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Karen Sandler is a lawyer
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and Executive Director
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of the Software Freedom Conservancy,
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a non-profit organisation
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devoted to ethical technology
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and free and open source software.
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Karen Sandler is an adjunct lecturer
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at Colombia Law School, where she studied,
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and is a visiting professor
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at the University of California,
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Santa Cruz.
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In addition to her law degree, she holds
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a Bachelor of Science in Engineering
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from the Cooper Union
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for the Advancement of Science and Art.
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Karen Sandler is an American lawyer
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and software expert
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who promotes
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free and open source software.
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That's software whose source code
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is freely available to consult,
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adapt and disseminate.
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If the coronavirus crisis
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made one thing clear,
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it’s that software is fundamental
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to our society.
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We really need it,
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certainly in the past few years.
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That goes even more for medical software,
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which gives people the opportunity
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to lead a normal life,
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even if they have a certain illness
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or condition.
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For example, Karen Sandler's pacemaker.
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If she didn’t have one,
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she’d be at greater risk,
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and she would never have been able
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to do what she's doing now.
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And she's certainly not alone.
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There are others in similar situations.
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She had a pacemaker put in,
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and when she wanted to find out
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if it was safe and secure,
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she also wanted to see its source code.
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Unfortunately, that wasn’t possible,
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which demonstrates the importance
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of free and open source software.
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If the source code for software
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is in the hands of one company,
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then we're all dependent
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on that company's goodwill.
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They can say of their own accord:
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we'll solve this, not that.
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We have the means to do this,
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but not that.
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A company can always go bankrupt,
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the source code then disappears,
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and society can no longer use it.
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That’s what open and free software is all about.
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Anyone can access the source code,
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and everyone can disseminate it.
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And that's what Karen Sandler stands for.
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Karen Sandler also fights discrimination
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in the world of technology
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and pushes for more inclusivity
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through the programme Outreachy,
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amongst other efforts.
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Outreachy organises internships
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for minorities or women,
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to help them get more involved in the world
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of technology and software.
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Karen Sandler inspires us, as students,
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because she is ambitious
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and fights passionately for her cause.
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Her personal story about the pacemaker
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actually serves as a metaphor
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for all the technology and software
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we rely on in modern society.
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Its safety is of major importance.
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It’s essential for software
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to be free and open source,
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so we can check whether it's safe
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and see whether there is
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any room for improvement.
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For all of these reasons, Rector,
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on behalf of the Academic Council,
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we request
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that you grant Karen Sandler
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the KU Leuven honorary doctorate.
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