Free As In Freedom

Karen interviews Stefano Zacchiroli, who is the current Debian Project Leader. Karen and Bradley discuss their thoughts on that interview. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:36) Karen interviewed Stefano Zacchiroli, who is the current Debian Project Leader. (02:59) Segment 1 (03:58) Stefano was inspired by a professor at his university to get involved with Free Software, because you can study the sources. (04:50) DPL reelection is in April each year. (08:40) Stefano discovered that some Debian derivatives weren't distributing source packages. He's helped them get into compliance, although Stefano hesitates to call it enforcement. (12:40) Stefano mentioned that many Debian contributors begin contributing upstream to Debian after contributing to derivatives of Debian first. (15:20) Stefano thinks the adoption of Free Software on the desktop is shrinking, and many users are using proprietary software “cloud” se