Ben Sturmfels
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The directory nesting is unnecessary here and confusing to navigate. I've moved all apps to the project subdirectory, currently called "www", but soon to be renamed "conservancy". I've also moved manage.py to the top-level directory.
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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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