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2ØY · Freedom Technologies

Freedom
Technologies

From the free software movement to the open tools you can use — and own — today.
Dr. Ibai Basabe
20y.org

How much of your life runs on software you can’t see, change, or leave?

Your money, your messages, your photos, your work — most of it lives on systems someone else owns and controls.

It started with a printer.

A jammed printer. A fix that needed the source code. The maker refused to share it. That small wall of “no” sparked the free software movement.

Four freedoms

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Freedom 0
Run
Use it for any purpose, no permission needed.
1
Freedom 1
Study
Open the hood and see how it works.
2
Freedom 2
Share
Copy it and pass it on to others.
3
Freedom 3
Improve
Change it and share your version.

Free as in freedom — not free as in beer.

You already use it.

🌏
The internet
Most servers run Linux.
📱
Your phone
Android is built on open source.
📚
Knowledge
Wikipedia, open and free.
🔒
Your security
The encryption guarding your data.

Open source isn’t the alternative. It’s the foundation.

Built by many.
Owned by few.

Open source had no way to pay its builders. Volunteers gave the code away — and the closed platforms on top captured the value.

Now you can own a piece.

Donate & hope
Invest & own

Crypto and tokens let open networks fund themselves — and let anyone hold a stake, not just give money away.

A stack you control.

Money
Bitcoin
Save and pay without a bank.
🔒
Comms
Encrypted
Talk without being watched.
🧠
Intelligence
Local AI
Think with models you run.
🖥
Infrastructure
Self-host
Your own servers, your rules.

All open. All things you can run — and invest in — yourself.

Who holds the keys?

Closed
You rent access
They hold the keys. They change the rules. They can shut you off.
DependentRevocable
vs
Open
You own your copy
You hold the keys. You set the rules. No one can lock you out.
SovereignYours

This is for you.

Freedom tech isn’t only for hackers. The on-ramps already exist — and they get easier every year.

One small step.

1Pick one open tool this week
2Use it for real — message, pay, or run a model
3Own a little of what you use
Thank you.
Now it’s
your move.
@IbaiBasabe
ibai@20y.org
20y.org
Freedom isn’t given. It’s run, line by line.