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  • Two Bits at Northeastern

    I just managed to cross the river from my current abode to give a talk at Northeastern, courtesy of the Consortium on Technology and Society.
    A small but very enthusiastic crowd received the talk very well, with great questions. One thing the book doesn’t address upfront, but which is perpetually the most obvious question is [...]

  • Two Bits at CRCS

    I gave a talk in November at the Harvard Center for Research on Computation and Society. They’ve archived the video, which isn’t superb quality, but it means you can’t see my face clearly, which is probably a good thing.

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    In Two Bits, Christopher M. Kelty investigates the history and cultural significance of Free Software, revealing the people and practices that have transformed not only software, but also music, film, science, and education.
    Free Software is a set of practices devoted to the collaborative creation of software source code that is made openly and freely available [...]

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