December 17, 2019

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Is software freedom a social justice issue?

Is software freedom a social justice issue?

With so many important issues on a global scale, just how important is software freedom? Karen Sandler shares the evolution of her own thoughts about free and open source software on a bigger political and social scale and examines the ways we should frame discourse around the issue.

Talk Title Is software freedom a social justice issue?
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Conference O’Reilly Open Source Convention
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Location London, United Kingdom
Date October 17-19, 2016
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With so many important issues on a global scale, just how important is software freedom? Software freedom is a fundamental issue, a threshold that underlies our ability to effectively solve any social problem, so we need a new way of thinking about it in relation to social justice causes. Karen Sandler shares the evolution of her own thoughts about free and open source software on a bigger political and social scale and examines the ways we should frame discourse around the issue.

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