Aaron Wolf on Funding Freedom-Respecting Software
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2022-03-31 05:13:52 UTC
- Modified: 2022-03-31 05:13:52 UTC
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Summary: This talk was uploaded 12 hours ago. "Aaron is co-founder of Snowdrift.coop and a long-time free software and free culture activist," the description says. "In his day job as an independent music teacher, he pushes his students to use free/libre tools and release their music under free licenses. This talk is a discussion of the economic distinctions between private goods, club goods, commons, and public goods; and why software freedom struggles to get economically supported."
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