Computer Club at WMU meeting minutes for February 22nd
Minutes taken by hammer.
Attendance
crosstangent rezenee hammer alu acp gir BMO Fet Kahrl Caligula
WMU Info
Admitted Student Events More coming up One on march 15th
Science olympiad March 16th We do not need to do much
CClub Stuff
Re-Keying Delayed another week
Hackathon space in Kohrman 24 hour hackathon time TBD
Upcomming events Hackathon March 23rd-24th Sebastian has a game theory talk after the break
Free Software
Talk by Reznee
What is a computer it excecutes instructions, thats it
What is a program A set of instructions Binary code & source code you can modify the source computer reads binary
Control to control the computer you must control the programs
What is free Free implies liberty freedom
Free v proprietary if software is free you can control it if its proprietary you cannot
4 levels of freedom
freedom to run
freedom to inspect and modify source
Freedom to share software
freedom to share a modified program
0 and 1 protect individual freedom while 2 and 3 give freedom to distribute
Free != open source
free is owning and controlling and modifing
wheras open source is the argument that opsn source is better since everyone can be modified
non free software corrupts
if you write non free software you control users
inspires people to create malware
Malware
software that hurts other people
Malware is not just makwar
Missing features the only thing open source worries about if free has a bug you can fix it if a software is not free you cannot fix anything
Knowledge the crux of the free software movement the more people know the better they can be
gnu project started by richard stallman in 1984 wanted to make a free operating system
gnu inux Gnu needed a kernal and linux was that kernal
Not just the OK its everything that it runs on as well the internet is also a problem
Intel managment engine its a chip in your CPU can read all memory, access network more privleged than any software its not free
Kibreboot used to free boot firware/ IME its a distro of coreboot
Practical considerations install gnu linux slowely replace non free servies You will have to have some sacrafices Be an advocate for the free software movement
