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How do people acquire beginning competence at using new technology? The legendary Funnel of Nurnberg was said to make people wise very quickly when the right knowledge was poured in; it is an approach that designers continue to apply in trying to make instruction more efficient. This book describes a quite different instructional paradigm that uses what learners do spontaneously to find meaning in the activities of learning. It presents the

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Stallman is known internationally as the creator of the GNU operating system and cofounder of the Free Software Foundation. In this collection, he provides an accessible guide to the philosophy that inspired his cause. Stallman also takes a critical look at how businesses abuse copyright law and patents as they apply to computer software applications. He explains how these actions damage our society and encroach on our freedoms. Part 1, “The GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation,” offers a historical perspective, as well as an introduction, to the philosophy of free software (i.e., free as in “free speech, not free beer”). Part 2, “Copyrights, Copylefts and Patents,” explores the legal aspects of free software, laying out the mission of the free software movement and discussing its long-term goals. Part 3, “Creating a Free Society,” focuses on the importance of free software in our society and presents helpful examples. Part 4 comprises licenses that developers will find useful in making the programs they create accessible to the widest possible audience, as free software that can be redistributed and changed legally under the terms presented. The text gives more insight into Stallman’s thought processes than does Sam Williams’s biography, Free As in Freedom, a complementary work that relies more on interviews with Stallman and his associates. This important collection by a software visionary is recommended for larger public and academic libraries. Joe J. Accardi, Harper Coll. Lib., Palatine, ILCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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“…this collection presents some of his fervent thoughts about the intersection of ethics, copyright law and computer science.” — Harvard Magazine, Sept-Oct 2002…this collection presents some of his fervent thoughts about the intersection of ethics, copyright law and computer science. — Harvard Magazine, Sept-Oct 2002

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Hardcover: 224 pages

Publisher: Free Software Foundation (October 2002)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1882114981
ISBN-13: 978-1882114986

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9.1 x 6.9 x 0.8 inches

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