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201955 minPG-13documentary

Hackers for Freedom

201955 minPG-13documentary

Activists and industry leaders advocate for free software in various sectors, including technology, automotive, and agriculture, challenging proprietary systems.

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Philippe Borrel

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Activists and industry leaders advocate for free software in various sectors, including technology, automotive, and agriculture, challenging proprietary systems.

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Philippe Borreldirector

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A fascinating investigation to meet activists and industrials who struggle to defend the free code, not only in the computer business, but every industry such as automobiles or agriculture. The film is like the logbook of an immersion trip to meet anonymous or public figures from the still marginal world of free software and its ever dominant "proprietary" counter-shoot.

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