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.
"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."
A minimalist's WordPress theme. Focus on typography and simple markup. Various configuration options and a print stylesheet.
"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. "
Some detail on rsync's "rolling checksum" algorithm invented by Andrew Tridgell.
I've been using a fetchmail, procmail, and mutt setup on my Mac for a few months now in an attempt to get control over five different mailboxes and it's working pretty well. If you've got some free time and lots of mail, consider playing around with one o
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.
Stallman on the EU software patent mess.
Pretty good look at the four mainstream F/OSS license models.
Some guy is trying to buy the GPL off the Linux kernel by contacting individual copyright holders and offering them cash.
Protect your intellectual property now or risk having your business sacked by open souce-touting bandits!
"Like everyone, he had been taught since elementary school that sharing books was nasty and wrong--something that only pirates would do."
There are a few arguments that almost all politicians are sensitive to: "For the children", "For the poor starving artist", "For the public good", "For the almost extinguished animal/plant".
Richard Stallman - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)