In Detroit, two street artists appeared in court Wednesday to fight felony charges for allegedly painting the words “Free the Water” and a large black … Artists Fight Felonies for Painting “Free the Water” on TowerRead more
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Open source is not free software
Interviewing Richard Stallman is a challenge. The terms sheet for the interview carries a half dozen caveats and requests, most relating to Stallman’s desire to … Open source is not free softwareRead more
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How Should the Free Software Movement View the Linux Foundation?
The opinions offered here are my own. I am not expressing the views of any SFLC clients, the Free Software Foundation, or Richard M. Stallman. … How Should the Free Software Movement View the Linux Foundation?Read more
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Interpreting, enforcing and changing the GNU GPL
An FSF statement by Richard Stallman, published on April 11, 2016. Preamble This article explains some issues about the meaning and enforcement of the GNU … Interpreting, enforcing and changing the GNU GPLRead more
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Fighting DRM in HTML, again
In 2013, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) raised the ire of many in the free-software community (and elsewhere) by adopting an API that adds … Fighting DRM in HTML, againRead more
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The Linux Kernel, CDDL and Related Issues
Linux kernel licensing The license terms on the Linux kernel are those of GPLv2. This is the unanimous consensus of the extensive community of copyright … The Linux Kernel, CDDL and Related IssuesRead more
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Does Anyone Still View Cyanogen as Anything But a Microsoft Proxy?
http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/android-microsoft.png MICROSOFT is assaulting Android from numerous angles at the same time. There is no way Microsoft can compete with Android on technical merit, so … Does Anyone Still View Cyanogen as Anything But a Microsoft Proxy?Read more
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The Linux Foundation Has Become Like a Corporate Think Tank
The FSF is to the Linux Foundation what astronomy (science) is to astrology (big business around pseudo-science) and having already attempted to delete GNU from … The Linux Foundation Has Become Like a Corporate Think TankRead more
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It’s All About Freedom
George Lakoff hello I’m Justine Willis Tom’s today I’m hosting dr. George lay cough he’s the author of the all new don’t think of an … It’s All About FreedomRead more