"People are ignorant, but we already know that. As usual, I’ve read something really stupid on Twitter this morning. It said: I hope Apple will develop for everyone [every OS]. I think it would be one of the worst things to ever happen. Why do people want to install non-free software on free systems?
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Intellectual Enclosure, by Richard Stallman
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"Tthorough discussion of enclosure must consider the international institutions that impose it. The International Monetary Fund is a well-known example; its "rescue" agreements attack the intellectual commons through "user fees" for public school, which prevent millions of poor children from attending.
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The Bizarre Cathedral - 2
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The latest strip is available at Free Software Magazine.
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Free Software in Education: What Policy Should India Adopt for ICT in School Education?
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"The sections below develop reasons for adoption of free software exclusively for school education. Towards the end, a list of policy guidelines and recommendations are provided for discussion. The document does not cover the pros and cons of using ICT for education. I will try to intervene during the deliberations on these issues. Why Free Software for education? ..."
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Freedom, Free Software and Free Society
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"Yesterday, Portugal celebrated the so called Carnation Revolution. Since then, this day has often been called the “Freedom day”, because during the revolution, the Portuguese regime went from an authoritarian dictatorship to a democracy. Thirty four years have passed since Portuguese fought for their freedom, as in many other societies freedom is now taken for granted.
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UNESCO Free Software Portal
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"It really is good to see so many international NGOs and intergovermental organisations creating open educational resources and/or promoting open access. UNESCO has created a gateway to resources related to Free Software..."
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The GNU Left
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"In the Information Technology world, the Free Software Foundation is the organization that struggles against the drive to convert knowledge itself into a capitalist commodity known as Intellectual Property. The emergence of [GNU/Linux], the fastest growing computer operating system (OS), has done much to validate the FSF work.
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[free software movement] Culture Matters
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"...The principle engine of software development is the work and creativity of hackers. What induces them to strive and invent is a climate of liberty that leaves them in control of their own software. [...] To trust the hacker, to have faith in the hacker, is one of the elements of a value system that favours development.
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Imagine There’s No Penguins
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What if Linux were not free? Would people still use it? Would it generate as much excitement online? What if the right…no, the privilege…to use Linux came only at a monetary cost money? And that’s a lease, not a sale mind you. What if the product was not intellectually free? How many people would jump on the bandwagon then?
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OOXML is a standard. What Now?
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Tony Mobily has this video telling why the adoption of this closed standard is a sad day for all lovers of freedom and interoperability in the open source world.
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Why Microsoft Should not Lose (and free software will still win)
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An Intriguing title, and provocative too! If you want to find out why anyone should be remotely well disposed to Microsoft, you might find this a challenging take on the potentially symbiotic relationship between it and open source free software.
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Richard Stallman’s speech about GNU and Free software
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"On April/4/2008, Richard Stallman came to UAB to give a conference about GNU. You can view the WHOLE conference in Spanish at the end of this post (and some pictures as well). I strongly recommend you to view the video as it’s quite interesting..."
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the Bizarre Cathedral
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Announcing a brand new cartoon strip, exclusive to Free Software Magazine!
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Free Formats vs. Open Formats
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"...This isn’t anymore about closed vs. open formats, and you don’t need me to rub it in your face. It’s time to leave those non-free formats behind and look forward for a world of interoperability, a world of doors free to trespass in whatever way you want, and where no one will be able to take that freedom away from anyone else."
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Free Software Is Turning On The World
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"THINGS ARE CHANGING. Technology is becoming the blood of our humanity. Sciences represents from long time the spirit of the evolution. Ideas and creativity are what distinguish us from other animals nevertheless it seems that we leave too many times that ideas come imprisoned.
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