– ## In this issue
* Why free software and Apple's iPhone don't mix
* Play Ogg!
* Pizza Party for friends of the FSF in San Francisco
* Portland associate membership meeting recap
* Give Apple the iPhone Challenge
* Help defeat Microsoft's OOXML format!
* Atheros releases free software wireless driver
* Yahoo Music -- the bad dream of DRM continues
* GNU spotlight with Karl Berry
[FSF] Free Software Supporter Issue 6 - August 2008
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GNU matters
http://aaronhawley.livejournal.com –
Joshua Gay wrote a good article about the GNU/Linux naming controversey on Wikipedia [...] However, Gay's article brings up another environ: proprietary software companies. In particular those companies that use GNU software in their commercial activity -- legally and in compliance with the relevant free software licenses -- but don't mention 'GNU'..."
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RMS Visit to NZ
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"Richard Stallman will be visiting NZ between August 6th and 21st in 2008 to help promote the use, dissemination and ideals of Free Software. This page is intended to keep track of where he is and what's planned..."
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FSF demonstrates iPhone's incompatibility with free software and GPLv3
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"BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Thursday, July 31, 2008 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has published a statement exposing Apple's hostile position towards free software on its iPhone mobile computing platform..."
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Why free software and Apple's iPhone don't mix - by John Sullivan
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"I've published a second article for the Free Software Foundation about Apple's iPhone, looking at the measures Apple uses to control iPhone users and prevent developers from writing free software for the platform. It turns out that this is a good example of why updating the GPL was important, and why it's a good idea for developers to use the new version (GPLv3).
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Atheros releases free software wireless driver; no binary blobs
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"Atheros Communications has announced the release of free software wireless drivers for ath9k. The ath9k driver requires no proprietary binary blobs and works on several chipsets and over a dozen wireless devices..."
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Free Software and ‘Politics,’ a Comment by Rufus Polson
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"...The ethical, political and long-term-general-good arguments revolving around Free Software are much subtler than an immediate doubling of cancer death rates. There is indeed room for considerable debate about just what if any the benefits are. But many people find the arguments for its value in the long term and its ethical importance very persuasive—indeed, you do yourself.
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Richard Stallman - What is GNU ?
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OGG Theora: http://www.archive.org/download/punkcast905/905stallman_theora.ogg --
* source: http://punkcast.com/905/
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Richard's Dream and Institutionalized Mental Illness
http://blog.linuxtoday.com –
"...Something else that hasn't changed is vendor's annoying, no, make that pathological mania for secrecy. Another gadget you can get is one to read and decipher the trouble codes emitted by your vehicle's engine. These have just a tiny bit of storage, so if you don't capture the information quickly it's lost, which makes diagnosing a transient problem ever so much fun.
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Richard Stallman in Auckland 8th August 2008
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"For many people, the Internet legend, Richard Stallman needs no introduction [...] Any yep - he is coming to Auckland, and will be speaking at Auckland University. The details : ..."
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The GNU Manifesto (inside Emacs)
"...The GNU Manifesto is a famous document that was distributed on the Internet in the early years of the GNU Project; it's one of the first nodes in the GNU Emacs manual, which you can read by opening the Emacs manual in an *info* buffer, as described in Select a node section:
1. Type C-h i to open an *info* buffer.
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Learn about the GNU Project (inside emacs)
"...The describe-project function, bound to C-h C-p, is a 7,500-word essay by Richard Stallman, Emacs' principal author, describing the purpose of the GNU Project (which he founded)... --
* http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/au-dw-au-emacs7-i.html?S_TACT=105A...
The GNU Project
by Richard Stallman
originally published in the book "Open Sources"
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RubyWeekend #2
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RubyWeekend #2 contest is taking place this weekend, July 25th. Compete with others to create a game in Ruby in two day.
License allowed: Public domain or OSI approved for source code. Media must be CC or public domain.
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The Wikipedia "Naming Controversy" by Joshua Gay
http://exploringfreedom.org –
"... When the name is GNU, you should hear, «This system exists because of people who care about freedom. Join us, value your freedom, and together we can preserve it.» [...] Those companies that suppress the GNU name from their distributions are some of the worst offenders in not only distributing proprietary software, but also openly developing, promoting, and encouraging its proliferation.
Read more »When do we define freedom???
http://ithinkless.blogspot.com –
We speak about freedom when we talk about free software.We people understand how essential freedom in computing is,but we need to think a bit deep about freedom around us.More than technical strength , every free software user should be socially strong.
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