Free Software, Open Source and the Evolution of Communication
"Open Source and the Evolution of Communication" by Zak Greant @ eLiberatica 2007
May 17, 2015
This is a presentation held at eLiberatica 2007.
http://www.eliberatica.ro/2007/
One of the biggest events of its kind in Eastern Europe, eLiberatica brings community leaders from around the world to discuss about the hottest topics in FLOSS movement, demonstrating the advantages of adopting, using and developing Open Source and Free Software solutions.
The eLiberatica organizational committee together with our speakers and guests, have graciously allowed media representatives and all attendees to photograph, videotape and otherwise record their sessions, on the condition that the photos, videos and recordings are licensed under the Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0 License.
http://www.eliberatica.ro/2007/
One of the biggest events of its kind in Eastern Europe, eLiberatica brings community leaders from around the world to discuss about the hottest topics in FLOSS movement, demonstrating the advantages of adopting, using and developing Open Source and Free Software solutions.
The eLiberatica organizational committee together with our speakers and guests, have graciously allowed media representatives and all attendees to photograph, videotape and otherwise record their sessions, on the condition that the photos, videos and recordings are licensed under the Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0 License.
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Free Software, Open Source and the Evolution
of Communication
Two Parts
Part I: Defining Free Software &
Open Source
Free Software = Open Source
Open Source = Free Software
Software that
everyone
has the freedom to
run
study
copy
modify &
share.
The Three Big Communication
Revolutions
Human Language
Language Transforms Us
The Profound Tool
Programs (aka Language for
Machines)
Language Transforms Machines
The Jacquard Loom
Punch Cards and Paisley
General Purpose Computers
Machines Transform Us
Programs Are Runnable Versions
of Human Skills
The Internet
The Great Obsoleter
The Net Allows Broadcast of Skills
Where are we now?
Thanks!
• Thanks to Jon Sullivan for dedicating the nice ladybug photo to the public domain (Image sourced from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ladybird.jpg)
• Thanks to George H. Williams for dedicating his photos of the Jacquard loom to the public domain (Images sourced from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jacquard.loom.full.view.jpg and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jacquard.loom.cards.jpg)
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