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UID:pretalx-ow2con-2024-J3K7LU@pretalx.ow2.org
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DESCRIPTION:Forty-four years ago\, Richard Stallman gave birth to the Free 
 Software movement. Personal interest\, an intellectual view about the prag
 matism of software openness\, and a deep-set belief about the morality of 
 software as a commons\, ran head-first into the growing shift towards clos
 ed and protected software. Clever use of copyright law to enshrine softwar
 e freedoms kick-started a revolution. Yet despite the rise of the more bus
 iness-friendly Open Source Software movement\, many for-profit companies s
 till view liberated software as an anti-capitalist endeavour. It's a commo
 n question: "How can something given away for free\, even possibly used an
 d exploited by competitors\, make any financial sense for a business?"\nTh
 is talk will explore the notion of value and why\, when and how freed soft
 ware makes good business sense.
DTSTAMP:20260307T052013Z
LOCATION:Main stage
SUMMARY:Why free and open source software is fundamentally capitalist and h
 ow that makes sense for business - Christian Paterson\, Open Up
URL:https://pretalx.ow2.org/ow2con-2024/talk/J3K7LU/
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