Richard Stallman: The actions against MasterCard and Amazon are not 'hacking'. People are just finding a way to protest in a digital space
Read more »The Anonymous WikiLeaks protests are a mass demo against control
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Google's ChromeOS means losing control of data, warns RMS
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Google's new cloud computing ChromeOS looks like a plan "to push people into careless computing" by forcing them to store their data in the cloud rather than on machines directly under their control, warns Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation and creator of the operating system GNU.
Read more »FSFLA: Linux kernel is "open core"
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Many believe that the Linux kernel is Free Software or Open Source, but it isn't.
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Please don't get me any of these things as a gift
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Recently I received a gift from a stranger -- a copy of Blood Bowl for Windows. Based on the fantasy football board game of the same name, the gift may have seemed like a no-brainer for someone who doesn't know you very well, and may be forced to buy a gift based on your apparent likes and dislikes from your posts on a forum or website.
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An appeal from Peter Brown
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"By working on and using GNU rather than proprietary programs, we can be hospitable to everyone and obey the law. In addition, GNU serves as an example to inspire and a banner to rally others to join us in sharing. This can give us a feeling of harmony which is impossible if we use software that is not free.
Read more »Announcing Fuduntu 14.7
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I would like to announce the immediate release of Fuduntu Linux version 14.7. This version brings minor changes to the OS defaults, and fixes a few bugs. All changes released in the ISOs are available as updates to current Fuduntu users, so if you are already using Fuduntu and have installed the latest updates, no action is required on your part.
Read more »Open Source Fantasy Portraits and Gimp Tutorial
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Justin Nichol is doing 30 fantasy portraits for the open source game project OSARE. The media license will be licensed under CC-BY-SA/GPL dual license. He is looking for 1500 USD by December 28(With 1047 USD already pledged). If he meet his goal, he will also create a GIMP tutorial.
Read more »FSFLA's petition for Canaima GNU/Linux to be Free
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The Venezuelan Presidential Decree 3390, specifically in articles 2 and 7, explains and backs up the reasons why the Venezuelan state should develop a Free Software distribution. Canaima GNU/Linux is this distribution, so it ought to be a Free distribution, without parts that threaten its users' freedoms.
Read more »Join EFF in Standing up Against Internet Censorship
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We live in a society that values freedom of expression and shuns censorship. Unfortunately, those values are only as strong as the will to support them — a will that seems to be dwindling now in an alarming way.
Read more »Huawei joins the Linux Foundation
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The Linux Foundation has announced that Huawei has become its newest member. Founded in 1988, China-based Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd serves 45 of the world's top 50 telecom operators and is known for its mobile communications products, including mobile phones, as well as USB and Wireless 3G modems.
Read more »Linux Foundation launches individual membership drive
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The scheme costs $99 (£63) for an annual individual membership and includes some voting rights, an @linux.com email address, discounts on Foundation conferences and O'Reilly books and a Linux Foundation T-shirt.
Read more »The dark side of open source conferences
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Some people argue that if women really want to be involved in open source (or computing, or corporate management, etc.), they will put up with being stalked, leered at, and physically assaulted at conferences.
Read more »FSFE Newsletter - December 2010
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This edition covers the current developments in Open Standards policy, some basic information about software patents, an update from FSCONS about distributed computing, and how you can support us in the end of the year.
Read more »Back door in ProFTPD FTP server
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Unknown attackers penetrated the server hosting the open source ProFTPD FTP server project and concealed a back door in the source code.
Read more »Why and How I Join the Cloud Hype, and So Can You, Free Culture Amigos!
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I suggest that fellow advocates of the free culture movement jump on the cloud bandwagon and compete with the hype generator(s?) for the seat behind the steering wheel, popularizing the free culture concepts during the competition, as a peaceful way of fighting the cloud hypes.
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