Bastien Guerry, 44yo, Free Software developer and hacktivist (bzg).

I am a GNU Emacs user since 1998 and a contributor since ~2006.

My day job is "head of the Free Software unit" within the French Inter-Ministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs.

Our mission is to convince public administrations and agencies to use more Free Software, to publish their source code under a free software license and to attract people in the administration who can help reach these two goals.

I want to convince you how this job is important for the Free Software movement in general.

• I first promoted Open Access within my lab
• We started Move Commons with some friends
• I worked for One Laptop Per Child
• I worked for Wikimedia France
• I contributed to ShareLex.org
• I launched jecode.org (now defunct)
• I started FundTheCode.org

There is a myth about the Internet revolution, one of self-organizing individuals building a free culture. Fundamental rights always evolve thanks to a cultural change within existing institutions.

What I concluded: it is important to educate and convince political parties about free software and to promote a cultural change within public administrations, because it is the best way to defend software freedom as a fundamental right.

• 1970-1983: Prehistory
• 1983-1991: History
• 1991-1998: Build the system
• 1998-2010: Conquer the market
• 2010-2020: Enter tech giants
• 2020-2030: Enter public administrations

• Public money, public code
• Administrations are stable institutions
• Administrations serve the "public interest"
• Public sector rules favor diversity

The technical and legal fights are not enough!

Let's fight for a cultural change where it matters most.

• code.gouv.fr
• sill.etalab.gouv.fr
• The BlueHats movement