Posts Tagged FSF
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 [...]
Attention to Detail: Ed Bott attacks the FSF
Posted by Jason in Patent System on May 3, 2010
Oof. ZDNet’s Ed Bott attacks the FSF hard in “Ogg versus the world: don’t fall for open-source FUD“. One issue Mr. Bott calls out some of the points made on the PlayOgg FAQ as being “FUD”, “outright lies”, “technically absurd”, “factually dead wrong”, and maybe even downright anti-kittens-with-funny-captions-underneath. Let’s look at one of his examples [...]
FSF Free Software Awards 2009
Posted by Jason in Free Software on March 24, 2010
The FSF announced the 2009 Free Software Award winners: Award for Advancement of Free Software: John Gilmore (Cygnus Solutions) Award for Project of Social Benefit: Internet Archive
TuxRadar: Clear as Mud
Posted by Jason in Free Software on March 23, 2010
This is the first time I have ran across this site, but what in the seventeen frozen hells of Valhalla is TuxRadar trying to ask: Open Ballot: would you hire the FSF for the role of Linux PR department? The Free Software Foundation has always done a great job defending the various free software licences, [...]
On Selling Exceptions
Posted by Jason in Free Software on January 14, 2010
In the continuing and complex drama surrounding MySQL and Oracle, RMS expressed concerns on the acquisition, and later expounded on his position in “On Selling Exceptions to the GNU GPL“. The latter document is an informative read, and Bruce Byfield has an insightful take on the situation in his article “Selling GPL Exceptions isn’t Exceptional“. [...]
Win7 Deadly Sins
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Microsoft on August 27, 2009
The Free Software Foundation makes a case against Windows 7 and proprietary software.
FSF hosts a mini-summit on Women in Free Software
Posted by Jason in Free Software on August 26, 2009
The Free Software Foundation continues to spread awareness of political and social issues.
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