Open Source

Broadcast Wednesday 11 April 2007 21:00-21:30 (BBC Radio 4 FM)

Interviews with RMS, Jimmy Wales and the Co-ordinator of Digital Policy, Ministry of Culture in Brazil.

Paul Bennun finds out how Free and Open Source software is making its impact felt across the world, fuelling development and saving businesses millions of pounds. Produced by a global network of software enthusiasts and freely given away, community created computer programs can compete with big business. Their creators are driven by an ideology as much as price, challenging traditional intellectual property rights and placing power in the hands of the public rather than private corporations.

BBC Listen Again service available for 7 days from 11/04/07 at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/z9ksy