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Over the past few years, the Indian government has increasingly been trying to control law and order by shutting access to the Internet, whether in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Manipur or Punjab. Between 2016 and 2022, 60% of Internet shutdowns across the world took place in India.  Should shutdowns be used to maintain public order? Here we discuss the question. Guests: Radhika Jhalani, Counsel with the Software Freedom Law Center in New Delhi; Karnika Seth, Founding Partner of Seth Associates and a cyberlawyer practising at the Supreme Court Host: Aroon Deep Read the parley article here You can now find The Hindu's podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. Search for Parley by The Hindu. Write to us with comments and feedback at socmed4@thehindu.co.in

The infamous Israeli spyware Pegasus has kicked up a storm once again.  Over 300 Indians may have been spied on using this dangerous software that can allow a hacker to gain access to pretty much everything in a person's phone including encrypted messages. This egregious breach of privacy was reported by The Wire in a collaborative investigation conducted along with several other international media houses like The Guardian and The Washington Post that found a leaked database with 50,000 phone numbers from across the world, believed to be linked to persons of interest listed by the clients of the NSO — the Israeli firm that sells the Pegasus Spyware. From the first tranche of reports that came on 18 July, we know that 40 of the 300 verified numbers from India belong to journalists from some of India's top media houses like the Hindustan Times, India Today, Network18, The Hindu, The Indian Express and The Wire.  The spyware is also believed to have been used on numbers belonging to at least nine rights activists, lawyers and academics who have been arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case. The second tranche of reports, that came on 19 July, state that PM Modi's political adversary Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and political strategist Prashant Kishor's numbers were also added to the list. Ironically, even the recently sworn in IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw who is defending the Centre from allegations of spying is on the target list along with MoS Prahlad Patel. Former Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa and India's leading virologist Dr Gagandeep Kang have featured on the list of potential targets as well. While the NSO claims that it only sells the spyware to "vetted governments", the Indian government has dismissed the reports saying that they are not only 'bereft of facts but also founded in pre-conceived conclusions'. But at a time when our smartphones have become a primary device that stores a lot of our personal data, what does the use of the Pegasus spyware on Indian journalists, opposition leader and other citizens say about the state of surveillance? Who is answerable for this grave assault on privacy? Tune in! Producer and Host: Shorbori Purkayastha Guests: Shashi Tharoor, Senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP,  Mishi Chaudhury, Lawyer and the Legal Director and founder of the Software Freedom Law Center, Apar Gupta, Executive Director of the Internet Freedom Foundation. Editor: Shelly Walia Interviews: Anthony Rozario, Mehab Qureshi Music: Big Bang Fuzz Listen to The Big Story podcast on: Apple: https://apple.co/2AYdLIl Saavn: http://bit.ly/2oix78C Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2ntMV7S Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2IyLAUQ Deezer: http://bit.ly/2Vrf5Ng

We're barely into 2021 but already, there have been at least eight internet shutdowns in India. The latest round followed the protest by farmers against three new agriculture laws. India shuts down the internet more than any other country – 106 times in 2019 with Venezuela, an authoritarian regime, a distant second with just 12 such instances. Most shutdowns occur during or after incidents of police brutality and protests, and are often used as a tool to stifle dissent. , counsel at the Software Freedom Law Center, explains the impact of the internet kill switch.Radhika Jhalani

The latest update to Whatsapp's privacy policy has been controversial, to say the least. It's also brought under the microscope the data collected by the apps and websites you use, how it's gathered and what it's used for. The Supreme Court has ruled that privacy is a fundamental right but is your data – gathered by various entities, including the government – truly secure? , volunteer legal counsel with the Delhi-based Software Freedom Law Center, explains how your sensitive data is collected - and often compromised - on virtually a daily basis and what you can do about it.Apurva Singh

Panelists Alyssa Wright | Richard Littauer Guest Richard Fontana Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! Our special guest is Richard Fontana, who is a lawyer for Red Hat, where he focuses on legal matters relating to open source software, though his work has also involved a broader range of intellectual property and transactional issues arising out of all phases of the software development lifecycle. He has specialized in open source law for over 15 years, with over 10 of those years having been at Red Hat, and previously worked at Hewlett-Packard and the Software Freedom Law Center as well as several law firms. For several years he was a board director for the Open Source initiative and chaired its license review committee. We will discuss a blog post Richard recently wrote, Kyle Mitchell’s License Zero, API licenses, and if someone wants to become fluent in open source licenses where can they get information. Also, today, we have Alyssa Wright joining us as a new panelist! [00:01:34] Richard tells us how he became a lawyer at Red Hat and what he does. [00:05:53] Richard mentioned it’s quite uncommon that there are open source specific or lawyers with expertise in open source and he tells us why that is the case. Also, Alyssa asks him if he would advocate for more lawyers in the open source ecosystem, and what can we do as open source practitioners to make legal experts part of the conversation. [00:11:16] Richard recently wrote in a blog post (https://opensource.com/article/20/9/open-source-definition) about looking to get the open source definitions improved or revamped. [00:15:56] Richard tells his thoughts on Kyle Mitchell’s License Zero. [00:19:42] We learn more about API licenses from Richard. [00:23:40] Alyssa returns back to the article Richard wrote and she wants to know what inspired him to write it, to suggest a revision of the definition now and why is it relevant for what’s happening now in open source. [00:29:04] Alyssa asks how someone can become fluent in open source licenses and Richard Littauer mentions choosealicense.com (https://choosealicense.com). [00:31:49] Alyssa asks Richard if there’s anything reminiscent of open source software development that exists in the legal field. [00:35:05] Richard tells us where we can find him and about his stuff on the internet. Also, what he is most excited about going on in the licensing world and the open source legal world. Spotlight [00:38:52] Alyssa’s spotlights are working on the Digital Infrastructure Grant and Quadratic Funding Expirations with Gitcoin. [00:40:17] Richard Littauer’s spotlight is Kevin Mitchell’s website. [00:40:42] Richard Fontana’s spotlight is Youtube-dl. Links Richard Fontana -Twitter (https://twitter.com/richardfontana?lang=en) rfontana@redhat.com (mailto:rfontana@redhat.com) Red Hat (https://www.redhat.com/en) “The GPL cooperation commitment and Red Hat projects”- Red Hat Blog by Richard Fontana (https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/gpl-cooperation-commitment-and-red-hat-projects?source=bloglisting&search=richard+fontana) The License Zero Manifesto- Kyle Mitchell (https://writing.kemitchell.com/2017/09/12/The-License-Zero-Manifesto.html) “Is it time to revise the Open Source Definition?”-by Richard Fontana (https://opensource.com/article/20/9/open-source-definition) “Should API-restricting licenses qualify as open source?”-by Richard Fontana (https://opensource.com/article/20/6/api-copyright) “Why CLAs aren’t good for open source”-by Richard Fontana (https://opensource.com/article/19/2/cla-problems) Choose an open source license (https://choosealicense.com/) Digital Infrastructure Grant (https://www.fordfoundation.org/campaigns/critical-digital-infrastructure-research/) Gitcoin Quadratic Funding (https://github.com/gitcoinco/quadratic-funding) Kevin Mitchell’s website (Projects) (https://projects.kemitchell.com/) Youtube-dl (https://yt-dl.org/about.html) 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 at Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Special Guest: Richard Fontana.

We speak to Prasanth Sugathan of the Software Freedom Law Center in India (SFLC.IN) about how the COVID-19 pandemic is playing out in India, and its impacts on human rights in the digital environment. Resources mentioned in this episode: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1000961/launching-mittr-covid-tracing-tracker/ https://www.accessnow.org/privacy-and-public-health-the-dos-and-donts-for-covid-19-contact-tracing-apps/

This episode welcomes Mishi Choudhary to discuss the state of Digital India. We describe Mishi's path to become founder of the Software Freedom Law Center, India (SFLC.in) -- one of the country's most influential digital rights organizations. Topics discussed include Free Software and the Internet Freedom movement, government and commercial surveillance, the Supreme Court ruling on privacy as a fundamental right, data fiduciaries, the controversial Aadhaar biometric identity system, the role of US, Chinese and local tech corporations, and models for tech rights and development. Mishi Choudhary is Legal Director of the Software Freedom Law Center in New York and the founder of the Software Freedom Law Center, India. Her clients have included Debian, the Apache Software Foundation, and OpenSSL. SFLC.in provides free legal advice and works with lawyers, policy analysts, technologists, and students to promote innovation and open access in the digital age. In 2015, Choudhary became the only lawyer in the world to simultaneously appear on briefs in the US and Indian Supreme Courts in the same term. In 2018, Choudhary launched Mishi Choudhary & Associates LLP, her own law and policy practice operating in Delhi and Bangalore, India.

Mozilla violates users' trust, Amazon has a new Linux, OpenSSH is coming to Windows, and Intel blocks disabling of the Management Engine. Plus an update on the Conservancy's fight with the Software Freedom Law Center and more.

Mozilla violates users' trust, Amazon has a new Linux, OpenSSH is coming to Windows & Intel blocks disabling of the Management Engine. Plus an update on the Conservancy's fight with the Software Freedom Law Center & more.

Mozilla violates users' trust, Amazon has a new Linux, OpenSSH is coming to Windows & Intel blocks disabling of the Management Engine. Plus an update on the Conservancy's fight with the Software Freedom Law Center & more.

Mozilla violates users' trust, Amazon has a new Linux, OpenSSH is coming to Windows, and Intel blocks disabling of the Management Engine. Plus an update on the Conservancy's fight with the Software Freedom Law Center and more.

Mozilla violates users' trust, Amazon has a new Linux, OpenSSH is coming to Windows, and Intel blocks disabling of the Management Engine. Plus an update on the Conservancy's fight with the Software Freedom Law Center and more.

This week on the show, we have an interview with Jamie This episode was brought to you by Headlines BSDCan 2016 List of Talks (http://www.bsdcan.org/2016/list-of-talks.txt) We are all looking forward to BSDCan Make sure you arrive in time for the Goat BoF, the evening of Tuesday June 7th at the Royal Oak, just up the street from the university residence There will also be a ZFS BoF during lunch of one of the conference days, be sure to grab your lunch and bring it to the BoF room Also, don't forget to get signed up for the various DevSummits taking place at BSDCan. *** What does Load Average really mean (https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/ManyLoadAveragesOfUnix) Chris Siebenmann, a sysadmin at the University of Toronto, does some comparison of what “Load Average” means on different unix systems, including Solaris/IllumOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux It seems that no two OSes use the same definition, so comparing load averages is impossible On FreeBSD, where I/O does not affect load average, you can divide the load average by the number of CPU cores to be able to compare across machines with different core counts *** GPL violations related to combining ZFS and Linux (http://sfconservancy.org/blog/2016/feb/25/zfs-and-linux/) As we mentioned in last week's episode, Ubuntu was preparing to release their next version with native ZFS support. + As expected, the Software Freedom Conservancy has issued a statement detailing the legal argument why they believe this is a violation of the GPL license for the Linux kernel. It's a pretty long and complete article, but we wanted to bring you the summary of the whole, and encourage you to read the rest, since it's good to be knowledgeable about the various open-source projects and their license conditions. “We are sympathetic to Canonical's frustration in this desire to easily support more features for their users. However, as set out below, we have concluded that their distribution of zfs.ko violates the GPL. We have written this statement to answer, from the point of view of many key Linux copyright holders, the community questions that we've seen on this matter. Specifically, we provide our detailed analysis of the incompatibility between CDDLv1 and GPLv2 — and its potential impact on the trajectory of free software development — below. However, our conclusion is simple: Conservancy and the Linux copyright holders in the GPL Compliance Project for Linux Developers believe that distribution of ZFS binaries is a GPL violation and infringes Linux's copyright. We are also concerned that it may infringe Oracle's copyrights in ZFS. As such, we again ask Oracle to respect community norms against license proliferation and simply relicense its copyrights in ZFS under a GPLv2-compatible license.” The Software Freedom Law Center's take on the issue (https://softwarefreedom.org/resources/2016/linux-kernel-cddl.html) Linux SCSI subsystem Maintainer, James Bottomley, asks “where is the harm” (http://blog.hansenpartnership.com/are-gplv2-and-cddl-incompatible/) FreeBSD and ZFS (http://freebsdfoundation.blogspot.ca/2016/02/freebsd-and-zfs.html) *** DragonFly i915 reaches Linux 4.2 (https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=DragonFlyBSD-i915-4.2) The port of the Intel i915 DRM/KMS Linux driver to DragonFlyBSD has been updated to match Linux kernel 4.2 Various improvements and better support for new hardware are included One big difference, is that DragonFlyBSD will not require the binary firmware blob that Linux does François Tigeot explains: "starting from Linux 4.2, a separate firmware blob is required to save and restore the state of display engines in some low-power modes. These low-power modes have been forcibly disabled in the DragonFly version of this driver in order to keep it blob-free." Obviously this will have some disadvantage, but as those modes were never available on DragonFlyBSD before, users are not likely to miss them *** Interview - Jamie McParland - mcparlandj@newberg.k12.or.us (mailto:mcparlandj@newberg.k12.or.us) / @nsdjamie (https://twitter.com/nsdjamie) FreeBSD behind the chalkboard *** iXsystems My New IXSystems Mail Server (https://www.reddit.com/r/LinuxActionShow/comments/48c9nt/my_new_ixsystems_mail_server/) News Roundup Installing ELK on FreeBSD, Tutorial Part 1 (https://blog.gufi.org/2016/02/15/elk-first-part/) Are you an ELK user, or interested in becoming one? If so, Gruppo Utenti has a nice blog post / tutorial on how to get started with it on FreeBSD. Maybe you haven't heard of ELK, but its not the ELK in ports, specifically in this case he is referring to “ElasticSearch/Logstash/Kibana” as a stack. Getting started is relatively simply, first we install a few ports/packages: textproc/elasticsearch sysutils/logstash textproc/kibana43 www/nginx After enabling the various services for those (hint: sysrc may be easier), he then takes us through the configuration of ElasticSearch and LogStash. For the most part they are fairly straightforward, but you can always copy and paste his example config files as a template. Follow up to Installing ELK on FreeBSD (https://blog.gufi.org/2016/02/23/elk-second-part/) Jumping directly into the next blog entry, he then takes us through the “K” part of ELK, specifically setting up Kibana, and exposing it via nginx publically. At this point most of the CLI work is finished, and we have a great walkthrough of doing the Kibana configuration via their UI. We are still awaiting the final entry to the series, where the setup of ElastAlert will be detailed, and we will bring that to your attention when it lands. *** From 1989: An Empirical Study of the Reliablity of Unix Utilities (http://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/paradyn/technical_papers/fuzz.pdf) A paper from 1989 on the results of fuzz testing various unix utilities across a range of available unix operating systems Very interesting results, it is interesting to look back at before the start of the modern BSD projects New problems are still being found in utilities using similar testing methodologies, like afl (American Fuzzy lop) *** Google Summer of Code Both FreeBSD (https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/4892834293350400/) and NetBSD (https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/6246531984261120/) Are running 2016 Google Summer of Code projects. Students can start submitting proposals on March 14th. In the meantime, if you have any ideas, please post them to the Summer Of Code Ideas Page (https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas) on the FreeBSD wiki Students can start looking at the list now and try to find mentors to get a jump start on their project. *** High Availablity Sync for ipfw3 in Dragonfly (http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/commits/2016-February/459424.html) Similar to pfsync, this new protocol allows firewall dynamic rules (state) to be synchronized between two firewalls that are working together in HA with CARP Does not yet sync NAT state, it seems libalias will need some modernization first Apparently it will be relatively easy to port to FreeBSD This is one of the only features ipfw lacks when compared to pf *** Beastie Bits FreeBSD 10.3-BETA3 Now Available (https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2016-February/084238.html) LibreSSL isnt affected by the OpenSSL DROWN attack (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20160301141941&mode=expanded) NetBSD machines at the Open Source Conference 2016 in Toyko (http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/02/29/msg000703.html) OpenBSD removes Linux Emulation (https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports-cvs&m=145650279825695&w=2) Time is an illusion - George Neville-Neil (https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2878574) OpenSSH 7.2 Released (http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.2) Feedback/Questions Shane - IPSEC (http://slexy.org/view/s2qCKWWKv0) Darrall - 14TB Zpool (http://slexy.org/view/s20CP3ty5P) Pedja - ZFS setup (http://slexy.org/view/s2qp7K9KBG) ***

Bradley and Karen welcome special co-presenter and guest, Aaron Williamson, to discuss the OpenBSD email regarding purported FBI backdoors. In the main segment, they discuss the amicus brief filed by SFLC (where Aaron and Karen work) in the Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB USA Supreme Court case. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:37) Aaron brought up a message forwarded to the OpenBSD developers list by Theo de Raadt. This story has been covered widely online. (02:50) Aaron mentioned that Glyn Moody wrote a blog post about what issues about “Open Source” security this raises. (04:06) Bradley mentioned the gnuftp/Savannah site crack that occurred in 2003 and its security implications. Those seeking more information on this can read the slashdot coverage, Savannah forum posts, the CERT advisory and even the missing files still on the GNU FTP site. (05:21) Bradley again mentioned Thompson's hack which he loves to mention when security issues come up (06:26). Karen mentioned SFLC's medical devices paper, Killed by Code: Software Transparency in Implantable Medical Devices, which she loves to mention. (08:23) Bradley mentioned the Debian/Ubuntu OpenSSL bug that occurred in mid-2008, which was widely discussed online. (10:18) Bradley mentioned a case in 2000 where the FBI was able to open a mobster's PGP mail merely by getting his passphrase. (12:49) Bradley offers an even-money bet that there are no FBI-inserted bugs in OpenBSD. (13:46) Segment 1 (14:18) The canonical page on Wikipedia for what Karen and Bradley are on FaiF says they are presenters, rather than hosts. (15:06) Aaron and Karen's organization, the Software Freedom Law Center, announced that they filed an amicus brief in the Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB case. (16:30) Despite the beliefs of a Jeopardy! contestant last month, “Maria” is Sonia Sotomayor's middle name. Antonin Scalia's middle name is “Gregory” (17:20) Bradley again reviewed the issues of classical vs. church pronunciations. (19:20) Bradley asked Aaron if what was being sold in this case was equivalent to the Cornballer as introduced on the television show, Arrested Development. (20:30) Bradley mentioned that on FaiF 0x02, they discussed the issue of how higher courts consider issues of law more than the detailed facts of the case. (23:30) RMS's speech, The Danger of Software Patents, is available as a transcript and audio (ogg) (35:22) Aaron mentioned Newegg's brief, which is a reseller. (40:50) Aaron mentioned the SCOTUS blog summary which included links to other amici briefs. (41:01) Bradley referenced Don's staff answer to their boss, Don, in the Kids in the Hall movie, Brain Candy. (45:57) Final (54:16) Aaron, Karen and Bradley are discussing the alternative lyrics to the Stars and Stripes Forever. (54:20) These show notes are Copyright © 2010, Karen Sandler and Bradley M. Kuhn of Free as in Freedom, and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported). 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 welcome special co-presenter and guest, Aaron Williamson, to discuss the OpenBSD email regarding purported FBI backdoors. In the main segment, they discuss the amicus brief filed by SFLC (where Aaron and Karen work) in the Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB USA Supreme Court case. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:37) Aaron brought up a message forwarded to the OpenBSD developers list by Theo de Raadt. This story has been covered widely online. (02:50) Aaron mentioned that Glyn Moody wrote a blog post about what issues about “Open Source” security this raises. (04:06) Bradley mentioned the gnuftp/Savannah site crack that occurred in 2003 and its security implications. Those seeking more information on this can read the slashdot coverage, Savannah forum posts, the CERT advisory and even the missing files still on the GNU FTP site. (05:21) Bradley again mentioned Thompson's hack which he loves to mention when security issues come up (06:26). Karen mentioned SFLC's medical devices paper, Killed by Code: Software Transparency in Implantable Medical Devices, which she loves to mention. (08:23) Bradley mentioned the Debian/Ubuntu OpenSSL bug that occurred in mid-2008, which was widely discussed online. (10:18) Bradley mentioned a case in 2000 where the FBI was able to open a mobster's PGP mail merely by getting his passphrase. (12:49) Bradley offers an even-money bet that there are no FBI-inserted bugs in OpenBSD. (13:46) Segment 1 (14:18) The canonical page on Wikipedia for what Karen and Bradley are on FaiF says they are presenters, rather than hosts. (15:06) Aaron and Karen's organization, the Software Freedom Law Center, announced that they filed an amicus brief in the Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB case. (16:30) Despite the beliefs of a Jeopardy! contestant last month, “Maria” is Sonia Sotomayor's middle name. Antonin Scalia's middle name is “Gregory” (17:20) Bradley again reviewed the issues of classical vs. church pronunciations. (19:20) Bradley asked Aaron if what was being sold in this case was equivalent to the Cornballer as introduced on the television show, Arrested Development. (20:30) Bradley mentioned that on FaiF 0x02, they discussed the issue of how higher courts consider issues of law more than the detailed facts of the case. (23:30) RMS's speech, The Danger of Software Patents, is available as a transcript and audio (ogg) (35:22) Aaron mentioned Newegg's brief, which is a reseller. (40:50) Aaron mentioned the SCOTUS blog summary which included links to other amici briefs. (41:01) Bradley referenced Don's staff answer to their boss, Don, in the Kids in the Hall movie, Brain Candy. (45:57) Final (54:16) Aaron, Karen and Bradley are discussing the alternative lyrics to the Stars and Stripes Forever. (54:20) These show notes are Copyright © 2010, Karen Sandler and Bradley M. Kuhn of Free as in Freedom, and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported). 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).

Bradley and Karen announced that the Software Freedom Law Show is over. Karen and Bradley announced a new show, called Free as in Freedom, that will not be affiliated with any specific organization (although Bradley and Karen keep all their various affiliations themselves. :). Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:28) Bradley mentioned OsamaK is not happy at Bradley and Karen for not having a new oggcast for a month. (00:45) Bradley no long works at the Software Freedom Law Center. He now works full time at the Software Freedom Conservancy. (02:00) Bradley thinks everything related to FLOSS should be called “Software Freedom”. (03:10) Karen and Bradley mention that many people in the software freedom world are involved in multiple organizations. (04:00) Karen is an officer and lawyer to Software Freedom Conservancy. (04:30) Conservancy provides non-profit infrastructure and services. (05:10) Conservancy helps software freedom projects focus on development, and aggregate projects into one place. (06:20) Conservancy will be expanding its service plan now that Bradley is full time. (06:46) Conservancy will try do copyright assignment in a community-focused way, only if the developers want it. Conservancy will also do more GPL enforcement than previously. (07:20) Bradley mentioned that Matthew Garrett has been doing some GPL enforcement, and Bradley thanked him for it publicly. (07:50) Karen thinks we'll see more enforcement over time, by more people. (08:14) Bradley wants to help Conservancy's member projects do more fundraising for initiatives to fund software development activity. (08:40) Bradley mentioned that Matt Mackall is doing Mercurial development funded through Conservancy. (09:20) As of earlier this year, Bradley is a volunteer director of the FSF, and now has additional volunteer work that he needs to do, while Conservancy (his former volunteer work) becomes his day job. (11:09) Bradley mentions that once you start doing something in the software freedom world, it's hard to stop once people start to rely on your work. (12:30) Conservancy handles a lot of “boring” but essential stuff for developers to continue in their project. (14:20) Bradley mentioned that his early volunteer work at FSF was also doing the boring stuff, and indeed a lot of his work has been willing to do the boring stuff (15:30) Karen mentions that no one fights over the work that just needs to get done. (16:30) Bradley discussed the fact that for-profit corporate control of projects is dangerous, and one of the things Conservancy and similar non-profits offers is an opportunity to have a non-profit with the public interest at heart in the center of their community. (17:39) Bradley mentioned the LibreOffice by the Document Foundation (18:03) Karen points out that for-profit and non-profit go hand-in-hand. But, Bradley argues that steward of a FLOSS project should always be an NGO. Karen agrees. (19:00-19:30) Bradley doesn't really believe that there are projects that would “never happen” without a for-profit company starting it. Karen disagrees. The Software Freedom Law Show is over This is the last episode of the Software Freedom Law Show. (21:10) Karen will make sure that the SFLC RSS feeds remain valid. Bradley points out that there are new RSS feeds for both the mp3 version and the ogg version of the new show, Free as in Freedom (21:33, 22:41) The new show is basically just the Karen and Bradley show, now named Free as in Freedom, hosted on faif.us. (23:43) Bradley mentioned that everywhere he's ever worked, he always had root on most of the boxes. He doesn't know what it's like to work somewhere and not have root. (27:50) Karen got in trouble at her first law firm job for installing software on computers. (28:21) Dan Scott sent a gift to Bradley and Karen Soap with 20-Ds in them. 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 announced that the Software Freedom Law Show is over. Karen and Bradley announced a new show, called Free as in Freedom, that will not be affiliated with any specific organization (although Bradley and Karen keep all their various affiliations themselves. :). Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:28) Bradley mentioned OsamaK is not happy at Bradley and Karen for not having a new oggcast for a month. (00:45) Bradley no long works at the Software Freedom Law Center. He now works full time at the Software Freedom Conservancy. (02:00) Bradley thinks everything related to FLOSS should be called “Software Freedom”. (03:10) Karen and Bradley mention that many people in the software freedom world are involved in multiple organizations. (04:00) Karen is an officer and lawyer to Software Freedom Conservancy. (04:30) Conservancy provides non-profit infrastructure and services. (05:10) Conservancy helps software freedom projects focus on development, and aggregate projects into one place. (06:20) Conservancy will be expanding its service plan now that Bradley is full time. (06:46) Conservancy will try do copyright assignment in a community-focused way, only if the developers want it. Conservancy will also do more GPL enforcement than previously. (07:20) Bradley mentioned that Matthew Garrett has been doing some GPL enforcement, and Bradley thanked him for it publicly. (07:50) Karen thinks we'll see more enforcement over time, by more people. (08:14) Bradley wants to help Conservancy's member projects do more fundraising for initiatives to fund software development activity. (08:40) Bradley mentioned that Matt Mackall is doing Mercurial development funded through Conservancy. (09:20) As of earlier this year, Bradley is a volunteer director of the FSF, and now has additional volunteer work that he needs to do, while Conservancy (his former volunteer work) becomes his day job. (11:09) Bradley mentions that once you start doing something in the software freedom world, it's hard to stop once people start to rely on your work. (12:30) Conservancy handles a lot of “boring” but essential stuff for developers to continue in their project. (14:20) Bradley mentioned that his early volunteer work at FSF was also doing the boring stuff, and indeed a lot of his work has been willing to do the boring stuff (15:30) Karen mentions that no one fights over the work that just needs to get done. (16:30) Bradley discussed the fact that for-profit corporate control of projects is dangerous, and one of the things Conservancy and similar non-profits offers is an opportunity to have a non-profit with the public interest at heart in the center of their community. (17:39) Bradley mentioned the LibreOffice by the Document Foundation (18:03) Karen points out that for-profit and non-profit go hand-in-hand. But, Bradley argues that steward of a FLOSS project should always be an NGO. Karen agrees. (19:00-19:30) Bradley doesn't really believe that there are projects that would “never happen” without a for-profit company starting it. Karen disagrees. The Software Freedom Law Show is over This is the last episode of the Software Freedom Law Show. (21:10) Karen will make sure that the SFLC RSS feeds remain valid. Bradley points out that there are new RSS feeds for both the mp3 version and the ogg version of the new show, Free as in Freedom (21:33, 22:41) The new show is basically just the Karen and Bradley show, now named Free as in Freedom, hosted on faif.us. (23:43) Bradley mentioned that everywhere he's ever worked, he always had root on most of the boxes. He doesn't know what it's like to work somewhere and not have root. (27:50) Karen got in trouble at her first law firm job for installing software on computers. (28:21) Dan Scott sent a gift to Bradley and Karen Soap with 20-Ds in them. 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).