From 90550325679306ebb0f5a67819e761982ca5a188 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Engelbrecht Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:19:47 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] added Bastien Guerry's slides --- Bastien_Guerry/libreplanet2022.org | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Bastien_Guerry/libreplanet2022.org diff --git a/Bastien_Guerry/libreplanet2022.org b/Bastien_Guerry/libreplanet2022.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..14cfc24 --- /dev/null +++ b/Bastien_Guerry/libreplanet2022.org @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +#+title: Notes from my talk « From GNU Emacs to code.gouv.fr » at LibrePlanet 2022 +#+date: March, 19th 2022 +#+author: Bastien Guerry + +See [[https://libreplanet.org/2022/speakers/#5774][the LibrePlanet 2022 page]]. + +* Who am I? + +Bastien Guerry, 44yo, Free Software developer and hacktivist (bzg). + +I am a GNU Emacs user since 1998 and a contributor since ~2006. + +My day job is "head of the Free Software unit" within the French +Inter-Ministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs. + +Our mission is to convince public administrations and agencies to use +more Free Software, to publish their source code under a free software +license and to attract people in the administration who can help reach +these two goals. + +I want to convince you how this job is important for the Free Software +movement in general. + +* As a Free Software hacktivist + +- I first promoted Open Access within my lab +- We started Move Commons with some friends +- I worked for One Laptop Per Child +- I worked for Wikimedia France +- I contributed to ShareLex.org +- I launched jecode.org (now defunct) +- I started FundTheCode.org + +* "From counterculture to cyberculture", Fred Turner (2012) + +There is a myth about the Internet revolution, one of self-organizing +individuals building a free culture. Fundamental rights always evolve +thanks to a cultural change within existing institutions. + +What I concluded: it is important to educate and convince political +parties about free software and to promote a cultural change within +public administrations, because it is the best way to defend software +freedom as a fundamental right. + +* Free software history + +- 1970-1983: Prehistory +- 1983-1991: History +- 1991-1998: Build the system +- 1998-2010: Conquer the market +- 2010-2020: Enter tech giants +- 2020-2030: Enter public administrations + +* Why? + +- Public money, public code +- Administrations are stable institutions +- Administrations serve the "public interest" +- Public sector rules favor diversity + +The technical and legal fights are not enough! + +Let's fight for a cultural change where it matters most. + +* What we do in the Free Software unit + +- [[https://code.gouv.fr][code.gouv.fr]] +- [[https://sill.etalab.gouv.fr][sill.etalab.gouv.fr]] +- [[https://communs.numerique.gouv.fr/bluehats/][The BlueHats movement]] -- 2.25.1