You may be in BIG trouble, mister ;) PI's potential to get you in it deep!
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More “Independent” Studies… Against GNU/Linux
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Microsoft is manufacturing ammunition against GNU/Linux and also lowering its prices, blaming/citing "piracy" as the cause
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Updates from the Free Software Foundation Europe
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"My name is Shane Coughlan and and I work for Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), a non-profit, non-governmental organisation with offices in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Sweden. You may remember me from my last FSFE update on this blog on the Freedom Task Force, which is the FSFE's legal training project which I coordinate.
Read more »GNU turns 25
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"Twenty five years ago , on September 27 1983, Richard Stallman announced his plans to 'write a complete Unix-compatible software system called GNU (for Gnu’s Not Unix), and give it away free to everyone who can use it'..."
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How To Avoid Becoming a Defendant in a BusyBox or Any GPL-Related Lawsuit
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The Software Freedom Law Center last month released a guide to help businesses avoid compliance issues with the GPL and LGPL, "Practical Guide to GPL Compliance". The purpose of the guide is to help businesses avoid litigation over the GPL.
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FSFE to make legal consolidation tool available in 10 languages
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"The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) announced today that it plans to make the Fiduciary License Agreement (FLA) available ten languages. The selected languages are English, German, French, Italian, Swedish, Serbian, Polish, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese..."
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Why I love Debian
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Ubuntu and Linux Mint are great for new users, but I'm not a new user. I'm not trying to be snobby, and I don't think I'm better than anyone else; I just have different needs than most people. I don't want polish. I want to see and work with the guts of my operating system, because I like to be in total control of my computing experience.
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File sharing is not illegal
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RMS: « Another federal court ruled that file sharing does not violate copyright law.
I am concerned that Leahy's nasty law could change this »
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On-line applications "just work"; why worry about the freedom of the licence?
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An increasing number of computer users are turning to online applications instead of ones on their desktop, With the emergence of online applications that have no desktop equivalent, and mobile devices that are browsers in your pocket, things are looking up. But what about free software?
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World Day Against Software Patents: Summary and More
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A few news reports and blasts from the past showing opposition to software patents
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FSFE Fellowship interview with Sean Daly
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Sean Daly's been all around Brussels, Luxembourg, Geneva, and Barcelona getting scoops and recording events about anti-trust, OOXML, and GPLv3. It's quite a niche for a volunteer in the free software movement, so our first FSFE Fellowship interview, we ask him why and how he got into this.
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Avoiding Ruinous Compromises: RMS
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“Twenty-five years ago on September 27, 1983, I announced a plan to create a completely free operating system called GNU — for ‘GNU is not Unix’. As part of the 25th anniversary of the GNU system, I have written this article on how our community can avoid ruinous compromises. In addition to avoiding such compromises"
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Epiphany, the ultimate Gnome browser
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Firefox is a great browser. However, it's a tad on the bloated side (even though the new version is definitely better!). Also, Firefox is focused on cross-platform compatibility.
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Gentoo 2008.1 canceled
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"In future releases, Gentoo will focus on a more back-to-basics approach that will give you up-to-date install media on a regular basis and make much better use of our human resources. We're looking into automated weekly builds of the minimal CDs and stage tarballs as well as maybe an annual LiveCD release. We will keep you updated as we decide on the details of this new approach..."
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Encrypted Private Directory in Ubuntu 8.10
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One feature I've been looking forward to in Ubuntu 8.10 is the encrypted private directory. With this feature, you'ecll get a folder called Private in your home. Private will work just like a normal folder, but it will be transparently encrypted and automatically locked and unlocked when you log in and out.
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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanFrom the very start, directories have served a very useful purpose on the Internet. (One I find useful for example is Free Web Directory). News sites can also be considered directories: they index and categorize news stories! What about categorizing software? In the open source world you get Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat; there are still, believe it or not, shareware and freeware directories like FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and Freeware Downloads (although you need to be careful, as they are not like their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).
Is better education the key to finding better software?
Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward RusselAbout Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software?, it's clear that the topic of software directories is very hot. Most of what you find on Google, however, are not pointing to free and open soruce software -- or worse, they mix the two. Examples of such sites are Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download, which simply don't focus on "free as in freedom", and still can be used as good free software directories.
