Archive for category Free Software
GPL and WordPress: Failure?
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Open Source on July 20, 2010
There are an abundance of sources commenting on the GPL/WordPress/Thesis flap, so search them out if you want the details (Spoiler: Thesis is spectacularly in the wrong.) Most of the reading at this point walks well-trod ground, but one bit of commentary by The Accidental Businessman (Marco Tabini) deserves special attention: You could say that Matt’s opinion [...]
Need a chuckle?
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Open Source on July 15, 2010
This is has got to be the most brilliant satire I’ve read all month.
RMS on .NET and Mono
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Linux, Novell, Patent System on July 15, 2010
Glyn Moody has up a short email interview with RMS on the topic of .NET and Mono (and dotGNU). Here is my favorite bit from RMS: RMS: You shouldn’t write software to use .NET. No exceptions. The basic point is that Microsoft has patents over features in .NET, and its patent promise regarding free software [...]
Microsoft’s CodePlex Foundation on Software Freedom
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Linux, Open Source on July 13, 2010
Microsoft’s Potemkin Village CodePlex Foundation has an interesting Venn diagram up:
The Corporation and the Community
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Open Source on July 12, 2010
Ran across an interesting story on Slashdot this weekend: ScienceBlogs.com, a high-profile and respectable collection of scientific blogs, is in a bit of a kerfuffle after including a paid “nutrition” blog from PepsiCo. In response, some bloggers have left the site, others are on hiatus, and some call the whole thing an overreaction. The PepsiCo blog [...]
Concern Trolls and Free Speech Nazis
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Open Source on July 2, 2010
I’m a big fan of The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe, and HSIC Steven Novella has an excellent blog entry covering “dissent” in the skeptical movement, “Concern Trolls and Free Speech Nazis“. Proposition The whole thing is worth a read (in fact, everything Dr. Novella writes is worth a read), but his commentary on a [...]
FSF: Working Together For Free Software
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Open Source on July 1, 2010
The FSF has a updated front page to go along with a new theme: “Working Together For Free Software“. On Windows I like that the FSF is directly addressing moving to Free Software on Windows. There are a host of reasons why someone might use Windows but still be open to Free Software. I don’t [...]
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