Image: Split screens, in “LoL – Free software, serious business”, Hors-cine.org
The effective documentary “LoL – Free software, a serious affair”, directed by François Zaidi and co-written by Thierry Bayoud and Léa Deneuville, was released in 2019. Its authors released it in November 2022 under a Creative Commons CC by-nc license -sa (distributable but therefore not marketable).
Streamed on PeerTube
It is notably available, in addition to the Hors Ciné site, on PeerTube (which is to YouTube what Mastodon is to Twitter):
And to look for a precise quotation, or for those who prefer to read (at the speed of their choice, the eternal advantage of reading), we can once again thank Marie-Odile Morandi and the group Transcriptions de l’April, to whom on librealire.org, we owe a very useful job of putting in writing, – such as the programs “Libre à vous !” on radio Cause commune, or even several interventions at the Adullact 2022 congress (such as the project for a label for Free education, by Alexis Kauffmann).
Fourteen speakers to read or listen to
Libre à lire thus published the comments of the 14 contributors, booksellers or relatives, of the documentary, namely Emmanuel Raviart, François Pellegrini, Frédéric Couchet, Grégory Bécue, Henri Verdier, Jean-Baptiste Kempf, Laurent Séguin, Magali Garnero, Marie Duponchelle, Pierre Boudes, Pierre-Yves Dillard, Pierre-Yves Gosset, Richard Stallman and Véronique Bonnet.
This 57-minute film, aimed at the general public, is as said here in 2019:
“”LoL – Free Software, a Serious Affair” is a mosaic of interviews with 14 Free Software personalities or those close to them, all in French with the exception of Richard Stallman, interspersed with short extracts from films which punctuate in light, even humorous mode the Free software enthusiasts probably know all or most of the people interviewed in “LoL” (see this description of the documentary on Linuxfr).
From RMS himself, therefore, to Pierre-Yves Gosset (Framasoft), Jean-Baptiste Kempf (VLC), Grégory Bécue (Smile), Henri Verdier (DINSIC during the recording, French ambassador for digital now), Frédéric Couchet (April) and eight others still, there is in this documentary a great concentration of explanations on free software from A to Z (source code, computer, proprietary software, right to interoperability exposed by the lawyer Marie Duponchelle…”
Read also
Free software, a catalyst for responsible projects – April 20, 2022
April is 20 years old, and all its teeth to defend free software – February 12, 2017
Good reading: “Histoires et cultures du Libre”, a reference work – August 1, 2013
Richard Stallman, an authorized biography and a tour – January 13, 2010