Posts tagged GNU
Checking in on the GNOME Foundation
Jan 27th
It’s been a little over a month since the initial kerfluffle about GNOME and GNU.
In that first run-up we basically had a couple of the usual chuckleheads waging war against a flimsly constructed straw man in hopes of discrediting RMS/FSF/Free Software with a secondary effect of promoting “Open Source” as the preferred term (and a tertiary effect of embarassing themselves). The usual tactics from the usual suspects.
Today, I saw that Bradley M. Kuhn is now a member of the GNOME Foundation. GNOME is in desperate need of people who understand and respect the Free Software ethos, so this is welcome news More >
Silverlight Promotion on Planet GNOME
Jan 9th
A bit of a rant here, because guess what greeted me when I began checking my RSS feeds today on my lazy Saturday morning:
Promoting Microsoft? Who? Us?
Remember that whole promoting proprietary software on Planet GNOME kerfluffle?
I know this will sound insane, but I think a huge-ass button saying “Install Microsoft® Silverlight™” might possibly fall under the “promotion of proprietary software” heading?
Here is where you go if you click the button:
Is this Where You Want To Go?
Note that you are directed to press the “Click to Install” button, which does not exist. Oh, Novell – truly it is all worth it for More >
Bruce Byfield on GNOME and GNU
Dec 18th
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.
Following up on the GNOME/GNU fiasco
Dec 16th
Just a few follow-up bits on the GNOME/GNU split story.
Misrepresentin’
It’s always sadly amusing to me that people insist on (maliciously?) twisting and misrepresenting RMS. They try it in comments here (and all around) the intertubes, and even on the very mailing list in which he participates:
Richard, as a GNOME member, suggested that we forbid any mention of proprietary software on planet GNOME.
[rms] Nobody suggested that as far as I know. I certainly did not.
This is just another vivid example of the “RMS doesn’t even want people acknowledging proprietary software” lie that some people are trying to push. (Someone tries it here on this blog.)
Another More >
GNOME and the GNU Project
Dec 14th
Well-a, well-a. News abounds about the possibility that GNOME will officially distance itself from the GNU Project.
[Slashdot Article] | [IT Wire Article]
The best reading to be done though, is on ground zero, the GNOME Foundation Mailing List. There are two purposes to do so:
- Get the story
- Watch the players
The Story
Basically, Planet GNOME aggregates a bunch of blogs to provide a “window into the world, work and lives of GNOME hackers and contributors.”
The issue of contention is the opacity of that window: always clear for any message? Or, tinted a bit to keep out inappropriate posts? (Raising the question of what, if anything, More >
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