Dr. William Liggett on Baby Steps to (Software) Freedom
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2022-03-31 15:13:17 UTC
- Modified: 2022-03-31 15:13:17 UTC
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Summary: This talk was uploaded two days ago. "William is a software engineer, Assistant Professor, & ethical hacker. He has also obtained many "cool points" for getting more people to care about and use free software! This talk is about a simple strategy to teachers others about free software, without the need for lengthy explanations of freedom vs. proprietary comparisons."
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CC BY SA 4.0
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