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canopic jug [soylentnews.org] writes:

Karen Sandler of the Software Freedom Conservancy delivered a keynote presentation last week at linux.conf.au 2018 in Sidney, Australia. Specifically she spoke about her multi-year odyssey to try gain access to the source code for the pacemaker attached to her heart upon which her life currently depends. Non-free software is having an increased (negative) impact on society as people entrust more of their lives to it. That software is found in an increasing number of places, both high and low, as all kinds of devices start to run fully networked microcomputers.

In her first LCA keynote 6 years ago, Karen first told the people of LCA about her heart condition and the defibrillator that she needed to have implanted. This year she described her continued quest to receive the source code for the software running in her defibrillator, and how far she has been able to get in obtaining the source code that she's been requesting for over a decade now.

Source : Karen Sandler Delivered Keynote at Linux.conf.au [sfconservancy.org]

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