Archive for December, 2009
More on the Moonlight Covenant
Reactions are coming in from all over now about the new Moonlight Covenant and I have yet to run across one that thinks it is a good thing. This means More Moonlight Covenant problems in addition to the 10 I already laid out. Moonlight still not acceptable in Fedora Unsurprisingly, the new “covenant” doesn’t change Fedora’s [...]
VideoLAN Movie Creator
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Novell on December 28, 2009
I’m excited about the upcoming VideoLAN Movie Creator! I’m also excited about making bulleted lists lately! 1. Pedigree The related-project VLC Media Player is a well-known cross-platform project that inspires confidence in the VLMC. I’m not sure exactly how to quantify “name-brand” power as a factor of success (or even if such a thing can [...]
The Phoenix Interviews RMS
Posted by Jason in Free Software on December 24, 2009
The Phoenix has a quite good interview with RMS, including a surprisingly clear recognition of the on-going rift between “Open Source” and “Free Software”. (Bonus: a nice sidebar, “GNU and the Free Software Movement” as well) Kudos to the author, Mike Miliard. I like several things about this article. For one thing, the author obvious took [...]
10 Problems with the New Moonlight Covenant
So, the all-new all-updated Covenant to End Users of Moonlight 3 and 4 is up! Here’s the text, to save you a trip: Covenant to End Users of Moonlight 3 and 4 Microsoft, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, hereby covenants not to sue End Users for infringement under Necessary Claims of Microsoft and [...]
Review: qBittorrent
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Reviews on December 22, 2009
It was a little rough getting there, but KDE 4 has reached a point where I’m using it on all my machines. The pain was worth it (barely) and KDE is by far the most satisfying desktop environment for my personal use. That being said, I was running into quite a few strange problems with [...]
New Moonlight Covenant Coming?
Oh my, it seems there may be a new Moonlight Covenant coming: Updated Patent Covenant We worked with Microsoft to make sure that Moonlight was available to everyone on Linux and BSD. Culturally, we started on two opposite ends of the software licensing spectrum. The covenant that was issued for Moonlight 1 and 2 covered [...]
Bruce Byfield on GNOME and GNU
Posted by Jason in Uncategorized on December 18, 2009
I’m a bit of a fan of Bruce Byfield’s writing and he gives his take on the (now-dying) GNOME/GNU tempest in a teapot.
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