"...I much admired the way in which complex ideas were simplified and framed in historical, legal, economic, political and societal contexts to maximise the connections made [...] Whilst Stallman calls for “sharing” , in New Zealand schools we identify “relating to others” and “participating and contributing” as worthy
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Free software pioneer Richard Stallman on his experience in Cuba
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"In February of last year, Richard M. Stallman, founder and president of the Free Software Foundation, spoke at the International Conference on Communication and Technologies in Havana about what he strongly believes are the merits of non-proprietary software. I recently learned directly from Stallman what that experience was like.
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Free Software, Free Society: convenience vs freedom
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RMS: «... We cater to them (people who don't care about software freedom) to the extent it doesn't interfere with more important goals, such as establishing a free society.»
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Design in a P2P world: interview by Julien McHardy
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"I met Julien McHardy, who is doing a master thesis at the Glasgow School of Art on the role of design in the creation of creative communities, during my lecture at the Urban Learning Space where I was invited by Yvonne Kincaid in April 2008.
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Free Software leader slams NZ copyright
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"..RMS’s other mission here is to promote the Free Software Movement. The creator of the GPL...is at pains to correct misunderstandings of what the term free software means and to draw a distinction between it and the open source movement.
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Why sharing matters more than marketshare to GNU/Linux
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In a recent article, Ryan Cartwright argued that free software isn't playing the "same game" as proprietary software is. He's right—but that begs the question: what game is GNU/Linux playing?
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GNU matters
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Joshua Gay wrote a good article about the GNU/Linux naming controversey on Wikipedia [...] However, Gay's article brings up another environ: proprietary software companies. In particular those companies that use GNU software in their commercial activity -- legally and in compliance with the relevant free software licenses -- but don't mention 'GNU'..."
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Irrational publishing and recursive publics
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"...As a sort of “proof of concept” of Ariely’s claim, I was interested in the experiment in a new kind of 'hybrid' publishing going on with a recent book by Rice University professor Chris Kelty.«Two Bits: the Cultural Significance of Free Software» is published by Duke University Press (you can buy a copy here), but is also available online on this author-maintained website, twobits.net.
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Why free software and Apple's iPhone don't mix - by John Sullivan
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"I've published a second article for the Free Software Foundation about Apple's iPhone, looking at the measures Apple uses to control iPhone users and prevent developers from writing free software for the platform. It turns out that this is a good example of why updating the GPL was important, and why it's a good idea for developers to use the new version (GPLv3).
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Users should Value Freedom 1
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I am writing a series of posts that address various myths and misconceptions about free software. In this first post, I address the misconception that users have no need for freedom 1 as they lack the capability to practise this freedom.
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Free Software and ‘Politics,’ a Comment by Rufus Polson
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"...The ethical, political and long-term-general-good arguments revolving around Free Software are much subtler than an immediate doubling of cancer death rates. There is indeed room for considerable debate about just what if any the benefits are. But many people find the arguments for its value in the long term and its ethical importance very persuasive—indeed, you do yourself.
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Richard Stallman - What is GNU ?
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Richard's Dream and Institutionalized Mental Illness
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"...Something else that hasn't changed is vendor's annoying, no, make that pathological mania for secrecy. Another gadget you can get is one to read and decipher the trouble codes emitted by your vehicle's engine. These have just a tiny bit of storage, so if you don't capture the information quickly it's lost, which makes diagnosing a transient problem ever so much fun.
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When do we define freedom???
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We speak about freedom when we talk about free software.We people understand how essential freedom in computing is,but we need to think a bit deep about freedom around us.More than technical strength , every free software user should be socially strong.
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Software Freedom and Web Applications
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A great article by Aaron Swartz on the rise of Free Software, Web Apps, and where our Freedom stands.
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