Hacking for the CommonsMovie
"Hacking for the Commons", this 87 minute long documentary takes us to meet with those who, from India to the United States via Europe, are experimenting with the emancipation tools of "free software" in order to bring concrete solutions in a multitude of fields in which collective practices known as "open" - thus "non-proprietary" - are spreading : in agriculture, with "free" seeds, in health, with Open Source medicines, or in education, thanks to a free access to knowledge... Resistants of the "Free" software field see it as a philosophical and political issue, as much as a societal choice, while the contributory and emancipatory practices of "Free" software are beginning to spread far beyond the IT field alone, for the benefice of the Commons...
About Hacking for the Commons
Hacking for the Commons is a 2019 documentary movie directed by Philippe Borrel.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 27m, production credits from France, an original language code of FR.
The credited cast includes Richard M. Stallman, Vandana Shiva, Lionel Maurel. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
