tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post1696456952383530380..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Why Free Software is a Matter of Life and DeathGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-81205151528318651932010-08-02T06:55:08.813+00:002010-08-02T06:55:08.813+00:00@saul: thanks for the link.@saul: thanks for the link.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-48477867947079706362010-08-02T06:24:31.614+00:002010-08-02T06:24:31.614+00:00The Software Freedom Law Show has posted a recordi...The Software Freedom Law Show has posted a recording of Professor Moglen's <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/podcast/2010/jul/20/episode-0x2c-eben-software-liability/" rel="nofollow">talk in Edinburgh</a> of June 30th (presumably this is the talk to which Laurence referred).saulgoodenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-27444229300091399852010-07-23T11:58:02.043+00:002010-07-23T11:58:02.043+00:00@Laurence: thanks - I'm sure Eben said it all ...@Laurence: thanks - I'm sure Eben said it all much more logically and eloquently than I did here...what a speaker.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-37830679251381166672010-07-23T11:55:56.875+00:002010-07-23T11:55:56.875+00:00I attended a talk at Edinburgh Law School (my own ...I attended a talk at Edinburgh Law School (my own <i>alma mater</i>) last month at which Professor Moglen explained some of these ideas, and it was very thought-provoking, not just for medical equipment (which, bizarrely, cannot be powered by free/open source software in the EU, seemingly due to fears that people could 'hack' ECG machines if they got their hands on the code that runs them) but also for crucial equipment such as flight black box recorders and the ECUs in cars. Moglen cited the recent controversy of Toyota's sticking accelerators as an example of where Linus' Law might have avoided such troubles.<br /><br />Very interesting stuff, and a further significant argument - with the potential to be the most important argument - in favour of software freedom.Laurencehttp://www.plastikwrap.co.uknoreply@blogger.com