Draw me an open model, please – interview with Sophie Gautier & Laurent Séguin

Draw me an open model, please – interview with Sophie Gautier & Laurent Séguin

This article is an excerpt of the book Open models published in French in 2014 and translated in 2016. For this interview, Bastien GUERRY role-played The Little Prince*. In the role of Saint-Exupéry: Sophie GAUTIER (The Document Foundation, who is behind Libre Office) and Laurent SÉGUIN (Association of French-Speaking Free Software Users). Draw me a […]

“Free software is an irrepressible urge to transmit and share knowledge” – Interview with Jean-Paul Smets (Nexedi)

“Free software is an irrepressible urge to transmit and share knowledge” – Interview with Jean-Paul Smets (Nexedi)

This article is an excerpt of the book Open models published in French in 2014 and translated in 2016. Jean-Paul Smets, CEO of Nexedi, publisher of the free software ERP5, generates 90% of his business from export. Fifteen years ago, he co-authored a book whose title speaks for itself: « LOGICIELS LIBRES. Liberté, égalité, business […]