A presentation focused on how Free Software, Open Source and the Internet relate to our past, present and future. These slides were used for a brief tour of Norwegian Universities and Høgschoolen.

1. T H E · A G E · O F
LITERATE
MACHINES

3. Free Software?

4. Free Software

7. Free Software

9. 1. Run
2. Study
3. Modify
4. Share

10. Open Source
=
Free Software

11. Open Source
Isn't a Bad Term

12. Why Does
Free Software
Matter?

15. Largest Computing
Project in History

16. $

19. Vision?

20. Free Software
is a response

22. ~ 50 000
years ago

28. Source Code
to Society

34. Burning Scrolls &
Burying Confucians

37. Language is The
Great Tool

38. Towards
Free Speech

39. The Word
was at God

45. The Knowledge
Within the Medium

46. Freedom Spreads

49. Burning Scrolls &
Burying Confucians

51. Worshipful
Company of
Stationers and
Newspaper Makers

52. Stationers Company
Monopoly (1556 - 1695)
Copyright vested in the printer.
Power to seize offending books and to
bring the offending author before the
authorities.

53. Statute of Anne
Copyright that vests in the author - 14
years for new works and 21 years for
existing work. Required submission of
multiple copies to state libraries.
53

54. A Blossoming
of Freedoms

57. Constitution of Norway
Article 100: There shall be
freedom of expression. ...
57

58. State-subsidized
Free Speech

59. Free Speech in the
Electro-Mechanical
Revolution

60. 1438 Printing 1/1000¢

61. 1609 Newspaper 1/10 000¢

62. 1838 Telegraph 10¢

63. 1848 Telephone 1/100¢

64. 1877 Phonograph 1/10¢

65. 1896 Radio 1/1 000 000¢

66. 1898 Magnetic Recording 1/10¢

67. 1927 Television $1/100 000

68. Radio
TV
Newspaper
Other Print Media

69. Worshipful
Company of
Television and
Radio Broadcasters

70. Literate
Machines

80. http://revolution

81. The Great
Obsoleter

85. Justice
Algorithms

86. Free as in Freedom

87. Balanced
Freedoms
smodeerF
decnalaB

88. Build Freedom
for the Future

89. The Mozilla
Manifesto
http://mozilla.org/about/mozilla-manifesto.html

90. Robo Habilis

91. Zak Greant
http://zak.greant.com
zak@greant.com

92. From http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Promote_MDC

93. Public Domain
Dedication