Practical software freedom with GNU Guix

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A talk introducing the four software freedoms, their importance and limitations, and how GNU Guix enables verification, modification, and sharing of software to ensure user freedom.

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# Practical software freedom with GNU Guix Source: [https://media.ccc.de/v/tdf5-136-practical-software-freedom-with-gnu-guix](https://media.ccc.de/v/tdf5-136-practical-software-freedom-with-gnu-guix) 1. [browse](https://media.ccc.de/b) 2. [conferences](https://media.ccc.de/b/conferences) 3. [tdf](https://media.ccc.de/b/conferences/tdf) 4. [2026](https://media.ccc.de/b/conferences/tdf/2026) 5. event [Noé Lopez](https://media.ccc.de/search?p=No%C3%A9+Lopez) [ENUM](https://media.ccc.de/c/tdf2026/ENUM)[Hardware and Code](https://media.ccc.de/c/tdf2026/Hardware%20and%20Code)Playlists:['tdf2026' videos starting here](https://media.ccc.de/v/tdf5-136-practical-software-freedom-with-gnu-guix/playlist)/[audio](https://media.ccc.de/v/tdf5-136-practical-software-freedom-with-gnu-guix/audio)This talk will introduce to the four software freedoms that govern free software, why they are important, and their practical limitations\. You will learn how the GNU Guix package manager enables you to verify, change and share the software that you depend on to ensure your everlasting freedom\. Licensed to the public under https://creativecommons\.org/licenses/by/4\.0/ ### Download #### Audio ### Tags

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