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Microsoft vs open standards

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"...Microsoft is too big to fail, but in the end it will likely become another AOL - a company that tried to create a walled "web-like" partition and failed, and that is now becoming increasingly irrelevant as a consequence...

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Stallman trumpets free software

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"...Stallman, the widely-recognized founder of the free software movement, argued in front of a Yale Political Union audience of about 125 students that companies should not be allowed to use digital restrictions management to limit the rights of software users.

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Yes, Boss, You Can Distribute Free Software Commercially

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Dvorak recently claimed that the Free Software Foundation spearheads the non-commercial use group that believes "nobody should ever make any money selling or using software." Boy, did he ever miss the boat. But the fact is that some people in the community seem to believe exactly that.

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Thoughts on invention, innovation, and patents from 'Guns, Germs, and Steel'

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com

Microsoft has these 235 patents that they say GNU/Linux is infringing on. Patents they never identify. Is it because they plan to dribble them out one by one to patent trolls who will then grind down free software companies in an endless series of lawsuits?

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The Right to Read by Richard M. Stallman - Free eBook

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A short story by well-known novelist, Richard M Stallman. Courtesy of the best Free Library in the world; Manybooks.

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Open Source Software, OLPC, and the Importance of Being Green

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"...The OLPC laptop is designed to be used in places where there is no reliable power grid, or, in many cases, no power grid at all. This has challenged the OLPC Project is be very creative in how power is generated, stored and conserved..."

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HOW TO get involved in Seattle's Copyfight

http://www.freedomforip.org

"There are several local organizations that are actively fighting against draconian copyright, patent and trade secret laws to restore some balance to the system..."

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Transcript: Richard Stallman, honary degree speech, Pavia 2007

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"The University of Pavia, in Italy, recently awarded Richard Stallman with an honorary degree. Stallman gave a short speech, his "lectio doctoralis", on the ethical imperative to use free software, focussing on individuals and schools. The speech has been transcribed by Alessandro Rubini, with checking by Dora Scillipoti and Luca Andreucci.

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GNU GPL Creator Richard Stallman on the Meaning of 'Free'

http://www.technewsworld.com

"Many computer users tend to equate Microsoft with evil, but that is a mistake.

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Thinking about The GNU Hurd

http://linux4coffee.wordpress.com

Most Linux users out there, think that their whole system is named just “Linux” (or perhaps the distribution name). For a large number of reasons, which I do not intend to analyze in this post, this is not, and should not be the case.

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RIAA vs. Student Culture

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"In 2004, a student named Zachary McCune Brown co-founded Brown University’s chapter of Students for Free Culture, a national organization across college campuses that “advocates loosening the restrictions of copyright law so that information — from software to music to research to art — can be freely shared.”..."

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The end of corruption, brought to you by Lawrence Lessig and powered by millions of us

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"Lawrence Lessig is a genious. He decided to dedicate the next 10 years on ending corruption (after spending the past 10 years on reframing copyright issues)..."

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Eben Moglen Interview in India's Frontline Magazine

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"...If you haven't read this interview with Eben Moglen, you really should. Eben discusses both the practical and the philosophical side of Free Software and Free Information..."

http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20071019507610000.htm

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Why Open-Source Does Not Protect Your Freedom: Richard Stallman Explains Why Free Software Is The Only Answer

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"As the advocates of open source draw new users into our community, we free software activists have to work even more to bring the issue of freedom to those new users' attention. We have to say, “It's free software and it gives you freedom!”—more and louder than ever."

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bsdtalk132 - Richard Stallman

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"Interview with Richard Stallman..."

http://cisx1.uma.maine.edu/~wbackman/bsdtalk/bsdtalk132.ogg

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