Posts Tagged GNU
Checking in on the GNOME Foundation
Posted by Jason in Free Software on January 27, 2010
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 [...]
Silverlight Promotion on Planet GNOME
Posted by Jason in Microsoft, Novell, Propriatery Technology on January 9, 2010
A bit of a rant here, because guess what greeted me when I began checking my RSS feeds today on my lazy Saturday morning: 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 [...]
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.
Following up on the GNOME/GNU fiasco
Posted by Jason in Uncategorized on December 16, 2009
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 [...]
GNOME and the GNU Project
Posted by Jason in Free Software on December 14, 2009
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, [...]
Stallman, The Pirates and Copyright
Recently, Stallman authored a short essay outlining some problems he sees in the Swedish Pirate Party’s position that the copyright term should be limited to 5 years.
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