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Talk - Eben Moglen - Free and Open Software: Paradigm for a New Intellectual Commons

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What it is

Eben Moglen of the Software Freedom Conservancy speaks at the 2009 Law of the Commons Conference about free and open software as a model for a new intellectual commons. The talk covers the legal and social case for sharing knowledge.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a worthwhile, full-length statement of the free software philosophy, especially around the zero marginal cost of knowledge.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I promise every second is worth watching.”

    Moglen on free software and zero marginal cost of knowledge.

    clicks, 2013-02 · Strong recommendation · in “The Elsevier boycott one year on”

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Topics: eben moglen, free software, intellectual commons, software freedom, copyright

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