« “Internet & Creation : how to recognize non-market exchanges over the internet while funding creation” has been published in French on 28 October 2008 by InLibroVeritas. See the French page for details. An English-speaking version adapted for global readership is in the works. An English summary can be found below... »
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Linux installation fistival in JUST..
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Yesterday was a great day. We, the open source group at Jordan University of Science and Technology were holding a Linux installation festival to teach people about FOSS and to show them the path to their freedom. There were four distros: Ubuntu 8.10, openSUSE 11.1, Mandriva, Fedora 10 and PC BSD.
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The Tridgell Effect
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"...The Tridgell effect is what happens in the development community as the result of developers who are motivated by primarily by freedom. It might be summarized by the phrase: ..."
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DebGems announced as Proprietary Platform: Why the GNU Affero GPL is Freedom for Network Services
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"...copyleft is a tool designed to spread freedom in software, at any cost. The FSF, which wrote the GNU and Affero licenses, has the goal to make all software free as in freedom. Companies are ‘free’ to join the revolution, or to look somewhere else for their needs.
Read more »Mozilla Integrated Revised 2010 Goals: Free Software WITHOUT FREEDOM
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"Here’s what I believe to be the final, consolidated set of 2010 goals. Let me know if you think there is some big issue I missed..."
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Why “open source” misses the point of Free Software
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"25 years after Stallman first set the GNU project in motion, what have these ideals achieved, and what can we do to ensure the future of free software? Linux Format spoke to him to find out..."
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Bethesda Company Sues Realtor For Copyright Claim: Why Affero GPL is Freedom to the Web
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"...The suit, filed by Bethesda-based CoStar Realty Information, alleges that managers at New York’s Dumann Realty illegally accessed CoStar's Web site, a subscription to which costs hundreds of dollars a month and provides clients with real estate information such as photos and vacancy databases, by borrowing another customer's user information..."
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Extend the border of free cyberspace to mobile
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"After one year spent using my (pretty old) cell phone for more than just sms and audio calls, I understand better some of the new challenges that the free software movement have to face. I already wrote about the implications of GPLv3 on mobile handsets, but that post only scratches the surface of the issues..."
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[gNewSense-users] live cd
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RMS: « ... The free software movement is a political cause, not a technical one. "Choose based on technical criteria first of all" is the opposite of what we say... »
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Videos: Food for Thought on Freedom of Thought, Corruption, and Corporate Deregulation
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Various videos which shed light on issues that we cover: Talks from Moglen, Lessig, and Chomsky
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Transcript of an interview with RMS for Radio New Zealand, conducted by Kim Hill on August 9, 2008
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"...They base it on practical values only and they take for granted that proprietary software subjugating users is legitimate; whereas I say, and we in the Free Software movement say, that users are entitled to freedom and that proprietary software is a social problem and we're aiming to correct that problem, put an end to that problem..."
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[FSF] Happy GNU Year!
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"Happy GNU year to all free software supporters! If you haven't already joined the Free Software Foundation as a card-carrying member, now is a great time. Take a look at the new ultra-slim credit card-sized FSF membership cards -- the first batch is shipping out today. Of course, member number zero had to be for our founder and president Richard Stallman..."
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What’s wrong with Microsoft Windows Vista? - by John Sullivan of the Free Software Foundation
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"...There is a battle underway between those who value freedom, and corporations such as Microsoft who wish to profit by taking that freedom away. DRM and absurd licenses are at the heart of that battle. Please join us on the side of freedom by saying NO not just to Windows Vista and other DRM-enabled products, but to proprietary software in general.
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e-Swecha: Indian-made OS to be released
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"e-Swecha is a free software project initiated by the Free Software Movement in India and is aimed at developing a free Operating System to, for and by the engineering students. The name is derieved from "E(ngineering)- Swecha" [ Swecha is the telugu word for 'freedom' ]
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Event of The Year: GNU is 25 !
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"...The GNU operating system is turning 25 this year, and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) has kicked off its month-long celebration of the anniversary by releasing "Happy Birthday to GNU," a short film featuring the English humorist, actor, novelist and filmmaker Stephen Fry..."
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