« 25 years ago Richard Stallman started the GNU (”Gnu’s Not Unix”) project to create a computer operating system like Unix (then ascendant in computer labs like the one Stallman worked in), but with source code free for programmers to run, study, share, and improve.
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Free-software activist speaks on moral duty to share
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"Today we have what we didn't have 20 years ago - powerful enemies," Stallman said. Large companies have the means and motivation to lobby Congress and devise laws to prohibit the free distribution of software, he said.
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A Practical Guide to GPL Compliance
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"...This is a guide to effective compliance with the GNU General Public License (GPL) and related licenses. In accordance with the Software Freedom Law Center’s (SFLC’s) philosophy of assisting the community with GPL compliance cooperatively, this guide focuses on avoiding compliance actions and minimizing the negative impact when enforcement actions occur.
Read more »[FSF] Submit your nominations for the 2008 Free Software Awards
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A reminder published on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 on the info-fsf mailing-list: "Nominations are requested by 31 October 2008..."
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[PDF] Richard Stallman at the University of Waikato - Wednesday 20 August
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"...The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright to promote progress, for the benefit of the public then we must make changes in the other direction..."
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Why “Open Source” misses the point of Free Software
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“Open Source” advocate: «...I associate much more with the "Open Source" (also as Richard defines it) camp, and am open to the existence and use of proprietary software...» --
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Anthony Doesburg: Activist urges end to software stranglehold
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"If you think computers and the internet have done a power of good for individual freedom, you've clearly not been exposed to the thinking of Richard Stallman.
Stallman, an American, is part-way through a speaking tour on which he is outlining the philosophy of the Free Software Foundation, of which he is founder and president.
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Videocast: Richard Stallman in New Zealand
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"Richard Stallman's tour of New Zealand has covered issues of copyright and the free software movement. He is fervently against restrictions on sharing, saying such restrictions are an attack on society.
In this must-hear speech on copyright, Stallman introduces the foundation principles of the Free Software movement and then discusses the origins, uses and abuses of the laws of copyright..."
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Why our mission is to teach them to value Software Freedoms
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Rick, you miss one point: free software is about freedom, not price. Hackers insist on freedom even when it is inconvenient...
My mission today is to teach you to value these freedoms... Please, try to learn this philosophy. Free Software is a movement that one day you will rejoin ;)
Freedom is worth a sacrifice - (RMS)
christophe
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Read more »Submit your nominations for the 2008 Free Software Awards
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"BOSTON, August 12, 2008—The Free Software Foundation (FSF) and the GNU Project announce the requests for nominations for the 11th annual Free Software Awards [...] The Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software is presented annually by FSF President Richard Stallman to a person who has made a great contribution to the progress and development of free software, through a
Read more »Quote of the day from RMS
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RMS: «... Would you please call the system "GNU/Linux", and give us a share of the credit? We did start its developent... » --
* Linux and the GNU Project
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Italy and the Pirate Bay
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RMS: «Italy's major ISPs have blocked access to the Pirate Bay, a major bittorrent site.
Read more »Why the Web is Defective by Design!
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RMS: «If you are talking about the practice of installing non-free software into a browser, the only thing that is good to offer is the reminder that you must refuse to do that.» --
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Richard Stallman Saw Microsoft’s Plans Against GNU/Linux Back in 2004
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An old video interview with Stallman reveals early expectations
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GNU needs to embrace the web !!
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Thomas Lord: «...The more urgent issue concerns the emerging W3C-based world: what will GNU have to offer there?» -- *
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