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Computers
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I've loved them since I've been able to
afford to have my own
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back in the beginning of the modern computer era,
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the 1980s.
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And I've owned a large number of different kinds of computer
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and I've expressed, publicly, loyalty to this kind or that kind.
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But recently my mind has turned, as many people's have,
to this whole business of Free Software.
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There is a lot of confusion about what this means
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and I'd like to help clear it up
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because this happens to be a year of celebration,
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and I want to help us all celebrate it
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and to look forward to the future of Free Software.
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If you have
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plumbing in your house
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it may be that you don't understand it,
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but you may have a friend that does
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and they may suggest you move a pipe here, a stopcock there,
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or a valve somewhere else.
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And you're not breaking the law by doing that, are you?
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Because it's your house and you own the plumbing.
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You can't do that with your computer.
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You can't actually fiddle with your operating system,
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and you certainly can't share any ideas you have about
your operating system with other people
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because Apple and Microsoft, who run the two most popular operating systems
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are very firm about that fact that they own that
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and no one else can have anything to do with it.
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Now this may seem natural to you:
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"Why shouldn't they?"
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But actually, Why can't you do what you like?
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And why can't the community alter, improve, and share?
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That's how science works, after all...
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All knowledge is free,
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and all knowledge is shared in good science.
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If it isn't -- it's bad science
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and it's a kind of tyranny.
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And this is, really, where it all started
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A man called Richard Stallman
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decided 25 years ago, almost to this very day, to
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write a whole new operating system from the ground up.
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He called this system GNU which stands for "GNU is Not Unix"
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because it isn't Unix,
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it is similar to Unix in many ways,
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but every element of it, every module, every little section of the code
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(and it's a gigantic code because it's to run on many platforms)
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is run by the community, run by coders "out there"
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who are welcomed in to the GNU community, to help improve the software.
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Every "distro", as they are called, every distribution of GNU
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is tested, worked upon, and refined
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by people whose only interest is creating the perfect operating system
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that can be used across the spectrum of platforms and by as many users as possible.
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Now, there came a time when the kernel, which
is the central part of an operating system,
needed to be written.
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And a man called Linus Torvalds, of whom you may have heard,
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wrote the kernel and it was named after his name,
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Linux (line-ucks)
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or Linux (Lin-ucks) as some people pronounce it.
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And Linux is the kernel that runs within GNU
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and I'm here
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simply to remind you that GNU and Linux are the twin pillars
of the Free Software community,
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people who believe, and this is the important part,
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that software should be Free,
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that the community of users should be allowed to adapt it,
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adopt it, change it, to improve it, and to spread those improvements around,
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like science.
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That's basically what it is saying.
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In the same way that good scientists share everything
and all knowledge is open and free
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so it should be with an operating system.
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So, if you're a supporter of GNU,
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if you're a support of Linux, and the Free Software Foundation,
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you are probably wondering "Well what can I do?"
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The most obvious thing you can do is use a GNU/Linux operating system
on your own computer.
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It's much easier than you might think.
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Go to the website "gnu.org" and see if you can find an operating system
that suits you.
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Probably, if you like a good graphical user-interface,
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something like g-New-Sense, gNewSense
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You'll see it there on gnu.org.
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Or, if you're a really smart cookie,
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you might want to do your own coding.
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You might want to contribute to the sum of knowledge
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that makes GNU and Linux what they are.
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Either way,
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I hope you will join me
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in wishing GNU a very happy twenty-fifth birthday.
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Lets do that now, actually...
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Happy birthday, GNU!
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Twenty-five years old.
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The operating system of the future.
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Freedom!
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Chocolaty good.
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The tastiest operating system in the world...
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and it's all free.
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Captions: Gregory Maxwell