Free as in Freedom

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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 DMC...

Software Freedom Conservancy filed multiple exemptions in the USA Copyright Office Triennial Rulemaking Process under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In this episode, Karen and Bradley explore the details of Conservancy's filing to request permission to circumvent technological restriction measures in order to investigate infringement of other people's copyright, which is a necessary...

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 char...

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...

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 s...

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...

Bradley and Karen discuss the details of the completion of the lawsuit (which Conservancy supported) between Christoph Hellwig and VMware in Germany . Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:37) Bradley mentioned the episode of Red Dwarf , White Hole , where the characters are speaking too slowly or two quickly due to time differentials . (01:30) Bradley explained that the Hellwig vs. VMware suit in Germany has...

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...

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...

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 w...

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 p...

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...

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...

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) Bradle...

Bradley and Karen discuss Conservancy's ContractPatch Initiative that will help Free Software developers negotiate their agreements with employers. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:38) Software Freedom Conservancy has two blog posts and a mailing list to discuss the Contract Patch initiative (02:40). Bradley searched for the NPR story he mentioned but just couldn't find it, but he did fine a similar one...

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) Br...

Bradley and Karen give a basic introduction of copyright licensing of Open Source and Free Software. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:35) Bradley mentioned the phrase “fixed in a tangible medium” which appears in the USA copyright law. (03:10) Bradley mentioned the Sherman Antitrust act . (04:05) Bradley mentioned the card game Pit (04:15) Bradley jokingly quoted Mit Romney's famous gaffe, &l...

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 Cons...

Bradley and Karen discuss Conservancy's Debian Copyright Aggregation project . ( Note : While it was released just after DebConf16, this episode was recorded well before DebConf16; the discussions about DebConf refer to DebConf15.) Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:38) Note : While it was released just after DebConf16, this episode was recorded well before DebConf16; the discussions about DebConf refer to...

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 W...

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...

Bradley and Karen interview Nick Coghlan , who works onn development and test infrastructure for Red Hat and is heavily involved with the Python community. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:35) Bradley and Karen interviewed Nick Coghlan who works for Red Hat and contributes to various Open Source and Free Software projects such as Python. Nick discussed his work on the infrastructure team at Red Hat, a...

Bradley and Karen interview Carol Smith , Programs and Open Source Community Manager of Google Summer of Code about the program and its policies and procedures. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:35) Bradley encourages those who attend FOSDEM 2015 to attend sign up to attend the Supporter Night Event on 30 January 2015 in Brussels, Belgium . Segment 1 (00:50:11) More Show notes for this one coming soon!...

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...