[FSUG-Bangalore] Vikram's session at Amrita eng College

[Senthil Sundaram (sensunda)]

Hi,
 
vikram vincent :  session at amrita eng college - managed to be there
for a short time
 
cool things
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They have bunch of enthu students and a teacher who is excited about
free software
 
-S
 
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some aspects of the session i remember
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started with video - Truth Happens
 
what motivates or inspires the free software community
 
Free software is about "the quality of sharing" - the quality very inate
in us - appeal to that - how our mother told us its good to share food
and choclates when we were young
 
sharing vs PIRATE 
 
hacker vs cracker : who is a hacker - a cool - innovative guy - vs
destructive guy
 
century of steel - century of information : the question of control :
who controls - whose hands should the key be with in the information
century  - users - us or owners..
 
how much code we write we own - how much code  we write for our country
- how much we write in our languages - localisation
 
Open source vs free software
 
History of free software - with more clarity and emphasis : on freedom 
 
right to copy - copy right - copy left : the gpl innovation 
 
ended with distribution of a few posters..
 
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demo of cool free software is going on right now!!
 
 
Questions 
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How secure is  free software ? Why doesnt it give us a warranty
What are the business models in free software ? 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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