In a wide-ranging interview, the founder of the Free Software Movement discusses GNU, Linux, the open-source split, large language models, SaaSS, digital surveillance, and why software freedom remains a moral issue.
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The co-founder of the open-source company Nextcloud reminds us that the free software philosophy that's the foundation of open source is much more than a software development model.<
In this, the first of a two part interview, the Free Software Foundation's executive director Zoë Kooyman talks about changes at FSF since Richard Stallman stepped down as president about six years ago, the difference between "free software" and "open source," and the issues that AI brings to the table for freedom-loving tech users.
In typical LibrePlanet fashion, even though forced online for the third year in a row by the pandemic, it remained true to its commitment to software freedom by streaming the event using only free and open source software.