I can't think of single piece (package?) of software I use, admire, and depend on more than GNU Coreutils. Maybe Firefox. Maybe OpenSSH. Some days rsync(1).
What the GPL could have accomplished (and may well still).
My best attempt at saying something nice about Sun's GPLing of Java, even if a bit grudgingly.
A quick test to see how hard-core you are.
"Unlike the lower court, the appeals court seemed to understand that reciprocity lay at the heart of free software licenses. Just as traditional software firms thrive on the exchange of code for money, free software projects thrive on the exchange of code for code."
"Ten months later the company dies from a sudden buffer overflow."
Ahh, those were the days... What's left to fight for?
"The goal of the GNU PDF project is to develop and provide a free, high-quality, complete and portable set of libraries and programs to manage the PDF file format, and associated technologies. "
Schwartz: "... we will be going after sizable monetary damages. And I am committing that Sun will donate half of those proceeds to the leading institutions promoting free software and patent reform, and to the legal defense of free software innovators."
CHANGES
"The thing that unites the free software developers, and the only thing that unites us, is that we make free software."
Interesting look at how the FSF is picking up a more activist role with tech. politics and policy. Mentions the GPL v3 process, BadVista.org, and the anti-DRM site, Defective By Design.
I'm sorry but it is just baffling to me how developers and cough evangelists can put up with this kind of behavior as being the sort-of default mode of operation at MS. The company needs to consider massive sweeping changes in the way they treat develop
Good perspective on Java going GPL.
"The success of GNU/Linux and other free software projects is annoying."
Lot's of things I've wanted to say in here...
Just wanted to link to this because it pisses me off that download.com is the first hit in a google search for "Free Software". Bha!
Stallman on the EU software patent mess.
"What led Stallman to the creation of this copyleft license was his experience with James Gosling, creator of NeWs and the Java programming language, and UniPress, over Emacs."
Came across this odd section in a "leaving Emacs for vi" document and it has a really interesting description of the history of FSF/GNU, Linux, and the evolution of Free Software. Seems out of place in this document but is worth reading.
Brazil gets it. They could be the international version of Silicon Valley in the next five years...
Looks like a nice little upgrade..
A nice and simple theme for GTK2/GNOME desktop environments (click thumbnail image to see larger screenshot).
A look at the past, present, and possible future of GNOME culture.
All on one page :)
Title is a bit misleading. GNOME feels they have reached Windows' level of functionality (I'd agree) and are now shooting to bring the featureset in line with Apple's OS X.
"Like everyone, he had been taught since elementary school that sharing books was nasty and wrong--something that only pirates would do."