<p>This is the first of our highlights of last Summer's unconference, <a href="https://oggcamp.org/" target="_blank" >OGG Camp eleven</a>, held at Farnham Maltings in the South of England.</p>

<p>Introducing Simon Phipps, who presented the opening session of the unconference to a packed main hall, on Software Freedom.</p>

<p>A computer industry veteran, Simon Phipps came on with an actual box of hats which he proceeded the change at speed, reminding me of Tommy Cooper in his heyday.</p>

<p>Simon has come up through hands-on roles as field engineer, programmer and systems analyst, run a software publishing company, worked with OSI standards in the eighties, on the first commercial collaborative conferencing software in the nineties, and helped introduce both Java and XML at IBM.</p>

<p>A founding Director of the Open Mobile Alliance, Simon is Chief Strategy Officer at independent software company ForgeRock and Director of the Open Source Initiative. Find his essays at <a href="https://webmink.com/" target="_blank" >webmink.com.</a></p>

<p>Simon Phipps’ presentation on software freedom. Here’s a shortened version of the presentation which ran to 35 minutes in its entirety.</p>

<p>OGG Camp is a joint venture organised by those lovely podcasters the <a href="https://linuxoutlaws.com/" target="_blank" >Linux Outlaws</a> and the <a href="https://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/" target="_blank" >Ubuntu UK Podcast</a>.</p>

<p>We've more highlights of OGG Camp coming up on the Full Circle Podcast very soon, including Karen Sandler and the Ogg Camp Panel discussion.</p>

<p>The Full Circle Podcast is the companion to Full Circle Magazine, the Independent Magazine for the Ubuntu Community. Find us at <a href="www.fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast" target="_blank">www.fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Your Hosts:</strong></p>

<ul>
<li><strong>Robin Catling</strong> (blog at <a target="_blank" href="https://catlingmindswipe.blogspot.com/">https://catlingmindswipe.blogspot.com/</a>, @robincatling on Twitter)</li>
<li><strong>Ed Hewitt</strong> (blog at <a href="https://www.edhewitt.co.uk/">https://www.edhewitt.co.uk/</a>, @edhewitt on Twitter)</li>
<li><strong>Dave Wilkins</strong> (…had to go cook the dinner. @davidawilkins on Twitter)</li>
</ul>

<p><em>Additional audio by Victoria Pritchard</em></p>

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