«... Richard Stallman has undertaken probably the most ambitious free software development project to date, the GNU system. In his GNU Manifesto, published in the March 1985 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal, Stallman described GNU as a "complete Unix-compatible software system which I am writing so that I can give it away free to everyone who can use it...
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GNU'S NOT UNIX - Richard Stallman with BYTE editors, July 1986
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GNU'S NOT UNIX - Richard Stallman with BYTE editors, July 1986
GNU'S NOT UNIX Conducted by David Betz and Jon Edwards Richard Stallman discusses his public-domain UNIX-compatible software system with BYTE editors (July 1986)
Copyright (C) 1986 Richard Stallman. Permission is granted to make and distribute copies of this article as long as the copyright and this notice appear on all copies.
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Take this Action for Free Software in Europe
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The upcoming European parliament elections give the free software movement an opportunity to educate the candidates to the importance of protecting free software from bad legislation involving software patents, interoperability and net neutrality. Please follow these easy steps...
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Northeast Free Software Meeting in Bahía will discuss the economic and social role of free software
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Presenting the free software model as a way to provide viable and sustainable access to new information technologies while encouraging the economic and social development of a region is part of the goals of III ENSL, the Northeast Free Software Meeting and the Fourth Bahia Free Software Festival, happening on May 29-30 at the campus of Bahia State University (UNEB) in Salvador, Bahia’s capital.
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Real World Computing
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MySQL fan Ian Wrigley discusses computer programming for children, and goes back in time with linux.
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3rd Blender Movie: Durian Project Announcement
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Yes, it’s about time! The third open movie project had been lined up to start much sooner, but more urgent work (Blender 2.5 coding) forced it into the future. After all, it’s the purpose of the team here in Amsterdam to test and improve the 2.5x versions significantly!
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Leaving The Nest: From Windows To Linux
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Well, I was talking with a friend of mine on IRC a few days back and was pretty much egging him to be an author here at HackTalk. After a while of deliberating he decided he’d write up an article but didn’t really know what to write about.
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Today, we at Qt Software have opened our repositories to the public. Any developer can now help guide and shape the future development of Qt by contributions of code, translations, examples and other material to Qt and Qt-related projects. We have also published our roadmap and released Qt Jambi under the LGPL. Read on for details.
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My Vietnamese 8th Graders are new Linux users
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With just less than one month left of class, I decided to see if my 8th Grade students at the American International School in Saigon would be interested in learning Linux. I am glad I tried because these kids seemed to be having a lot of fun.
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Why the free software community cares about The Pirate Bay
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We are currently living in a historical moment which will define and shape digital rights and information freedom on the internet for generations to come. It’s one of those rare moments where the issue is black and white and where the two opposing camps can be identified without over-simplifying the issue.
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Copyleft and the War on Sharing
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"FSF's John Sullivan will talk about copyleft, copyright, the War on Sharing, and the GNU/Linux free software operating system at the Connecticut Film Festival." -- via Copyleft and the War on Sharing - Free Software Foundation
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EuroTeX 2009 & 3rd ConTeXt Meeting
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"In 2009, the EuroTeX and ConTeXt meetings will both be held together at the same time and place in the Netherlands, on August 31 through September 4, and the conference will focus on educational uses of TeX..." -- see also AUCTeX - Sophisticated document creation
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Linux.com Still Unhelpful for New Users
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Linux.com, which was taken over recently by the Linux Foundation and received a major overhaul, has gone live. The site has a slicker look and contains a lot of useful information targeted at experienced Linux users. Unfortunately, like the old Linux.com, the site is not a very intuitive resource for beginners.
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Pirate Bay launches Distributed Donation of Dollars attack on music industry
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Now this is interesting: with the arrival of a demand for some $4.5 million in damages, one of the founders of Pirate Bay has come up with an innovate method of paying it and attacking the music industry at the same time.
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Intern at the FSF
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"This is an opportunity to work for the organization that sponsors the GNU project, publishes the GNU General Public License (GPL), and fights for software freedom..."
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