HPR3388: Linux Inlaws S01E35: The Free Software Foundation Europe

Hacker Public Radio

In this episode our aging heroes host the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). Its president, Matthias Kirschner talk about the past, the present and the future of free and open source software not only from an FSFE perspective. Never mind how he got into computers in the first place. Also, different opinions about communism in general and its implementations (and the flaws of the first rounds of implementations) are touched upon. So historians, FLOSS users and enthusiasts, communists and free spirits: This is your episode! Plus: Ever wondered what the Towel Day is all about? Check out the second half of the episode! At our guest's request: Please note that this episode was recorded on June 1st 2021.

Links:

• Free Software Foundation Europe: https://fsfe.org
• Matthias Kirschner: https://fsfe.org/about/people/kirschner/kirschner.en.html
• Free Software Foundation: https://fsf.org
• Open Software Initiative (OSI): https://opensource.org
• OSI definition of open source: https://opensource.org/osd
• Public Money Public Code campaign: https://publiccode.eu
• Stallman controversy: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/03/richard-stallman-returns-to-fsf-18-months-after-controversial-rape-comments
• Towel Day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day
• FSFE podcast: https://fsfe.org/news/podcast.en.html
• Rutger Bregman, Human kind: https://www.amazon.de/Humankind-Hopeful-History-Rutger-Bregman/dp/1408898934
• Ashes to Ashes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jhp3l
• UK met office: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk
• Karl Marx, A Critique of Political Economy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Kapital