What is Free Software (Open Source)? Software Freedom explained in less than 3 minutes!

Four Freedoms explained in under 3 minutes. Free Software guarantees you the essential four freedoms to use, study, share, and improve the software. These rights, that define software freedom, help support other fundamental freedoms like freedom of speech, press, and privacy.

We explain in less then 3 minutes why this is good and what it means.

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[AntoineViallonDevelloper]

Thank you for making it so simple. I'll share it with my family.

[MrRolloTamasi]

great video! Free is so much more than just zero cost.

[ClaudioClemens]

Really nice explanation! Stressing the rights is great.

[davidfdzp]

I would have said that the fourth freedom is to modify the software. Improving it is what you try to do by modifying it, but sometimes the result is a disaster, he, he, although someone can come and fix it fast.

[androidtester]

Das Video ist gut, aber wie Sytoka Modon schon sagte, erst mit den verschiedenen EU-Hauptsprachen kann man die Masse erreichen.

[sytokamodon]

In the EU, almost nobody speaks native English (the Irish). If you want to broadcast in the EU, you have to make videos in the main EU languages.

[RobertAbraham]

99% of open source software starts as a (professional) hobby project by its original creator regardless the interest in the software because this is the best way to learn new technologies. Then, as the interest grows, the developer starts taking the project more seriously providing better upgrade process and making the software more secure. Usually it is done beside a normal full-time job and there is not necessarily income from it but it still consumes a huge amount of time of its developer as people start expecting updates and tech support so it can easily become an unwanted burden for some people.
I prefer open source software upon proprietary software but proprietary software is still way more user-friendly than most open source software due to its better financial basis as the licensor is able to hire other developers to help improving the software and it becomes their full-time job to make the software widely usable instead of a few geeks so - unfortunately - I cannot get completely rid of proprietary software. For instance: developing applications on Windows and starting the development/test environment with a few clicks instead of using dozens of commands or using WinSCP+PuTTY to login the server is still more effective than using SSH or Midnight Commander on Linux. I can work at least 2 times faster.
It's not open source to blame though, their developers really do everything they can to make it as effective as possible - it's the low financial and/or community support. I've seen impressive open source software projects to start and I've seen them die - due poor financial and community support.

[alatto]

Free Software and Open Source are not the same thing

[awuuwa]

I would appreciate if you removed "open source" from the title of this video. There is no reason to bend the knee to it, mentioning it won't help with viewers finding this video or with promoting the cause. The promotion of "open source" only serves to weaken the ideological standing of the movement. Instead I would recommend replacing it with (Libre Software) instead since that is actually relevant and is far more appropriate.