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DebConf7
Speakers | |
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Nick Mailer |
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Day | 8 |
Room | Upper Talk Room |
Start time | 14:45 |
Duration | 00:45 |
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ID | 161 |
Event type | Lecture |
Track | DebianDay |
Language | English |
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Free as in Market: the misunderstood entanglement of ethics, software and profits
In the late nineties, a new term was coined to describe Free Software. Open Source emphasised pragmatism and methodologies, as opposed to ethics and principles. It was designed to strip Free Software of its "moralistic" garb, and redress it in a business suit.
It might come as a surprise, thefore, that Free Software holds the key to market success; proprietary software and Open Source's fair-weather friends reveal themselves increasingly hostile to the true interests of business.
Find out why Free software lead to Free markets.