Archive for category Free Software
Eben Moglen: Freedom vs. The Cloud Log
Posted by Jason in Free Software on March 18, 2010
Glyn Moody interviews Eben Moglen. Mr. Moglen lays out a very interesting idea of de-centralized servers – mainly of the social networking type. The basic argument as I understand it is: If you have all this personal data on someone else’s servers they can (and will as we have seen) give it up with very [...]
What is “Ubuntu WebNow”?
Posted by Jason in Free Software on March 16, 2010
In a recent Q&A with Matt Asay on Linux.Com, Mr. Asay says: The desktop – including Apple’s – hasn’t materially changed in the past 10 years. Real innovation, therefore, is happening at the edges of the desktop: in the cloud (tying desktop software to server-based services), for example, but also in new form factors (which [...]
GNOME Foundation Charter: I’ve read it. Have you?
Posted by Jason in Free Software on March 15, 2010
GNOME is part of the GNU project and supports the goals of the GNU project as defined by the Free Software Foundation. Free software licensing has always been a mainstay of GNOME, and we must ensure that this tradition continues. GNOME will include only Free software. From the GNOME Foundation Charter. About Me I’m a [...]
GPL Endrun: Value-Added Binaries
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Propriatery Technology on March 10, 2010
An interesting hypothetical over at ESR’s blog, “Plug for a worthy project: Softbound“. I encourage you to read the post and commentary after my brief summary, so you can see if your thoughts change after reading the discussion there! The Facts SoftBound is a BSD-licensed “value-added” compiler. Give it some source code and it can [...]
Fedora 13: Punny Stuff
Posted by Jason in Free Software on March 10, 2010
I like Fedora, and just got done with playing with F12 on my netbook. (I have Jolicloud on there now, I usually try 2-3 distros a month on it). Anyway, Robyn has a pun-filled blog post about the F13 – code named “Goddard” – release slogan “Rock it!“. … Yeah, I think that’s brilliant – [...]
GNOME Foundation Drama III: Part One: Moonlight
Posted by Jason in Free Software on March 8, 2010
I don’t know about “free software”. Even after more than a decade it’s still an alien term for me. I know it is “opensource” for as far as I’m concerned. And that’s all I care about. – Philip Van Hoof, GNOME Foundation Member Usually I turn to HBO or Showtime to provide me with my [...]
When Nerd Lawyers Clash: WordPress and the GPL
Posted by Jason in Copyright, Free Software on March 2, 2010
If WordPress were a country, our Bill of Rights would be the GPL because it protects our core freedoms. – WordPress Blog I’m a fan of WordPress: not only is it the best blogging platform I have ever used, but it is also a big proponent of the GPL. WordPress is a great example of high-quality, useful [...]
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