automate and streamline your build-test-release cycle for reliable, co...2017-02-101h 18

The Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceANTHOLOGY – Hacker stories from OSCON and All Things Open (Interview)Karen Sandler, Rachel Nabors, and Jono Bacon joined the show by way of some great conversations at OSCON in London, UK and All Things Open in Raleigh, NC. We talked about free software, web animation and motion in user interfaces, and how open source communities organize. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:GoCD – GoCD is an on-premise open source continuous delivery server created by ThoughtWorks that lets you automate and streamline your build-test-release cycle for reliable, co...2017-02-101h 18

Free as in Freedom0x5D: Conference Report, 1st Half of 2016 Bradley and Karen discuss Conservancy's conference trips and presentations during the first half of 2016. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:38) Bradley attended and spoke at FOSDEM 2016 and LinuxConf Australia 2016 (03:10) Bradley and Karen co-coordinated the FOSDEM 2016 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom (04:43) Tom Marble did an interview-format discussion with Richard M. Stallman at FOSDEM 2016 (04:55) Bradley gave two talks at FOSDEM 2016, Copyleft For the Next Decade: A Comprehensive Plan for the GPL and A Beautiful Build: Releasing Linux Source Correctly (06:40) Richard Fontana gave a talk at FOSDEM 2016 entitled Open source foundations: threat or menace? (08:15) The Doge ...2016-09-2153 min

Free as in Freedom0x59: Audio Killed the Video Star Bradley and Karen discuss the plan for restarting Free as in Freedom and plans for episodes to come. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:36) Bradley said in the before time — in the long long ago, which is a reference to the South Park parody of the ST:TOS episode, Miri (01:30) Bradley mentioned when Karen Sandler left the GNOME Foundation and took over Bradley's old job as Executive Director of Conservancy. (02:20) Karen mentioned that Bradley used to be Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation, a position now held by John Sullivan. (03:25) Dan blogged ab...2016-08-1826 min

Inspire Nation Show with Michael SandlerHOW TO RETURN TO PEACE & HAPPINESS AFTER A LOVED ONE’S PASSING OR PET’S. Medium Karen Noe | Spirituality | Health | Self-HelpIf you’ve wanted to connect with the deceased, know they’re okay, and hear what they have to share, then do we have special show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Karen Noe, renowned New Jersey-based psychic medium, spiritual counselor, and healer with a two-year waiting list. She’s the host of the Angel Quest Radio Show, the Angel Quest Center in Ramsey New Jersey, and she is the author of Through the Eyes of Another and The Rainbow Follows the Storm, and Your Life After Their Death, A Medium’s Guide to Healing After a Lo...2016-05-1500 min

Inspire Nation Show with Michael SandlerBONUS GUIDED RELAXATION SACRED ACOUSTICS MEDITATION (10 MIN) | Dr. Eben Alexander & Karen Newell | Spirituality | Self-HelpToday we have a very special sacred acoustics guided meditation for you. This meditation is from Dr. Eben Alexander, neurologist and best-selling author of Proof of Heaven and Karen Newall, today’s guests on the show. You can find out more about this meditation, and the amazing health benefits of sacred acoustics on today’s show. This is a very powerful meditation, body, mind, and soul that can have exceptionally positive effects on you. However, an important note: Do not listen while driving OR operating heavy machinery. One more time, do NOT listen while driving or o...2015-12-2700 min

Free as in Freedom0x57: Support Conservancy Now! Free as in Freedom host Christopher Allan Webber interviews Karen Sandler and Bradley Kuhn about their work on copyleft and at Software Freedom Conservancy. You can become a Supporter of this work! Show Notes: Bradley mentioned Cygnus Solutions, ultimately acquired by Red Hat, which was an early for-profit supporter of copylefted projects. Bradley and Karen discussed the VMware lawsuit. Chris Webber wrote this blog post in response to a Shane Curcuru, who is VP of Brand Management at the Apache Software Foundation, anti-copyleft talk at OSCON 2015. Shane's talk is consistent with Apache ...2015-11-2426 min

Inspire Nation Show with Michael Sandler[INSPIRE 46] DR EBEN ALEXANDER & KAREN NEWELL - HOW TO USE SACRED SOUNDS FOR GREATER SUCCESS, HAPPINESS & HEALTH | Self-HelpToday we have two very harmonic guests Dr. Eben Alexander and Karen Knewell, who will be talking with us about frequency, healing, and acoustic meditation. ---Dr. Eben Alexander, Best-Selling Author of Proof of Heaven and as seen on Oprah!--- I’ve been extremely intrigued by the power of sound and meditation to help us train the mind and to heal. Not to geek out too much, but I’ve been fascinated by how different sounds make us feel better, relax, or increase our focus, whether that’s Tibetan singing bowls, chants, particularly Om, or binaur...2015-10-2500 min

Free as in Freedom0x56: … & We're Back! Bradley and Karen discuss the VMware lawsuit that Software Freedom Conservancy is funding. Show Notes: Bradley and Karen discuss the lawsuit that Christoph Hellwig filed. (07:37) Karen mentioned her LibrePlanet keynote about the VMware lawsuit. (21:30) Bradley's talk at LinuxConf Australia 2015, Considering The Future of Copyleft, is available online. (22:04) Bradley mentioned the discussion on pump.io about NPR fundraisers. (24:23) Bradley mentioned a Debian 8 release party at LinuxFest Northwest, which Microsoft didn't invite him to, since he wasn't willing to give Microsoft his contact info for marketing purposes. (29:16) Karen and Bradley promoted the Conservancy supporter ...2015-06-0433 min

Free as in Freedom0x53: Can Plagiarism Happen Under Copyleft? Bradley and Karen discuss what plagiarism is (or isn't) and how it interacts with copyleft licenses. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:37) Please donate to to send Dan to a conference. There's a progress bar on faif.us now. You can also donate to support Software Freedom Conservancy, where Bradley and Karen work, by becoming a supporter. Karen mentioned her blog post about the supporter program. (00:08:30) Bradley mentioned his blog post about the supporter program as well. (00:09:30) Segment 1 (00:16:16) Bradley and Karen pick up on a topic original discussed in Segment 1 of...2014-12-301h 16

Free as in Freedom0x52: Legal Issues from a Radical Community Angle Bradley and Karen play and discuss Stefano Zacchiroli's talk entitled Legal issues from a radical community angle that he gave 12:00 European/Central time on Sunday 2 February 2014 at FOSDEM 2014. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:35) Karen and Bradley introduce the talk. Segment 1 (00:02:38) Stefano Zacchiroli's talk entitled Legal issues from a radical community angle . You can watch the video instead of listening to our audio and/or follow along with Zach's slides. Segment 2 (00:53:17) Please note: Bradley and Karen recorded these comments before the init system coupling ...2014-12-241h 04

Free as in Freedom0x5B: Interview with RMS on GNU's 30th Anniversary Karen and Bradley interview Richard M. Stallman on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the GNU Project. Note: Episode 0x5B was released out of sequence, but they are in the order of release date on faif.us (rather than numerical order by episode number). Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:34) Note: Episode 0x5B was released out of sequence, but they are in the order of release date on faif.us (rather than numerical order by episode number). Bradley and Karen introduce the interview. ...2014-11-2440 min

Free as in Freedom0x50: Big Announcements & Evans' FOSDEM 2014 Talk Karen and Bradley announce Conservancy's DMCA filing and Conservancy and FSF's joint launch of the copyleft.org project, and then discuss Eileen Evans' FOSDEM 2014 talk, entitled Licensing Models and Building an Open Source Community. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:36) Conservancy file a DMCA petition regarding so-called “Smart TVs”. (02:00) Bradley mentioned the magic marker that was as circumvention technique under DMCA. Here's an amusing joke press release about the issue. (03:10) There isn't much documentation online of Bruce Perens live DMCA violation, but this article appears to be the main one on the subject, and...2014-11-111h 13

Free as in Freedom0x5A: Gamergate's Free Software Connection Note: Episode 0x5A was released out of sequence, but they are in the order of release date on faif.us (rather than numerical order). Karen and Bradley discuss connections between the so-called “Gamergate” controversy and how it relates to the Free Software community and a few obvious legal issues. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:37) Karen asked if Bradley had heard of the Gamergate situation. (01:30) Matthew Garrett wrote a blog post regarding this topic entitled Actions have consequences (or: why I'm not fixing Intel's bugs any more) (10:23) Mathew was attacked on ...2014-10-2355 min

Free as in Freedom0x4F: Linus Torvalds' Comments at DebConf 2014 Bradley and Karen discuss and criticize comments made by Linus Torvalds at his Q&A during DebConf 2014 in Portland, OR on 29 August 2014. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:37) Bradley and Karen discuss the Q&A with Linus Torvalds at DebConf 2014 in Portland, OR on 29 August 2014. (01:09) Segment 1 (04:30) Ryan Lortie asked about an offensive public statement Linus Torvalds made on 6 July 2012. (05:04) Bradley mentioned that Linus Torvalds argued Red Hat was kowtowing to Microsoft using offensive language. (07:57) Karen mentioned that Linus called GNOME an unholy mess. (19:05) Send feedback and comments on...2014-10-0938 min

Free as in Freedom0x4E: IRS Refusal Redux Bradley and Karen discuss the key differences between 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(6) organizations in the USA, and discuss recent refusals by the IRS to grant such statuses to Open Source and Free Software orgs. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:34) Bradley mentioned the 501(c)(3) vs. 501(c)(6) difference came up on FaiF 0x41. (03:35) Bradley mentioned that in 501(c)(3) status from the IRS is based on receiving some status governed by §170(b)(1)(A) of the tax code. (Most Free Software charities, such as Conservancy, are classifed as non-profit charities under §170(b)(1)(A)(vi).) (05:10) Bradley mentioned this is...2014-09-2449 min

Free as in Freedom0x4D: 2013 Interview: Poettering & Day on Sandboxed GNOME Applications Karen Sandler interviews Lennart Poettering and Alan Day during the GNOME Asia Summit 2013. Bradley and Karen comment on this interview. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:38) Bradley and Karen introduce Karen's interview with Lennart Poettering and Alan Day. Segment 1 (02:06) Karen interviews Lennart Poettering and Alan Day about Lennart's Sandboxed Applications for GNOME talk at GNOME Asia Summit 2013. Segment 1 (35:24) Bradley mentioned his comment during the GPLv3 process regarding the Ty Coon issue. (41:20) Send feedback and comments on the cast to . You can keep in touch...2014-09-1144 min

Free as in Freedom0x4C: Copyleft vs permissive vs CLAs Bradley and Karen discuss the talk, Copyleft vs. Permissive vs. Contributor License Agreements: A Veteran’s Perspective by Simo Sorce given at FOSDEM 2013 on Sunday 3 February 2013. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:38) Bradley and Karen introduce Simo's talk. Segment 1 (00:03:02) The slides from Simo's talk are available, if you want to follow along Segment 2 (00:59:50) Bradley menitoned his blog post about CLA's on Conservancy's website. (01:00:10) Segment 3 (01:10:22) Bradley and Karen are still trying to decide what to do about the FOSDEM 2014 talks. Send fe...2014-08-261h 14

Free as in Freedom0x4B: CLA Panel Discussion Bradley and Karen host a panel discussion on CLAs with Van Lindberg and Richard Fontana. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:38) Bradley and Karen introduce the panel discussion. Segment 1 (01:28) The panel guests are Van Lindberg and Richard Fontana. Van quoted from the Apache Corporate CLA. (40:55) Segment 2 (48:17) Bradley and Karen wrap up the discussion. Bradley mentioned the AKG C1000S which we use to record the oggcast. (50:40) Send feedback and comments on the cast to . You can keep in touch with Free as in Freedom on our...2014-08-0554 min

Free as in Freedom0x49: Why Free Software Phone Doesn't Exist Bradley and Karen discuss the talk, Why the free software phone doesn't exist by Aaron Williamson given at FOSDEM 2013 on Sunday 3 February 2013. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:37) Bradley and Karen introduce the talk. Segment 1 (04:06) Aaron's slides area available. Segment 2 (56:41) Bradley mentioned dakota imaging where he used to work. (1:02:15) dacotag imaging Karen mentioned Aaron's OSCON 2010 talk (but we incorrectly said it was 2009). (1:04:35) Send feedback and comments on the cast to . You can keep in touch with Free as in Freedom on our IRC channel...2014-07-191h 08

Free as in Freedom0x48: copyleft-next Bradley and Karen discuss the talk, copyleft-next: an Introduction by Richard Fontana given at FOSDEM 2013 on Sunday 3 February 2013. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:37) Bradley and Karen introduce the talk. Segment 1 (05:37) The slides Fontana's talk on copyleft-next are available. Segment 2 (01:06:51) Bradley mentioned the issue of Noam Chomsky's points on concision (01:13:23). Bradley mentioned the anti-GPL keynote by Tom Preseton-Werner of Github at OSCON 2013. (01:14:53) Bradley and Karen discussed the Harvey Birdman Rule. (1:27:45) Bradey mentioned a comment he posted about CHR-governed policy meetings. (01:29:00) Send feedback and comments...2014-07-011h 35

Free as in Freedom0x45: I'm Board Bradley and Karen discuss the details, what to worry about, and what the usual duties are when serving on a Board of Directors for a USA non-profit. The discussion is primarily about 501(c)(3) organizations, but at the end they spend some time discussing 501(c)(6) organizations as well. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:44) An image of Alfie chewing on the antler (01:22) Karen is running for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors. (05:15) Bradley once criticized the CNRI OPEN SOURCE LICENSE AGREEMENT (used for parts of Python), because it is governed by the laws of...2014-05-271h 02

Free as in Freedom0x44: Oracle v. Google Federal Appeals Court Decision Bradley and Karen explain why they've been gone for so long, and then discuss the recent Oracle v. Google Federal Appeals Court Decision. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:31) Karen is now Executive Director of Conservancy and Bradley is President and Distinguished Technologist. (03:01) Bradley will be working extensively on the NPO Accounting Project. (03:40) Segment 1 (00:09:37) Karen says the Oracle v. Google Federal Appeals Court Decision is not an engaging read, but the lower court decision was. (09:50) Karen said: You're out of your element, Donny! (12:38) Karen mentioned a tweet from the EFF (15:23) Bradley...2014-05-1355 min

Free as in Freedom0x42: libVLC LGPL Relicensing Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Jean-Baptiste Kempf's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled Relicensing libVLC and VLC modules from GPL to LGPL. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:28) The plural of hiatus appears to be hiatukset, but hiatuses is the proper English. (01:50) Bradley adopted two dogs from a shelter. They like kongs (02:30) Bradley's wife has a blog with pictures of their dogs. (04:30) Segment 1 (00:05:52) Jean-Baptiste Kempf slides are available for this talk. Segment 2 (01:03:20) Bradley had written a a blog post about the VLC relicensing. (01:03:48) Bradley mentioned a an ...2013-09-041h 25

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x41: Interview with Jim Zemlin at OSCON 2013 Bradley and Karen interview Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of the The Linux Foundation. Show Notes: Bradley and Karen interview Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of the The Linux Foundation. Segment 0 (00:00:33) Bradley and Karen introduce the interview. Segment 1 (00:03:03) Bradley and Karen interview Jim Zemlin. Segment 2 (00:25:23) Karen and Bradley wrap up the discussion about 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(6). Bradley referenced this post which ocurred in this thread about Linus saying Greg KH is a door-mat. (26:36, 34:55) The OSCON session that Bradley chaired was Non-Profits Organizations...2013-08-1437 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x40: Alison Chaiken on Free Software in Cars Note: initially, from 2013-08-01 18:30 through 2013-08-02 08:40 (US/Eastern), the audio file links in the feed did not work. That has been corrected. Bradley and Karen interview Alison Chaiken about Free Software in cars. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:38) Bradley and Karen introduce the interview. Segment 1 (00:01:43) Bradley and Karen interview Alison Chaiken about Free Software in the automotive industry. Alison mentioned the Genivi Alliance, which is an industry trade association with some interest in “Open Source”. Alison presented a session at LibrePlanet about the Right to R...2013-08-0251 min

Free as in Freedom0x3E: Mozilla - Licensing in the Trenches Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Gervase Markham's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled Mozilla: Licensing In The Trenches. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:34) Bradley encouraged listeners to Conservancy's campaign for non-profit accounting software. (02:10) Bradley mentioned his 2009 blog post encouraging people to donate to Free Software charities (02:50) Karen asked people to donate to the GNOME Foundation privacy campaign (04:11) Segment 1 (00:04:57) Gerv's slides from his FOSDEM 2013 talk can be downloaded from FOSDEM's website. Segment 2 (00:51:48) Bradley and Karen discuss Gerv's talk. Send feedback and comments on the...2013-06-131h 11

Free as in Freedom0x3D: Conference Behavior Redux Karen and Bradley discuss the sexist comment issue that occurred a few months ago at PyCon USA 2013. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:34) Bradley and Karen previously discussed conference behavior back in Episode 0x04. Bradley had blogged a few years ago about the issues of sexism through the computer industry, including this study showing the glass ceiling in CS academics. (05:17) Bradley mentioned that he'd blogged in the past that proprietary software companies also have issues of sexism at conferences (05:58) Bradley mentioned the How to Perform Like a Porn Star CouchDB talk at a...2013-05-2839 min

Free as in Freedom0x3C: FOSDEM 2013: How to Share a Trademark Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Pamela Chestek's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled How to Share a Trademark. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:33) Karen and Bradley introduce the talk. Segment 0 (00:02:05) Pam gave us slides, but it's all in one big SVG. Segment 2 (00:55:10) The talk that Bradley mentioned was this talk that Karen gave at Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit 2012; he was unable to find a recording. (57:04) Note that most of the time the word source was used in the talk and Karen's comments, it means...2013-05-071h 23

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x3B: FOSDEM 2013: Should We Embrace App Stores? Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Simon Phipps' and Amanda Brock's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled Should We Embrace App Stores?. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:33) Karen and Bradley introduce the talk. Segment 1 (00:03:03) Simon and Amanda used no slides during their talk. Amanda misquotes Bradley at 07:30. Bradley said: An unenforced copyleft is the moral equivalent of a permissive license, not that you give a license automatically not by enforcing. You can listen to FaiF Episode 0x38 to verify. Segment 1 (00:49:35) Bradley and Karen discuss the talk.2013-04-111h 11

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x3A: FOSDEM 2013: FOSS Code Goes In And Never Comes Out Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Gabriel Holloway's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled FOSS code goes in and never comes out: The Challenge of Sandboxed Proprietary Cloud Services. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:33) Karen and Bradley introduce the talk. Segment 1 (00:05:48) The speaker's that you hear are: Gabriel Holloway, who gives the talk Till Jaeger asks the first question. A few other questions are asked, but we're unsure who the speakers are. Tom Marble, asks a question later. Unfortunately, Gabe didn't provide us with slides. 2013-04-031h 24

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x39: FOSDEM 2013: What is a Derivative Work under European Copyright Law? Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss Till Jaeger's talk from FOSDEM 2013, entitled What is a derivative work under European Copyright Law?. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:31) Karen and Bradley introduce the talk. Segment 2 (00:02:41) The speaker's that you hear are: Tom Marble, introduces the talk, and asks one of the questions. Till Jaeger, who gives the talk The slides for Till Jaeger's talk are available. Segment 2 (00:49:11) Bradley and Karen discuss Till's talk. Clarence Thomas spoke the first time in the Supreme Court...2013-03-261h 13

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x38: FOSDEM 2013: GPL Compliance Panel Karen and Bradley listen to and discuss the GPL Compliance Panel from FOSDEM 2013. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:34) Karen and Bradley have some not-so-witty banter about the FOSDEM 2013 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom. Segment 1 (00:07:19) The speakers on the panel are (in order of appearance): Tom Marble, introduces the panel. Karen Sandler, moderator. Alexios Zavras Richard Sands Bradley M. Kuhn Harald Welte Segment 2 (01:02:51) Bradley mentioned the Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons, but incorrectly said he didn't have an actual name, which he does (Jeff...2013-03-191h 13

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x37: Copyright Assignment Again Karen and Bradley discuss the LWN article, GnuTLS, copyright assignment, and GNU project governance and other issues related to copyright assignment. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:46) Bradley didn't want his words compared to the Ayn Rand's quote from an interview with Phil Donahue where she said I'm not going to die, it's just that world will end. (02:54) Bradley discussed the reaction to on 0x36 that occurred in this identi.ca thread. (04:20) Bradley and Karen discussed the LWN article, GnuTLS, copyright assignment, and GNU project governance. (11:15) Bradley pointed out that every other copyleft...2013-02-141h 01

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x36: RMS' Ubuntu Essay and Canonical, Ltd.'s Response Karen and Bradley discuss RMS' essay on FSF's website, Ubuntu SpyWare: What To Do, and Shuttleworth's Slashdot interview that responds somewhat to RMS' comments. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:36) Karen and Bradley discuss RMS' essay on FSF's website, Ubuntu SpyWare: What To Do (08:50) Bradley mentioned how Fab discovered (and discussed on Linux Outlaws 280) how a search for “ter” in efforts to find a terminal window in Ubuntu yields [slightly NSFW] gives results for Rachel Ter Horst DVDs. (09:44) Bradley mentioned his blog post about Nokia's problems interfacing with Free Software communities. (14:50) Bradley and Kare...2012-12-1839 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x33: Richard Fontana at LinuxCon North America 2012 Karen and Bradley play and discuss Richard Fontana's LinuxCon North America 2012 talk, The Tragedy of the Commons Gatekeepers. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:33) Bradley and Karen introduce Richard Fontana's talk. Segment 1 (02:48) Richard Fontana's slides are available online, and there is also a well-written summary of the talk available on LWN. Segment 2 (47:15) Karen and Bradley discuss Fontana's talk. Send feedback and comments on the cast to . You can keep in touch with Free as in Freedom on our IRC channel, #faif on irc...2012-10-101h 13

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x32: Matthew Garrett on UEFI at LinuxCon North America 2012 Karen and Bradley play and discuss Matthew Garrett's talk, Linux in a UEFI Secure Boot World talk from LinuxCon North America 2012. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:34) Bradley mentioned that people at LinuxCon North America 2012 were talking about this article, wherein it states 51% of survey respondents believe [bad] weather can impact cloud computing. Bradley and Karen pointed out all the many ways that it can, such as if your services come via satellite links. (02:10) Bradley mentioned Matthew's talk might be best listened to before our earlier FaiFCast 0x2d about UEFI and Restricted...2012-09-271h 05

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x31: GNU Mediagoblin Karen and Bradley interview Christopher Allan Webber of the GNU Mediagoblin project. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:31) Karen and Bradley introduce the interview. Segment 0 (00:56) Karen and Bradley interview their guest, Christopher Allan Webber of the GNU Mediagoblin project. GNU Mediagoblin is licensed under the Affero GPL, but does not require copyright assignment and the developers have no plans to seek a proprietary licensing business. Bradley mentioned this dent by Stephen Fry on identi.ca, but that was in fact not his last dent as Bradley said. (21:50) GNU Mediagoblin...2012-09-1445 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x30: GNOME Press Comments Karen and Bradley discuss recent coverage of GNOME by the technology press, and more generally issues and concerns with the technology press. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:44) Bradley couldn't find support for his claim about in the can, and Karen may be right.(01:15) Bradley mentioned that the GNOME Foundation negative press recently is akin to what Harry Reid did by stating rumors regarding Romney's taxes. (05:03) Karen mentioned the Debunking Handbook that Germán Póo-Caamaño mentioned to her. (06:30) Bradley mentioned the quote I do not think [that word] means what you thi...2012-08-2856 min

Free as in Freedom0x2F: OSCON and GUADEC 2012 Karen and Bradley discuss OSCON and GUADEC. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:36) Bradley represents FSF on the GNOME Advisory Board. (02:20) Bradley points out it's very dangerous when you can buy voting rights of a 501(c)(3) by paying money, such as the structure of OSI. Karen notes that contribution-based membership works very well for GNOME. (03:50) Bradley is concerned about the future of OSI's license list now that votes in OSI are for sale. (04:30) Bradley received an O'Reilly Open Source Award at OSCON 2012. Bradley blogged an acceptance speech for the award. (08:50) The Python award and...2012-08-1539 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x2E: FOSDEM 2012: Linksvayer on Public Policy & CC 4.0 Karen and Bradley play and discuss Mike Linksvayer's FOSDEM 2012 talk, Creative Commons 4.0 licenses and other opportunities for FLOSS/free culture legal/policy intersections from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:38) Bradley and Karen suggest that you use the slides below when listening to Mike's talk. Segment 1 (05:51) Mike Linksvayer's slides for this talk are available in PDF format and in ODP format. Segment 2 (33:43) Segment 3 (34:25) A special licensing message from Mike Linksvayer. Segment 4 (35:09) Karen...2012-07-1759 min

Free as in Freedom0x2D: FSF's Restricted Boot Paper Karen and Bradley discuss FSF's announcement of FSF's white paper on Restricted Boot, which critiques Red Hat's approach to restricted boot for its Fedora distribution and Canonical, Ltd.'s approach to restricted boot for its Ubuntu distribution. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:38) Karen mentioned it's useful that FSF avoids preloaded names. Bradley used FSF's criticism of the term “intellectual property” as an example of why it's important to avoid biased terminology. (02:22) Karen suggested that listeners may want to read FSF's white paper on Restricted Boot. (04:00) Bradley suggested also reading the Fedora statement and...2012-07-0542 min

Free as in Freedom0x2B: Deb Nicholson of OIN Karen and Bradley interview Deb Nicholson of Open Invention Network, GNU MediaGoblin and Open Hatch. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:36) Karen announced her pregnancy. (01:50) Bradley will be at OSCON, Karen might be, and Karen will be at GUADEC. Bradley will be at LinuxCon North America and LinuxCon Europe. (03:00) Segment 1 (04:40) Deb Nicholson was previously on the show as Episode 0x25: FOSDEM 2012 Patents Panel. (06:00) Deb mentioned Linux System Definition, which is the OIN-published list of things that OIN members license their patents to each other on. (07:12) Deb and Bradley are debating Bradley's...2012-06-0548 min

Free as in Freedom0x29: Richard Fontana at Linux Collaboration Summit 2012 Karen and Bradley play and discuss Richard Fontana's Linux Collaboration Summit 2012 talk, The Decline of the GPL, and What To Do About It. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:36) Karen mentioned a legal summit where Richard and Karen spoke; the same event where the organizers said having Bradley speak would be the same as having the caterers speak. Segment 1 (04:46) Fontana's slides for this talk are available on Fontana's website. Note that this talk is a longer version of Ricahrd Fontana's FOSDEM 2012 talk, The (possible) decline of...2012-05-221h 19

Free as in Freedom0x28: FOSDEM 2012: Loic Dachary Karen and Bradley play and discuss Loïc Dachary's FOSDEM 2012 talk, Can for-profit companies enforce copyleft without becoming corrupt like MySQL AB? from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:35) Bradley and Karen discuss FOSDEM again. Segment 1 (10:10) Unfortunately, we don't have Loïc's slides. Segment 2 (32:03) Bradley and Karen comment on Loïc's talk. Send feedback and comments on the cast to . You can keep in touch with Free as in Freedom on our IRC channel, #faif on...2012-05-0956 min

Free as in Freedom0x27: FOSDEM 2012: Randal's Legal Hygiene Karen and Bradley play and discuss Allison Randal's FOSDEM 2012 talk, FLOSSing for Good Legal Hygiene: Stories from the Trenches from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:35) Bradley talked about the #faif IRC conversation regarding hot milk recipe and its copyright. (01:54) Segment 1 (07:10) Allison's slides are available from faif.us. Segment 2 (35:00) Karen and Bradley discussed the insanely complicated poster that Eclipse developers have to put on their walls to know how to accept patches (37:40) RMS's GNU Project essay talks about...2012-04-251h 04

Free as in Freedom0x26: FOSDEM 2012: Meeks on Copyright Assignment Karen and Bradley play and discuss Michael Meeks's FOSDEM 2012 talk, Risks and Benefits of Copyright Assignment from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:35) Bradley and Karen introduce Michael's talk. Segment 1 (01:56) Michael's slides are available from faif.us and from his blog post on the talk. Segment 2 (26:47) Bradley mentioned GNU Mediagoblin as an example of a true upstream multi-copyright-holder AGPLv3'd project. (28:10) Bradley mentioned that LibreOffice is “wealthy” as well by Michael Meeks standards, given their successful fundraisers. (29:38) Bradley ment...2012-04-1347 min

Free as in Freedom0x25: FOSDEM 2012 Patents Panel Karen and Bradley play and discuss Panel on Patents, moderated by Karen Sandler, with Ciarán O'Riordan, Benjamin Henrion, and Deb Nicholson from the FOSDEM 2012 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:35) This American Life issued a retraction of the story we mentioned on 0x24. This American Life released a transcript or mp3 of the audio of the retraction. (02:21) Karen and Bradley introduce the panel. Segment 1 (03:58) This is the recording of the panel. Some of the questions aren't completely audible, but Dan did a pretty good j...2012-03-2948 min

Free as in Freedom0x22: Elder's Methods of FOSS Activism Karen and Bradley play and discuss Ambjörn Elder's talk entitled Methods of FOSS Activism from the 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 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 Killed by Code paper. (28:04) EF...2012-02-1444 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x20: Gender Inequality in Software Freedom Community Bradley and Karen discuss issues of gender inequality in the software freedom community and technology generally. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:38) Bradley and Karen discuss issues of gender inequality in the software freedom community and technology generally. Bradley wrote a blog post a while back noting that issues of gender inequality are technology-sector-wide, as shown on PDF page 10 of this study. However, Bradley incorrectly remembered the study: in fact, all levels of academic computer science are (23:19) Karen got a 5 on our Calculus AB exam, even though her teacher told her only...2012-01-1747 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x1F: Toward Better Legal Discussion Fora Karen and Bradley discuss the various private Free Software legal fora and consider if a more open community for discussion might be better, and also discuss the just-ended CFP for the FOSDEM Legal and Policy Issues Dev Room. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:37) Bradley and Karen were discussing the NYS charities filing requirements for auditing and limited review, as can be seen NYS CHAR-500 instructions, on page 5 of 6, §V(6) . (03:02) Bradley and Karen mentioned the old show, SFLS 0x19, where they discussed Conservancy's FY 2008 Form 990. (03:27) Bradley mentioned he still works at a cow-orking f...2012-01-0837 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x1D: Stefano Zacchiroli, Current DPL Karen interviews Stefano Zacchiroli, who is the current Debian Project Leader. Karen and Bradley discuss their thoughts on that interview. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:36) Karen interviewed Stefano Zacchiroli, who is the current Debian Project Leader. (02:59) Segment 1 (03:58) Stefano was inspired by a professor at his university to get involved with Free Software, because you can study the sources. (04:50) DPL reelection is in April each year. (08:40) Stefano discovered that some Debian derivatives weren't distributing source packages. He's helped them get into compliance, although Stefano hesitates to call it enforcement. (12:40) Stefano mentioned...2011-11-2938 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x1B: Two Executive Directors 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...2011-10-2531 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x19: GNOME 3.2 and Other Topics Karen and Bradley discuss the GNOME 3.2 release, Karen interviews Jos Poortvliet, Bradley complains about identi.ca web interface and they discuss together UEFI “secure” boot, and the PyPy Python 3 campaign. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:40) Bradley wrote a blog post about how GNOME 3 is not for him. Segment 1 (07:14) Karen interviewed Jos Poortvliet Segment 2 (21:04) Bradley mentioned Shaun McCance's post to desktop-devel about response bias, which he posted on user survey thread. (25:04) Karen mentioned that GNOME 3.2 has been released with new features, such as better window resizing. (28:57) Bradley pointed out that...2011-09-2848 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x16: Legal Basics for Developers Bradley and Karen play and comment on a talk recording of Aaron Williamson's and Karen's presentation at OSCON 2011, entitled Legal Basics for Developers. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:33) Bradley mentioned the birthday attack when explaining to Karen how likely it might be that the number of the show might match the number of the day. (01:38) This show is a recording of Aaron and Karen's OSCON 2011 talk, Legal Basics for Developers. (02:20) Segment 1 (05:53) The slides for the Legal Basics for Developers are available to follow along with the recording (05:53) Segment 2 (49:36) ...2011-08-1653 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x15: Karen Keynotes OSCON Karen and Bradley discuss Karen's OSCON keynote and her 2011 O'Reilly Open Source Award, as well as other happenings from OSCON. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:35) Bradley and Karen just returned from the 2011 O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention (OSCON). (00:45) Karen received one of the 2011 O'Reilly Open Source Awards. (Video of the award ceremony is online.) (03:05) Karen now has a blog called GNOMG. (05:03) Karen's wrote a blog post about winning the 2011 Open Source Award. (03:47) Karen now has a redirector to her blog via gnomg.org. (05:42) Listener Michael Dexter let Bradley stay at his house...2011-08-0236 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x13: Torts and 1023s Karen and Bradley discuss the USAmerican legal system in regard to torts, and the current delays from the USA IRS on 501(c)(3) non-profit applications (i.e., Form 1023s). Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:48) Billy Crook wrote in to make a good joke about 0x12 being the last episode available in other RSS feeds. (Don't forget the right RSS feed is at faif.us.) Karen calls tortes delicious pastries. Bradley saw a documentary called Hot Coffee, which discussed the idea of tort deform. (03:35, 05:45) Bradley mentioned that Karl Rove, George W. Bush's political operative...2011-07-0539 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x12: Karen's New Job; Supreme Court on Patents Karen announces her new job, and Bradley and Karen discuss the recent USA Supreme Court decisions on patents. Be sure to make sure you're subscribed to feeds available on faif.us if you haven't already! Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:37) If you have not moved your RSS feed already away from softwarefreedom.org, and to faif.us, you should do that now! Here's links to the ogg RSS feed and mp3 RSS feed. New FaiF shows won't appear on softwarefreedom.org. Karen is now the Executive Director of the GNOME...2011-06-2154 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x10: Linux License Violations Dan Lynch (filling in for Karen) and Bradley play and discuss Matthew Garrett's talk GPL Violations: What Are We Doing? (aka Linux License Violations) from the Linux Collaboration Summit 2011. If you want to listen to only the off-topic parts of this oggcast, please download the 2011-05-241h 24

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x0C: Disturbing Debates Bradley and Karen discuss two debates going on in the free and open source software community. One recent and seemingly inflated, and one long and confusing. Show Notes: Segment 1 (03:12) Bradley wrote a blog post about the Bionic issues that were raised. (03:44) On the old oggcast, Karen and Bradley discussed the Android/Linux system and Bionic specifically. (04:09) Karen mentioned an old oggcast where permissive vs. copyleft licensing was discussed. (06:19) Jake Edge wrote an LWN article that discussed Bionic (07:58) Bradley mentioned Raymond Nimmer's blog that started the debate (10:52) Bradley also mentioned Edward ...2011-03-2943 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode: 0x0A: Windows Mobile Windows Phone 7 Series Application Store Bradley and Karen discussed the Windows Phone 7 Application Store terms and conditions which prohibit GPL'd and other copylefted software in the application store. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:35) Karen and Bradley discussed the Microsoft Phone Marketplace agreement, which was heavily covered in news and blogs. (02:50) Karen quoted directly from the § 1(l) from the Windows Phone Marketplace Application Provider Agreement (03:20) Bradley credited Jello Biafra with coining the term “punditocracy”, but it seems to have been first used by Charles Reynell in The Economist in 1989 and popularized by Eric Alterman in his 1992 book, Sound & Fury...2011-03-0138 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x09: Copyleft, -or-later, and Basics of Compatibility Bradley and Karen discuss types of copyleft generally and introduce the basics of license compatibility and -or-later clauses. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:38) This show discusses copyleft and basic issues of license compatibility (04:09) Karen mentioned an episode of the old Software Freedom Law Show, Episode 0x08, where Bradley and Karen discussed selecting a FLOSS license and what the various options are. (04:45) license compatibility 06:28 Bradley incorrectly said that the original Emacs license didn't have the word General in it. However, the other explanations appear to be correct. There's a useful history page that...2011-02-1541 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x08: Strictly Commercial Bradley and Karen discuss non-commercial-only commons licenses, particularly the CC-By-NC license, and how they compare to Free Culture and Free Software licenses, and why some authors pick NC licenses instead of Free Culture/Software ones. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:36) Listeners seeking a show on how to select a Free Software license, differences between copyleft and non-copyleft, and how they interact with copyright are encouraged to listen to episode 0x08 of the old Software Freedom Law Show which covered these topics. Please write in again if that show doesn't cover your questions...2011-02-0149 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x07: Revoked? Bradley and Karen discuss a few corrections from previous shows, and then discuss misunderstandings about the GPL regarding “revocation” of the GPL. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:34) Bradley issued a correction regarding FaiF 0x06. Christopher Allan Webber mentioned that FSF sometimes accepts copyright assignments in cases where the entire code base is not assigned. (02:40) Karen issued a correction regarding FaiF 0x04 about women being hired to be at the party, but in fact that was not the case, despite being mentioned in this article. Karen's paper on Medical Devices was linked to from...2011-01-1844 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x05: Inducing Fryers Bradley and Karen welcome special co-presenter and guest, Aaron Williamson, to discuss the OpenBSD email regarding purported FBI backdoors. In the main segment, they discuss the amicus brief filed by SFLC (where Aaron and Karen work) in the Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB USA Supreme Court case. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:37) Aaron brought up a message forwarded to the OpenBSD developers list by Theo de Raadt. This story has been covered widely online. (02:50) Aaron mentioned that Glyn Moody wrote a blog post about what issues about “Open Source” security this raises. (04:06) Bradley ment...2010-12-2154 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x04: Conference Behavior and Novell Sale In this episode of Free as in Freedom, Karen and Bradley discuss in the first segment recent press coverage of sexist attitudes at Free Software conferences, and in the second segment, discuss the public filings related to the Novell sale. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:40) Karen and Bradley discuss an article called The Dark Side of Open Source Conference, which was covered some in the tech press, in press outside of technology. Deb Nicholson wrote a blog post about it, as did Valerie (the original article's author. (01:06) Bradley mentioned his blog post...2010-12-0758 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x02: The Needs of the Few Karen and Bradley discuss Stormy Peters' departure from the GNOME Foundation, an issue of deep confusion regarding copyright licensing, and references to Spock in a recent court decision. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:35) Bradley confirmed the entire show is licensed CC-By-SA 3.0. (02:30) Stormy Peters is leaving the position of GNOME Foundation's Executive Director. (04:10) The GNOME Advisory Board is a group of for-profit and non-profit organizations that meet regularly to give advice to GNOME Foundation. (04:34) Stormy is going to a job at the Mozilla Foundation. (09:10) You don't have to be a developer to become...2010-11-0939 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x01: Free of Annoying Buzz Bradley and Karen discuss the new license of their show, multi-platform Free Software projects and conferences Bradley attended this month. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:32) All recordings for the first 0x01 attempt had an annoying audio buzz. (01:18) The Free as in Freedom oggcast is now licensed CC-By-SA 3.0 Unported (03:10) Karl Fogel is Executive Director of Question Copyright. (03:35) Karen mentioned the Free Culture definition. (08:22) Larry Lessig presented to an FSF Members Meeting using Mac. (09:22) Bradley and Karen argued about whether or not OpenOffice.org and/or Firefox run better on non-GNU/Linux systems than...2010-10-2946 min

Free as in FreedomEpisode 0x00: Goodbye and Ahoy Hoy Bradley and Karen announced that the Software Freedom Law Show is over. Karen and Bradley announced a new show, called Free as in Freedom, that will not be affiliated with any specific organization (although Bradley and Karen keep all their various affiliations themselves. :). Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:28) Bradley mentioned OsamaK is not happy at Bradley and Karen for not having a new oggcast for a month. (00:45) Bradley no long works at the Software Freedom Law Center. He now works full time at the Software Freedom Conservancy. (02:00) Bradley thinks everything related to...2010-10-0632 min