open web vancouver:the age of literate machines
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T H E · A G E · O F
LITERATEMACHINES
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Free Software
Free Software
1. Run2. Study3. Modify4. Share
Open Source=
Free Software
Open SourceIsn't a Bad Term
Why DoesFree Software
Matter?
Largest ComputingProject in History
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Free Softwareis a response
Source Codeto Society
Burning Scrolls & Burying Confucians
Language is The Great Tool
TowardsFree Speech
The KnowledgeWithin the Medium
Freedom Spreads
Burning Scrolls & Burying Confucians
Worshipful Company of
Stationers and Newspaper Makers
Stationers Company Monopoly (1556 - 1695)
Copyright vested in the printer.
Power to seize offending books and to bring the offending author before the
authorities.
Statute of Anne
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Copyright that vests in the author - 14 years for new works and 21 years for
existing work. Required submission of multiple copies to state libraries.
A Blossomingof Freedoms
State-subsidizedFree Speech
Free Speech in theElectro-Mechanical
Revolution
10¢1838 Telegraph
1/100¢1848 Telephone
1/10¢1877 Phonograph
1/1 000 000¢1896 Radio
$1/100 0001927 Television
Radio
TVNewspaper
Other Print Media
Worshipful Company of
Television and Radio Broadcasters
LiterateMachines
The GreatObsoleter
JusticeAlgorithms
Free as in Freedom
An Open Web
BalancedFreedomsBalancedFreedoms
Build Freedomfor the Future
The Mozilla Manifesto
http://mozilla.org/about/mozilla-manifesto.html
Robo Habilis
Zak Greanthttp://zak.greant.com
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