Lunch with Lessig #shorts
Channel: Jim Grisanzio
Date: 22/01/2024

Here’s Lawrence Lessig of Creative Commons at the Open Source Business Conference 2006 in San Francisco. We were there for OpenSolaris. I remember eating lunch on the floor at the back of the keynote room with another attendee when Larry walked up and asked if he could join us. Wow. I assumed the other guy knew him but, no he didn’t. Anyway, we said, sure, and Lessig then sat down right there on the floor to eat with us. Amazing. The conversation was a mix of FOSS issues and bits of life. I’ll never forget it. How many famous professors, lawyers, and global keynote speakers do that? I’ve never seen it before or since (and I specifically look for such things). Then he went up and delivered an awesome keynote. Back then I only had a crap camera so this is all I got.

#foss #opensource #creativecommons #lessig #shorts