Sometimes we think software freedom just applies to programmers, but its creative impact can be much broader. This animated video is pretty clever:
While it’s called “Stop-Motion Excel”, if you look closely at the screen you’ll see it’s actually made with open source software:
Yes, the spreadsheet they used isn’t Excel at all – it’s OpenOffice.org, the predecessor to LibreOffice (and of course Apache OpenOffice and other branches of the OOo tree), running on a Mac. They actually namecheck the software they used in the making-of video.
Why would they want to avoid Microsoft Excel? One possible reason is because using anything proprietary in a video production requires clearance and approval from the owner of the proprietary product. On the other hand, open source projects come complete with an OSI-approved license that gives everyone the right to use the software for any purpose. Open source unlocks creativity and innovation everywhere.
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