Podcast appearances and mentions of Karl Fogel

Allow me to introduce you to a website you've probably never heard of: questioncopyright.org. The site includes an article by Karl Fogel titled The Surprising History of Copyright and The Promise of a Post-Copyright World. Although the author is not concerned with the monetization of ministry, the arguments are compelling, setting an example for all Christians on how to think critically and historically about intellectual property. Although the author does not argue his points from Scripture, the article serves as a reminder of how much of the secular world is deeply concerned with the injustice, deceit, intimidation, and other negative practical results of the copyright cartel; while Christians by and large have failed to address these issues in any significant way–either through the lens of God's Word or out of pragmatism and a zeal for justice. As I've said before, even if you disagree with everything Selling Jesus stands for, or with everything in this article, the fact remains that the Church is guilty of no small neglect in the critical and biblical assessment of copyright and intellectual property law and use, particularly as it relates to ministry content and the Word of God itself. Most people believe copyright exists to protect artists, but its history reveals a different story: it originated as a tool for government censorship in 16th-century England, later evolving into a distributor-controlled system via the Statute of Anne. Publishers, not authors, drove the creation and strengthening of copyright laws to maintain control over distribution and profit, a history often obscured by the industry's narrative of artist protection.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingjesus.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thedoreanprinciple.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copy.church

Guest Ben Cotton Panelist Leslie Hawthorne Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Leslie Hawthorn is joined by guest, Ben Cotton, the Open Source Community Lead at Kusari and former Fedora Program Manager. Ben discusses his career path, the importance of intentional program management in open source projects, and shares insights from his book, 'Program Management for Open Source Projects.' The conversation covers the evolution of engagement in open source communities, the impact of professionalization, and the challenges posed by AI in maintaining open source inclusivity. They also touch on the current trends of corporate involvement in open source. Press download now to hear more! [00:01:38] Ben mentions that he wrote his book to see his name on a cover but also explains the practical reasons for writing it, aiming to assist with the program management of open source projects. [00:04:42] Leslie mentions Karl Fogel's book and discusses how engagement with open source often starts with a technical interest but deepens due to human interactions within the community. [00:05:28] Ben shares his background in synpotic meteorology and how an unexpected opportunity led him to maintain software for weather data visualization, which paved his way into system administration and eventually open source. [00:10:43] Leslie and Ben discuss the evolution of participation in open source projects, noting changes in the community's structure, barriers to entry for newcomers, and the importance of fostering a respectful and inclusive environment for all contributors. [00:13:43] Leslie discusses the trend towards older participants in open source projects and attributes it to the professionalization of these projects and she expresses concerns about how the focus on AI development might limit open engagement in open source projects. [00:16:46] Ben remarks on the ease of using modern technology like Linux systems, contrasting it with earlier experiences that required more user involvement and customization. Leslie shares the potential benefits of AI, envisioning a future where technology adapts to individual needs, like assisting her visually impaired daughter. [00:23:07] Ben reflects on generational differences in technology use and stresses the importance of understanding the impact of our technological choices on future generations, especially concerning environmental sustainability. [00:27:24] Leslie brings up a question from Richard who was interested in hearing Ben's view on program management in open source projects, and how it differs from the role of a developer who manages projects. Ben explains that roles in open source differ from corporate roles as individuals often wear multiple hats, switching between developer, designer, and documenter tasks. [00:30:15] Leslie reflects on the challenges of task switching and the potential for burnout among open source maintainers, particularly those without corporate support. Ben suggests that open source maintainers allow newcomers to handle low-risk tasks to prevent burnout and maintain engagement. [00:34:21] Leslie shares the grief she hears from friends about the typical career progression for developers into management roles, which may not align with their passions, emphasizing the importance of finding fulfillment in one's tasks. [00:35:24] Ben discusses the challenging corporate attitudes towards open source as economic conditions shift. Leslie expresses dissatisfaction with how corporations have historically invested in open source communities, suggesting that even when funding was plentiful, investment was inadequate. Spotlight [00:40:56] Ben's spotlight is WeeWX. [00:42:44] Leslie's spotlight is the great city of Berlin, Germany. Links SustainOSS (https://sustainoss.org/) podcast@sustainoss.org (email) (mailto:podcast@sustainoss.org) richard@theuserismymom.com (email) (mailto:richard@theuserismymom.com) SustainOSS Discourse (https://discourse.sustainoss.org/) SustainOSS Mastodon (https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainoss) Open Collective-SustainOSS (Contribute) (https://opencollective.com/sustainoss) Richard Littauer Socials (https://www.burntfen.com/2023-05-30/socials) Leslie Hawthorn X/Twitter (https://x.com/lhawthorn?lang=en) Leslie Hawthorn LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesliehawthorn/) Ben Cotton Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@funnelfiasco) Ben Cotton Website (https://funnelfiasco.com/) Ben Cotton LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bcotton/) Kusari (https://www.kusari.dev/) Program Management for Open Source Projects by Ben Cotton (https://pragprog.com/titles/bcosp/program-management-for-open-source-projects/) Producing Open Source Software by Karl Fogel (https://producingoss.com/) WeeWX (https://weewx.com/) Berlin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin) Credits Produced by Richard Littauer (https://www.burntfen.com/) Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Show notes by DeAnn Bahr Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Special Guest: Ben Cotton.

Guest Jacob Kaplan-Moss Panelist Richard Littauer | Amanda Casari Show Notes This episode of Sustain explores the challenges and dynamics of funding open source projects. Host Richard Littauer and co-host Amanda Casari welcome guest Jacob Kaplan-Moss, Board Member and Treasurer of the Django Software Foundation, and Security Architect at Latacora. The discussion covers Jacob's recent blog post on the criticism faced by open source maintainers who seek compensation, highlighting the backlash encountered from seeing grants to selling T-shirts. The conversation also explores the ethical use of open source software, the importance of supporting maintainers financially, and the complexities surrounding the definition and licensing of open source software. Additionally, this episode touches on the personal connection to open source, the struggle for maintainers to find sustainable funding models, and the potential impact of high net worth individual donations. Download this episode now to hear more! [00:00:53] Richard highlights Jacob's association with Django and his role as a security architect and brings up a blog post Jacob wrote about the experience of being an open source maintainer. He shares examples of maintainers who face undue criticism for monetizing their open source work in various ways and his thesis. Also, Richard endorses the Blue Oak Council and PolyForm Project. [00:06:24] Amanda appreciates the blog's message about the sustainability of open source and the need to pay maintainers. Jacob recounts the largely positive reception of his post but also addresses the critical and unproductive responses, and he clarifies his stance on the importance of formal definitions of open source. [00:10:14] Richard suggests the term “Big Tent Open Source” and discusses the importance of having standards to precent open washing while also encouraging diversity in licensing. Jacob uses the term “monogamish” as an analogy for a more flexible approach to open source licensing. [00:11:46] Amanda discusses her background in releasing various types of open source work and how it sometimes differs from web apps, and touches on the complexities of open source licensing. She asks Jacob about his concerns regarding the adoption of open source in larger systems, and he shares his experience with government technology procurement, stressing the necessity of precise definitions of open source in that context. [00:16:40] Richard shifts the conversation to ethical considerations of open source work, specifically when software is used for harmful purposes, like state interventions. Jacob gives us a nuanced view on the ethical use of open source software and the impossibility of drawing a clear line between good and evil uses. [00:20:56] Jacob provides insights into the Django Software Foundation's current scale, funding, and staffing, highlighting the significant impact even a small increase in funding could have, and he discusses the challenge of scaling funding across the vast number of open source projects to achieve broad sustainability. [00:23:16] Jacobs talks about the potential of engaging high net worth individuals and family foundations for donations as they may be more receptive than corporations. [00:24:54] Richard discusses the groups privilege and raises the question regarding giving back to open source or to the broader community, and Jacob explains he avoids judging others' financial decisions but acknowledges his own better-off position and the personal moral obligation he feels to give back. [00:27:05] The conversation shifts to Richard asking Jacob how to support each other's capitalist ventures while contributing to the open source community. He suggests congratulating individual successes and learning from them, while also being comfortable criticizing the systems and institutions that may be at odds with open source values. [00:28:53] Find out where you can learn more about Jacob on the internet. Quotes [00:01:40] “There's this dynamic that happens around open source, where when someone takes money, someone always shows up to criticize them for it.” [00:04:07] “Anytime an open source maintainer figures out a way to get paid to build a lifestyle, at the very least comfortable, we should be celebrating that.” [00:06:46] “The community has coalesced around a definition of open source as defined by the OSI. I was like wait a minute, how are you conflating the open source community with one foundation? I don't agree with this conflation of the OSI speaks for all open source.” [00:13:39] “If you work in technology for the government ling enough, eventually you come to realize that every problem is a procurement problem.” [00:18:16] “Even the MIT license is, do whatever you want, just don't sue me.” [00:22:18] “To reach a point where I would say that open source as a whole is broadly sustainable, I would want every single project to have that level of funding associated with it.” Spotlight [00:30:11] Amanda's spotlight is a book coming out next month called, “Software Engineering for Data Scientists.” [00:30:42] Richard's spotlight is the book, “Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World.” [00:31:20] Jacob's spotlight is the PolyForm family of licenses and the book, “Producing Open Source Software: How to Run a Successful Free Software Project.” Links SustainOSS (https://sustainoss.org/) SustainOSS Twitter (https://twitter.com/SustainOSS?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) SustainOSS Discourse (https://discourse.sustainoss.org/) podcast@sustainoss.org (mailto:podcast@sustainoss.org) SustainOSS Mastodon (https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainoss) Open Collective-SustainOSS (Contribute) (https://opencollective.com/sustainoss) Richard Littauer Socials (https://www.burntfen.com/2023-05-30/socials) Amanda Casari X/Twitter (https://twitter.com/amcasari?lang=en) Jacob Kaplan-Moss LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobian/) Jacob Kaplan-Moss Website (https://jacobian.org/) Jacob Kaplan-Moss Mastodon (https://social.jacobian.org/@jacob) Django Software Foundation (https://www.djangoproject.com/foundation/) Django (https://www.djangoproject.com/) Latacora (https://www.latacora.com/) Jacob's Blog post: “Paying people to work on open source is good actually” (https://jacobian.org/2024/feb/16/paying-maintainers-is-good/) Blue Oak Council (https://blueoakcouncil.org/) PolyForm Project (https://polyformproject.org/) PolyForm Licenses (https://polyformproject.org/licenses/) Pamela Chestek LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pchestek/) Sasha Magee X/Twitter post on government procurement (https://twitter.com/sashax/status/941036458307076097) 18F (https://18f.gsa.gov/) What you should know about Vermont's proposed wealth taxes (Vermont Edition) (https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2024-02-12/what-you-should-know-about-vermonts-proposed-wealth-taxes) Software Engineering for Data Scientists by Catherine Nelson (https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/software-engineering-for/9781098136192/) Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671722/better-living-through-birding-by-christian-cooper/) Producing Open Source Software: How to Run a Successful Free Software Project by Karl Fogel (https://producingoss.com/) Credits Produced by Richard Littauer (https://www.burntfen.com/) Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Show notes by DeAnn Bahr Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Special Guest: Jacob Kaplan-Moss.

What's the difference between “community standards” and censorship? How do we determine what books to include and exclude from libraries? Why does the Dr. Seuss estate get to decide what Dr. Seuss books stay in print? Is copyright censorship, as Nina asserts? What's the difference between plagiarism and copyright violation? In an uncharacteristically focused and coherent conversation, Nina and Corinna discuss these questions and more. Then, Jesse and Katie chip in with some ideas on how to close each episode. The Surprising History of Copyright and The Promise of a Post-Copyright World by Karl Fogel: https://questioncopyright.org/promise The Internet Archive vs the Authors Guild: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200330/18125844202/publishers-authors-misguided-freakout-over-internet-archives-decision-to-enable-more-digital-book-checkouts-during-pandemic.shtml For 30 Years, I've Tried to Become a Woman. Here's What I Learned Along the Way by Nina Paley: https://quillette.com/2020/06/22/for-30-years-ive-tried-to-become-a-woman-heres-what-i-learned-along-the-way/ Copyright is Brain Damage, a 2015 talk by Nina: https://youtu.be/XO9FKQAxWZc --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/heterodorx/support

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 261. This is my appearance on the Venture Stories Podcast by Village Global, April 6 episode, hosted by Erik Torenberg: A Comparison of Austrian and Keynesian Economics with Noah Smith, Parker Thompson and Stephan Kinsella. It ended up being a bit of a debate with the other guest, Noah Smith of Bloomberg. This was a bit of an interesting episode, as I explain in the informal "bonus" episode KOL262. We ended up discussing/debating a variety of issues, such as: Austrian economics and praxeology, the business cycle, bitcoin, libertarianism, the federal reserve, anarcho-capitalism and related. By the time we started the podcast I had forgotten it was not exactly for an already-libertarian or Austrian audience, and in fact the host seemed at first (off-air) to think I was the Irish economic journalist Stephen Kinsella (see Stephen Kinsella's I am Not), and I had forgotten it was a debate and that Smith would be taking positions opposed to Austrianism and libertarianism. My performance was a bit subpar, but I did the best I could to present Austrian views even though I'm not a professional economist. [I believe this was the show where I derisively referred to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as "Occasional Cortex," as I did also here, to the uncomfortable chuckles of the others, and they excised this from the published episode.] From the show notes: On this episode Erik is joined by Stephan Kinsella (@NSKinsella), libertarian writer and patent attorney, Noah Smith (@Noahpinion), Bloomberg opinion writer, and Parker Thompson (@pt), partner at AngelList. In a spirited debate, the three of them discuss the relative merits of Austrian economics vs. Keynesian economics. They start out by defining the primary schools of economic thought and explaining where each of the guests sits on the spectrum of economic thinking. They talk about the value of empiricism when it comes to economics and whether economic theories can be derived from first principles. They discuss inflation and whether centralized control of the money supply leads to better economic outcomes, as well as how one can determine these things in the messy real world. They also touch on a number of other topics, including whether it would be a good thing to get rid of the FDA and pharmaceutical patents, whether antitrust law is “unethical,” and whether the patent system is a net positive for society. Embedded: Listen to "A Comparison of Austrian and Keynesian Economics with Noah Smith, Parker Thompson and Stephan Kinsella" on Spreaker. Local copy. Related: Milton Friedman, Essays in Positive Economics Karl Fogel, The Surprising History of Copyright and The Promise of a Post-Copyright World (see Youtube) KOL 038 | Debate with Robert Wenzel on Intellectual Property In response to one of Smith's comments about the origin of copyright, see Karl Fogel: "The first copyright law was a 1556 censorship statute in England. It granted the Company of Stationers, a London guild, exclusive rights to own and run printing presses. Company members registered books under their own name, not the author's name, and these registrations could be transferred or sold only to other Company members. In exchange for their government-granted monopoly on the book trade, the Stationers aided the government's censors, by controlling what was printed, and by searching out illegal presses and books — they even had the right to burn unauthorized books and destroy presses. They were, in effect, a private, for-profit information police force." Smith also claimed Robert Lucas and indeed many (most?) economists were for abolition of patents. I would love to see proof of this. Smith also seemed to deny that it's accepted in economics that minimum wage laws cause unemployment or that free trade is generally beneficial. Hunh? Smith seems to think that minimum wage might be justified if it only harms a few people but benefits most,

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 261. This is my appearance on the Venture Stories Podcast by Village Global, April 6 episode, hosted by Erik Torenberg: A Comparison of Austrian and Keynesian Economics with Noah Smith, Parker Thompson and Stephan Kinsella. It ended up being a bit of a debate with the other guest, Noah Smith of Bloomberg. This was a bit of an interesting episode, as I explain in the informal "bonus" episode KOL262. We ended up discussing/debating a variety of issues, such as: Austrian economics and praxeology, the business cycle, bitcoin, libertarianism, the federal reserve, anarcho-capitalism and related. By the time we started the podcast I had forgotten it was not exactly for an already-libertarian or Austrian audience, and in fact the host seemed at first (off-air) to think I was the Irish economic journalist Stephen Kinsella (see Stephen Kinsella’s I am Not), and I had forgotten it was a debate and that Smith would be taking positions opposed to Austrianism and libertarianism. My performance was a bit subpar, but I did the best I could to present Austrian views even though I'm not a professional economist. From the show notes: On this episode Erik is joined by Stephan Kinsella (@NSKinsella), libertarian writer and patent attorney, Noah Smith (@Noahpinion), Bloomberg opinion writer, and Parker Thompson (@pt), partner at AngelList. In a spirited debate, the three of them discuss the relative merits of Austrian economics vs. Keynesian economics. They start out by defining the primary schools of economic thought and explaining where each of the guests sits on the spectrum of economic thinking. They talk about the value of empiricism when it comes to economics and whether economic theories can be derived from first principles. They discuss inflation and whether centralized control of the money supply leads to better economic outcomes, as well as how one can determine these things in the messy real world. They also touch on a number of other topics, including whether it would be a good thing to get rid of the FDA and pharmaceutical patents, whether antitrust law is “unethical,” and whether the patent system is a net positive for society. Embedded: Listen to "A Comparison of Austrian and Keynesian Economics with Noah Smith, Parker Thompson and Stephan Kinsella" on Spreaker. Local copy. Related: Milton Friedman, Essays in Positive Economics Karl Fogel, The Surprising History of Copyright and The Promise of a Post-Copyright World (see Youtube) KOL 038 | Debate with Robert Wenzel on Intellectual Property In response to one of Smith's comments about the origin of copyright, see Karl Fogel: "The first copyright law was a 1556 censorship statute in England. It granted the Company of Stationers, a London guild, exclusive rights to own and run printing presses. Company members registered books under their own name, not the author's name, and these registrations could be transferred or sold only to other Company members. In exchange for their government-granted monopoly on the book trade, the Stationers aided the government's censors, by controlling what was printed, and by searching out illegal presses and books — they even had the right to burn unauthorized books and destroy presses. They were, in effect, a private, for-profit information police force." Smith also claimed Robert Lucas and indeed many (most?) economists were for abolition of patents. I would love to see proof of this. Smith also seemed to deny that it's accepted in economics that minimum wage laws cause unemployment or that free trade is generally beneficial. Hunh? Smith seems to think that minimum wage might be justified if it only harms a few people but benefits most, without seeming to realize that the people that minimum wage laws harm are generally the very people the law purports to help: the least skilled and poor. Robert P. Murphy, The Depression You've Never Heard Of: 1920-1921

In this episode of Libre Lounge, Serge and Chris talk about the Free Culture movement and contrast it with other forms of Free Culture online, including the Remix movement and "Youtube culture".Links:Definition of Free Cultural Works (freedomdefined.org)Karl Fogel's Talk on the History of Copyright (youtube.com)QuestionCopyright.org's Minute Memes (questioncopyright.org)Youtube Copyright Issues (wikipedia)Free Culture Book by Lawrence Lessig (free-culture.cc)Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy (archive.org)RMS on Functional vs Non-Functional Works (gnu.org)RMS on the Ethics of non-Free Non-Functional Works (libervis.com)Defining Non-Commercial (creativecommons.org)The QCO Creator Endorsed Mark (questioncopyright.org)The Liberated Pixel Cup (opengameart.org)

VM "Vicky" Brasseur talks open source and free software. This episode is sponsored by Smartsheet. Show Notes: Book: Forge Your Future with Open Source Patreon: VM (Vicky) Brasseur is creating writings & talks, supporting free & open source software Some free and open source software mentioned in this episode: Linux Firefox Blender Godot Debian Copyleft was mentioned at least once. Paper: Open Source Archetypes (PDF) by James Vasile and Karl Fogel Utility is a concept brought from time to time in EconTalk, one of my favorite podcasts. In this episode, VM discusses Microsoft’s patents. This episode was recorded BEFORE the announcement from Microsoft joining the Open Invention Network. (This is one of the reasons I like to say the date of the recording at the top of every episode). I did not reach out to VM to get any further comment on this event. Redis licensing changes. We had an extended discussion about Redis licensing that I cut just due to time constraints, but definitely reach out to VM if you have questions! Something else that happened since this podcast was recorded: MongoDB made a license change. I think it’s similar to Redis’s change, but I’m not entirely sure. Book: Producing Open Source Software by Karl Fogel OpenSource.ORG and OpenSource.COM VM "Vicky" Brasseur is on Twitter. Want to be on the next episode? You can! All you need is the willingness to talk about something technical. Music is by Joe Ferg, check out more music on JoeFerg.com!

For Episode 7, we interviewed Karl Fogel and James Vasile about the importance of software licenses for scientists. The discussion was inspired from Chapter 9: Legal Matters: Licenses, Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents of Karl's book: Producing Open Source Software - How to Run a Successful Free Software Project. Choosing a license for ones open source project is essential and we discussed why one should ship their scientific open source code with a license. In addition, we talked about the implications of providing a license and the legal aspects of licenses. Another aspect was open source license compatibility for the integration of libraries to an existing project. We also had a discussion in regards to the expectations of academic developers.

Nadia Eghbal and Mikeal Rogers kick off Season 1 of Request For Commits with a two part conversation with Karl Fogel — a software developer who has been active in open source since its inception.

Nadia Eghbal and Mikeal Rogers kick off Season 1 of Request For Commits with a two part conversation with Karl Fogel — a software developer who has been active in open source since its inception.

Nadia Eghbal and Mikeal Rogers kick off Season 1 of Request For Commits with a two part conversation with Karl Fogel — a software developer who has been active in open source since its inception.

Nadia Eghbal and Mikeal Rogers kick off Season 1 of Request For Commits with a two part conversation with Karl Fogel — a software developer who has been active in open source since its inception.

This week, Gunnar talks with Dr. David A. Wheeler and Emily Ratliff about the Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative and their new Badge program. Dr. David A Wheeler Emily Ratliff OpenSSL “Heartbleed“ The Tragedy of the Commons Linux Foundation‘s Jim Zemlin: “Never let a good crisis go to waste” (presumably with apologies to Rahm Emmanuel) Core Infrastructure Initiative Census Project Best Practices Badge Karl Fogel’s Producing Open Source Software

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 097. This is my interview on the Double Crossed radio show with host Chuck Horton. We discussed a variety of intellectual property related issues, some centered on some of my previous speeches and courses, such as “The Intellectual Property Quagmire, or, The Perils of Libertarian Creationism,” Austrian Scholars Conference 2008 and Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics,” (Mises Academy, Mar. 22-April 26, 2011) (discussed on the Mises Blog in Study with Kinsella Online and in Rethinking Intellectual Property: Kinsella's Mises Academy Online Course). See also Karl Fogel on the history of copyright.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 097. This is my interview on the Double Crossed radio show with host Chuck Horton. We discussed a variety of intellectual property related issues, some centered on some of my previous speeches and courses, such as “The Intellectual Property Quagmire, or, The Perils of Libertarian Creationism,” Austrian Scholars Conference 2008 and Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics,” (Mises Academy, Mar. 22-April 26, 2011) (discussed on the Mises Blog in Study with Kinsella Online and in Rethinking Intellectual Property: Kinsella’s Mises Academy Online Course). See also Karl Fogel on the history of copyright.

This week, Dave and Gunnar talk about: NYC Checkbook, passwords, FSF getting silly, open source dying, killing patent trolls with fire, RHEL6 STIGs, Rasberry Pi, and next week’s Red Hat Summit. Subscribe via RSS or iTunes. The mustard shall indicate progress. And oversight from German regulators. NYC Checkbook 2.0 LinkedIn adds two step verification Anatomy of a hack: How crackers ransack passwords like “qeadzcwrsfxv1331” FSF’s insane campaign against regulations.gov Monty thinks open source is dying Patent troll attacks podcasting “The farther over goal they are, the safer I feel.” — Roman Mars of 99% Invisible White House Trollhunt USPTO + StackExchange == Crazy Delicious Gunnar and Luke interview Phase2 about Drupal on FedOSS Defense in Depth Workshop June 26 in Tysons Corner, VA RHEL6 STIG! STIG! Pi and Pigs: Lauren and Dave’s interview with Element 14’s community team Lauren’s summer job: Case Western Reserve University’s think[box] institute for collaboration and innovation Lil’ G-man using Scratch with his makeymakey and Playdoh (action photo) Raspberry Pi puts holes in China’s Great Firewall Raspberry Pi + rocket launcher == one step closer to world domination Pidora is a part of Dave, Lauren, and Dan Walsh’s secret project Red Hat Summit 5K: run with Jim Whitehurst and benefit The One Fund Boston Word of the day: Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz German for “law for the delegation of monitoring beef labelling” Formally dropped, but feel free to use it anyhow, especially when playing Scrabble in German Hear the proper pronounciation here Longest word ever composed in German: Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft German for “Association for Subordinate Officials of the Head Office Management of the Danube Steamboat Electrical Services” The longest word in the Oxford Dictionary of English is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Is the English Language open source? The “Story of English” on PBS Cutting Room Floor We’re the #1 search result for “alliteration and vampires” on Google Colonizing the internet, one keyword at a time! Developer codes VNC-over-GIF tool… in 37 (but growing) lines of code! Atari video game burial site to be excavated We Give Thanks Karl Fogel for writing the Checkbook 2.0 article Eric Sorenson and Lil’G Man for sharing their computer science research Will Cordis for the password cracking article tweet Gunnar’s Dad for the Rasberry Pi The Element 14 Community Team for taking the time to interview Lauren and inspire kids and adults around the world

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 043. This is my appearance on Michael Shanklin's Triple-V: Voluntary Virtues Vodcast with Michael Shanklin (April 25, 2013). We discussed a variety of issues, including: Bitcoin, the police state, legal reform (jury nullification, loser-pays rules), the morality of voting, Rothbard on copyright (for more: see Against Intellectual Property, "Contract vs. Reserved Rights" section, and Rothbard's “High Tech ‘Crime': A Call for Papers” (1983)), the history of patent and copyright (for more: see Karl Fogel's article The Surprising History of Copyright and The Promise of a Post-Copyright World), and other issues. Our previous discussion: KOL 025 | Triple-V: Voluntary Virtues Vodcast, with Michael Shanklin: Intellectual Property, Ron Paul vs RonPaul.Com, Aaron Swartz, Corporatism.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 043. This is my appearance on Michael Shanklin’s Triple-V: Voluntary Virtues Vodcast with Michael Shanklin (April 25, 2013). We discussed a variety of issues, including: Bitcoin, the police state, legal reform (jury nullification, loser-pays rules), the morality of voting, Rothbard on copyright (for more: see Against Intellectual Property, "Contract vs. Reserved Rights" section, and Rothbard’s “High Tech ‘Crime’: A Call for Papers” (1983)), the history of patent and copyright (for more: see Karl Fogel's article The Surprising History of Copyright and The Promise of a Post-Copyright World), and other issues. Our previous discussion: KOL 025 | Triple-V: Voluntary Virtues Vodcast, with Michael Shanklin: Intellectual Property, Ron Paul vs RonPaul.Com, Aaron Swartz, Corporatism.

Dan Lynch (filling in for Karen) and Bradley discuss a few examples where licensing decisions by companies impacts the health of the software development community. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:36) Dan interviewed the CentOS developers on FLOSS Weekly. (00:05:52) Bradley has a blog post that describes RHEL licensing model. His previous blog post to that one, while mostly off-topic here, has a few points of interest. (00:10:36) Dan Lynch mentioned The Smoking Man from the The X Files television series. (00:17:22) Bradley mentioned that Lennart Poettering is a Red Hat employee working on systemd, which is now in Fedora, but not in RHEL yet (as far as we know). (00:18:53) Bradley suggested that developers starting projects read Karsten Wade's The Open Source Way, and Karl Fogel's Producing Open Source Software: How to Run a Successful Free Software Project, and Bradley's blog post about developing in public. (00:22:16) Dan and Bradley briefly discussed copyright abolition. Dan mentioned Stallman's writing on the Pirate Party's copyright positions. Segment 1 (00:32:30) Bradley briefly discussed the

Dan Lynch (filling in for Karen) and Bradley discuss a few examples where licensing decisions by companies impacts the health of the software development community. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:36) Dan interviewed the CentOS developers on FLOSS Weekly. (00:05:52) Bradley has a blog post that describes RHEL licensing model. His previous blog post to that one, while mostly off-topic here, has a few points of interest. (00:10:36) Dan Lynch mentioned The Smoking Man from the The X Files television series. (00:17:22) Bradley mentioned that Lennart Poettering is a Red Hat employee working on systemd, which is now in Fedora, but not in RHEL yet (as far as we know). (00:18:53) Bradley suggested that developers starting projects read Karsten Wade's The Open Source Way, and Karl Fogel's Producing Open Source Software: How to Run a Successful Free Software Project, and Bradley's blog post about developing in public. (00:22:16) Dan and Bradley briefly discussed copyright abolition. Dan mentioned Stallman's writing on the Pirate Party's copyright positions. Segment 1 (00:32:30) Bradley briefly discussed the

Bradley and Karen discuss the new license of their show, multi-platform Free Software projects and conferences Bradley attended this month. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:32) All recordings for the first 0x01 attempt had an annoying audio buzz. (01:18) The Free as in Freedom oggcast is now licensed CC-By-SA 3.0 Unported (03:10) Karl Fogel is Executive Director of Question Copyright. (03:35) Karen mentioned the Free Culture definition. (08:22) Larry Lessig presented to an FSF Members Meeting using Mac. (09:22) Bradley and Karen argued about whether or not OpenOffice.org and/or Firefox run better on non-GNU/Linux systems than on GNU/Linux. (18:00) Bradley and Karen argued about whether or not otherwise proprietary company control of Free Software causes problems by default. (21:10) Segment 1 (27:00) Lara Moy got Ubuntu running on her Mac hardware. (27:30) Bradley attended the jQuery Conference Boston 2010 (28:30) Bradley was at the Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit. (36:26) Send feedback and comments on the cast to . You can keep in touch with Free as in Freedom on our IRC channel, #faif on irc.freenode.net, and by following Conservancy on identi.ca and and Twitter. Free as in Freedom is produced by Dan Lynch of danlynch.org. Theme music written and performed by Mike Tarantino with Charlie Paxson on drums. The content of this audcast, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Bradley and Karen discuss the new license of their show, multi-platform Free Software projects and conferences Bradley attended this month. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:32) All recordings for the first 0x01 attempt had an annoying audio buzz. (01:18) The Free as in Freedom oggcast is now licensed CC-By-SA 3.0 Unported (03:10) Karl Fogel is Executive Director of Question Copyright. (03:35) Karen mentioned the Free Culture definition. (08:22) Larry Lessig presented to an FSF Members Meeting using Mac. (09:22) Bradley and Karen argued about whether or not OpenOffice.org and/or Firefox run better on non-GNU/Linux systems than on GNU/Linux. (18:00) Bradley and Karen argued about whether or not otherwise proprietary company control of Free Software causes problems by default. (21:10) Segment 1 (27:00) Lara Moy got Ubuntu running on her Mac hardware. (27:30) Bradley attended the jQuery Conference Boston 2010 (28:30) Bradley was at the Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit. (36:26) Send feedback and comments on the cast to . You can keep in touch with Free as in Freedom on our IRC channel, #faif on irc.freenode.net, and by following Conservancy on on Twitter and and FaiF on Twitter. Free as in Freedom is produced by Dan Lynch of danlynch.org. Theme music written and performed by Mike Tarantino with Charlie Paxson on drums. The content of this audcast, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Filmmaker Nina Paley and Karl Fogel of QuestionCopyright.org look at how giving away work can benefit its creator. Plus: 20x200, an online gallery that makes art affordable.