Contents

• List of Figures
• Introduction
  • The software development process
  • The free software movement
  • Our philosophy
  
  
• The Subscriber Services industry
  • The industry today
  • Domination of the proprietary model
  • The problem: Governance by commercial interests
  • The solution: Free software presence in the services domain
  
  
• The Libre Services model
  • Technological context
  • Benefits to society
  • Benefits to service providers
  • Our goal: Creation of the Libre Services industry
  • The need for a movement
  • The time is now
  
  
• Libre Services: From concept to reality
  • Transformation of software into services
  • Freedom in principle vs. freedom in practice
  • Local software vs. network service
  
  
• Separation of responsibility: FPF and Neda
  • Areas of responsibility
  • Complementary roles of FPF and Neda
  • Conflict of interest
  
  
• Libre Services: Bootstrapping an industry
  • A project-based model for participation
  • Deployment and delivery
  • An invitation to participate
  
  
• Starting point for bootstrapping
  • Engineering development
  • Deployment and delivery
  
  
• Bibliography