Episode: 4561
Title: A bit about Mission:Libre, a new project for 11-14 year olds in free software
Source: https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr4561/hpr4561.mp3
Transcribed: 2026-07-31 16:13:56 (official HPR transcript)

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This is Hacker Public Radio Episode 4561, for 2026-01-26
Today's show is entitled, "A bit about Mission:Libre, a new project for 11-14 year olds in free software"
The host is Carmen-Lisandrette and the duration is 00:02:15
The flag is Clean, and the license is CC-BY-SA
The summary is "Carmen talks about her project for 11 to 14 year olds in free software"
Hey everyone, my name is Carmen. I like to have a chat with you about Mission Libre,
which is my project for 11 to 14 year olds who weren't interested in Free Software.
I've chosen 11 to 14 year olds because that's when I got into Free Software.
I first learned about Free Software at age 13. I knew from the moment I heard about it that I
really wanted to be involved. Unfortunately, back then there weren't any projects from
people my actual interest in Free Software. I didn't really know who to ask or where to go
if I wanted to be involved. It's been about 20 years now and things still aren't much better.
I know there are some excellent projects like you've hacking the freedom but there's nothing
comprehensive or works of young people long term. Free Software needs young people and young
people need Free Software. This is my I'm starting Mission Libre. It's early days yet but I'm
still really excited about the future and I'm already hard of work. Mission Libre does several things
already. I've made materials to introduce young people to Free Software. I put out a cute little
zine every one or two months. I also help out young people who want to join the movement
individually or in small groups. In the near future I'm looking at studying some clubs.
There'll be hard of agencies so people can participate in a matter where they are in the world.
I'm really excited about these and I have a mountain of plans and the clubs still be
some programming tutorials, some opportunities for young people to share their projects
as well as discussions about how we can spread software freedom and near-run communities.
If your kids might want to join the clubs, please ask them to email me. My email address is in
the show notes. I can back to them as soon as I can. I'm also writing a book on everything and
you come at a free software my like to know. That's where it came from. Why it's important?
How to live your life without non-free software? How to tell others about software freedom?
It's one of lots of fun projects to do with free software. If you think Mission Libre is cool
and you'd like to see it succeed, there are a couple of things you can do to help. You can donate
on Mission Libre's Libre's Libre Pay which is linked in the show notes so on Mission Libre.org.
You can also help spread the word about Mission Libre and get it in the hands of young people who
might want to join the community. There's more information about Mission Libre on Mission Libre.org.
My email address is Carmen at Mission Libre.org. There are more links in the show notes. Thank you for
listening. Bye!
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