"...If middlemen could strip off the freedom, we might have many users, but those users would not have freedom. So instead of putting GNU software in the public domain, we copyleft it. Copyleft says that anyone who redistributes the software, with or without changes, must pass along the freedom to further copy and change it. Copyleft guarantees that every user has freedom..."

On desktops and Netbooks, it has been a stellar year for Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux distribution. But on the server, Ubuntu continues to face long-term challenges in terms of application and vendor support. Here’s the scoop from The VAR Guy.

Gone are the days when Microsoft's Internet Explorer was the sole rival for Mozilla's Firefox. A new open-source browser, Google Chrome, has come to town, and it's from the company that provided $66 million of the Mozilla Foundation's $75 million in 2007 revenue.

Matt Asay at CNET directs readers to Glyn Moody's take on the Gartner Group's findings that 85% of enterprises are using open source software.

Here are the presentation slides from one of the most interesting talk I attended in recent times. The lecture titled 'On right to decode and encode and copyleft politics' was delivered by Dr.Nagarjuna at recently concluded National Conference on Free Software in Kochi.

In yesterday's conference in Europe, Novell was once again used as a selling point for Microsoft and lock-in

"In a previous blog entry I discussed Net Neutrality the importance to protect our individuality and cultures within the World Wide Web.Perhaps, I didn’t explain it enough, perhaps at the time of writing my blog I didn’t understand it enough, but now I have come to the realization of the significance of this issue, and how a world of ‘Free Culture’ is vital to us, as individuals and as a w

"...So - you've always wanted to help out Gentoo? A common way to help is by providing a mirror - either distfiles or rsync. We have a good list of mirrors, both rsync and distfiles. Setting up a mirror is a huge commitment and my thanks go out to all those who do. Due to the large requirements for diskspace, bandwith and cpu power, this is usually not an option for individuals.