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Taking a Principled Position on Software Freedom

http://www.advogato.org

Those of us in the free/libre and open source software (FLOSS) community know the routine by now.

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Taking a Principled Position on Software Freedom

http://mako.cc

Benjamin Mako Hill argues that "a FLOSS program might be better or more reliable than proprietary software. Or it might be worse. [...] We can use empirical evidence to help bolster our arguments but we should be careful to not confuse these empirical claims with the principles themselves. They can, and sometimes will, be proven wrong."

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Anti-Sec: Not a True Hacker Group

http://www.thenixedreport.com

I believe that Anti-Sec does not consist of true hackers. What they are suggesting in terms of security vulnerabilities violates the free flow of information and the Hands On Imperative. Additionally, it violates the principles of Free Software in general.

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Linux is not an Operating System

http://www.tech-no-media.com

Last week Google announced their intention to release an operating system based on Linux. The reaction of some people on reddit was: "No, another neutered, watered-down, crapitized "linux". Linux will once again be viewed as a sub par, 'specialized' OS." Well, this is not possible because Linux is not really an operating system, it is a kernel.

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Ubuntu's Jono Bacon discusses open source versus proprietary models

http://blog.coverity.com

Jono Bacon is the Ubuntu Community Manager and leads a small team at Canonical to grow and enable the Ubuntu community.

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The right to be free

http://polishlinux.org

Everybody knows, that DRM is bad. Also everybody knows, that Open Source is just a compromise and a stage in transition to a close-to-ideal system, which Free Software is. However let’s try to look at the other side of the coin.

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We speak about Free Software

http://fsfe.org

Free Software is often referred to as "Open Source." This is a result of an attempt by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) to create a marketing campaign for Free Software.

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Why Software is not treated fairly

http://www.mygnulinux.com

This article is not about free software, although many ideas in this article are similar. This article is about the rights and respect that the computer user deserves, and have been taken away from him without even knowing it.

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Why I hate non-Free software

http://blog.jrock.us

"...The feeling of not being able to fix buggy software is very depressing. Manufacturers of washing machines should ship source code with every device.

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Citizen Scientists

http://www.demos.co.uk

"...It is time for scientists to reconnect their work and expertise with a wider role in society, to become Citizen Scientists [...] By doing science differently, these scientists and others like them are challenging assumptions about the why, the how and the what of twenty-first century science." — via Lionel Larqu

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The free software conundrum

http://geeksandglobaljustice.com

"I am a supporter and user of free software (though I admit I have not migrated entirely). I research and write about the social movement aspect of free software, and its potential as a model for alternative social organization beyond the realm of software development. I am inspired by the future envisioned by free software and take heart from its existence here and now.

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Book of the Week: History of Italian art hacking

http://blog.p2pfoundation.net

"...The main research field of this book is Italy, since it is here that networking practices have determined the construction of a network of projects unparalleled in any other country. A scene with a strong identity and with its own artistic, technological and political feeling has been formed in Italy.

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They need your vote!

http://freeknowledge.eu

"On June 6th the members of the European Parliament for the 2009-1014 period will be elected by the citizens of the 27 member countries. Shortly after this, the new representatives will start a new round of negotiations of the infamous Telecom package. If you are a citizen of one of the member countries, we ask you to consider the position of the different parties before casting your vote..."

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When you see Flash, Duck and Cover

http://trombonechamp.wordpress.com

The best thing anyone can do to continue making the Internet more closed, restrictive, and prohibiting is to use Adobe Flash as it exists today. The Internet was created to allow for the open and unconfined infrastructure to share information; yet, it is being used today for the opposite purpose: to stop this information torrent.

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Thomas Lord, on Why We Need Free Network Services, and not just Copyleft

http://blog.p2pfoundation.net

"...Copyleft is not enough. Free software web services must technologically resist needless centralization of services..."

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