in the lecture some of the cases that the Electronic Frontier Foundation are currently defending were spoken about...NSA/AT&T alleged spying case, where the government allegedly wiretapped the internet communications going through San Francisco.
Creative Commons -
The creative commons is an alternative way to license content to put out onto the internet to share with other people. The creative commons scheme challenges regular copyright, by allowing the creator to specific the conditions of use of their work. This frees up content for remixing and reuse.
Free and open source software:
Source code- Instruction written in programming languages that tell a computer to do certain things.
software used to be free, these days it is locked so that only a few can see and change the source code.
Free software renamed: Open source software.freedom 0: freedom to run any software, any source
freedom 1: freedom to study software and adapt it to yr needs
freedom 2: freedom to redistribute copies, to help neighbor
freedom 3: the freedom to make improvements to the company and release improvements to the community so everyone benefits.
The internet is open source.
Tutorial: No Task this week
Reading: Sarai Guide to free software
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