HPR3388: Linux Inlaws S01E35: The Free Software Foundation Europe

Summary: 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