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diff --git a/writeup/writeup.tex b/writeup/writeup.tex index e021ad4..977db8f 100644 --- a/writeup/writeup.tex +++ b/writeup/writeup.tex @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ science, and as such it makes sense to provide a brief overview for those who do is publicly available. This too will be covered further in the next section. \item[FOSS] An acronym for \textit{"\textbf{F}ree and \textbf{O}pen \textbf{S}ource \textbf{S}oftware".} - \item[IDE] \textit{An \textbf{I}ntegrated \textbf{D}evelopment \textbf{E}nvironment}, is a tool used by developers + \item[IDE] An \textit{\textbf{I}ntegrated \textbf{D}evelopment \textbf{E}nvironment}, is a tool used by developers to write code, it can be thought of as a text editor like Word or Docs, but instead of spell checking, it instead has syntax checking. \end{description} @@ -309,10 +309,10 @@ or another. against mass surveillance. What is interesting about him as an individual is that he worked for the NSA and CIA and says that the mass surveillance was known and common\cite{EDWARDsnowden}. \item[Lawrence Lessig: ] - He is known for pushing digital privacy and free software. He cares for privacy for the sake of it, not because he has - things to hide like Edward Snowden, or because he is in a politically restrictive state. He has appeared in/worked on - films, books and other media trying to push for free digital speech and free digital use. He believes digital privacy - is one of many steps needed to achieve this\cite{LESSIG}. + He is known for pushing digital privacy and free software, creating the creative commons. He cares for privacy for the sake + of it, not because he has things to hide like Edward Snowden, or because he is in a politically restrictive state. He has + appeared in/worked on films, books and other media trying to push for free digital speech and free digital use. He believes + digital privacy is one of many steps needed to achieve this\cite{LESSIG}. \end{description} \subsection{What free software do they use?} While many tools come to mind when thinking of privacy, the most prominent ones have to be Tor and Linux. @@ -341,6 +341,9 @@ less restricted in what they can do; non-free tools are limited by corporate law as restricting what individuals make and share, would end up making many things in common life illegal. Its under these rules that tools such as Tor can exist. \section{Where else is Free Software used and why?} +Free Software is used in many places, it is versatile, and easy to modify, which is ideal for most corporate situations or public +services. For example Free Software is in libraries to allow for easy management of books and databases. + \section{What's next for the Free Software space?} \section{Final thoughts} |