"...Dragora GNU/Linux is the creation of a huge effort to carry the maximum of the wishes and what you deserve: complete freedom. Dragora GNU/Linux version 1.1 is the evolution of its previous version 1.0; many things have changed, the intention of his progress was always for the better..."
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Free as in Speech vs. Free as in Beer, Redux
"Well it's bound to be popular isn't it?" you'll hear the non-tech savvy say. "Everyone loves something that's free."
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COSC dept hosts digital freedom talk - Christchurch, New Zealand - Tuesday, 13/10/2009
Richard M. Stallman talk: «Christchurch, New Zealand - A1 Lecture Theatre (Arts block), University of Canterbury, Ilam. To make a digital society worthy of being included in, we must overcome six menaces to freedom: surveillance, censorship, restricted data formats, proprietary software, software as a service, and the War on Sharing.»
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Richard Stallman on Radio New Zealand
"Did you know that Richard Stallman was interviewed by Kim Hill on Saturday? I missed it but ended up listening to the podcast yesterday.
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Lest CodePlex perplex - by Richard M. Stallman
"...The first thing we see is that the organization ducks the issue of users' freedom; it uses the term "open source" and does not speak of "free software". These two terms stand for different philosophies which are based on different values: free software's values are freedom and social solidarity, whereas open source cites only practical convenience values such as powerful, reliable software..."
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Freedom and the Fallacy of Market Share
Discussion about a misunderstanding of the real goals, especially in light of the latest news
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25 years of GNU - support software freedom!
"Dear Free Software Supporter, Tomorrow we mark the end of our year-long celebration of the 25th anniversary of the GNU Project---a celebration that we kicked off in September 2008 with a wonderful video from author and comedian Stephen Fry..."
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Why I don’t like “Non-Commercial” licenses
"Want to know why I use a Share Alike license instead of one of those pernicious “Non-Commercial” licenses? This fine article explains all. Aw heck, I’m just gonna republish the whole thing here, since it’s free..."
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A Free Digital Society
RMS Speech: « To make a digital society worthy of being included in, we must overcome six menaces to freedom: surveillance, censorship, restricted data formats, proprietary software, software as a service, and the War on Sharing. »
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Why does Debian smell like freedom?
Now when I ask myself if I would like to pay for the newest Windows, I come up with a big no. This is not the first version of Windows and it certainly wont be the last. Clearly, the more I invest in Windows today, the more I will re-invest in the future. Even if one ends up buying Windows, he’d soon have had to pay for an MS-Office licence.
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Software Freedom Day 2009 in Wellington, New Zealand
Software Freedom Day in Wellington currently discussing Free Software & Free Society...
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Happy Software Freedom Day!
"We work for software freedom every day, but today is the day we mark to celebrate Free Software. Over 500 teams in 90 countries are holding events, meetings and parties, for example in Vienna and Leipzig..."
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Creative Commons @ Software Freedom Day 2009 in NYC
"It should be no surprise that here at CC, we’re huge fans of Free Software [...] There are numerous celebrations happening around the world, but I”ll be attending the one in NYC..."
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Blender @ Software Freedom Day 2009 in Singapore
"Victor Yap of the Blender User Group of Singapore will be demonstrating Blender at the #mce_temp_url# this Saturday..." — Blender is the *free software* 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License. —
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Software Freedom Day 2009 @ Cochin
"Its time to celebrate the Software Freedom. The Software Freedom Day is on September 19th. I am also participating in the SFD2009 @ Kochi events. The event will be conducted at Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamasserry, Cochin on 17th September. Its a one day program..."
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