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RawTherapee 3.0, a free RAW converter was released today licensed under GPL. The first alpha version of RawTherapee 3.0 is available for download. Note that this is not a feature complete version. In V3.0 both major GUI/workflow and algorithm changes are planned. This alpha version demonstrates the new, much more efficient GUI, but it does not contain any algorithmic changes yet.
Since the announcement that we will discontinue development of Google Wave as a standalone product, many people have asked us about the future of the open source code and Wave federation protocol. After spending some time on figuring out our next steps, we'd like to share the plan for our contributions over the coming months.
"...Few times every century a social changing movement arises, right now Free Software is defining our freedom, rights, and how we live in a rapidly switching from analog to digital world. Free Software is the contemporary Bauhaus. I am very proud and feel very lucky, of being part of it."
"To fight the law one must be educated over the law," wrote Brian Rowe, leader of a chapter in Seattle University's Law School, in an e-mail. "We understand the power the law has to oppress and to liberate and want to use it to liberate by creating more access to information and culture."
GNU Labs encourages the idea of sharing knowledge, supporting the ideals of the Free Software Foundation. It aims at improving the existing work of free software by helping students to complete their curricular project works.
If you haven't heard yet, Google have released a developer preview of their new social networking and collaboration tool - Wave. What impact might this have on free software users and developers?
After the recent exciting events I thought it is time to attempt and convince the guys behind Intense Debate to open up their code to the Free Software community and as a result reap all the known benefits such an action will produce.
