News from the Last Month
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Sep 07, 2004 04:53 PM
- Bilski ruling: a victory on the path to ending software patents — by Matt Lee — last modified Jun 29, 2010 12:53 PM
- As opinions form about the extent to which the Court ruling impacts the patenting of software, one thing is clear. The State Street ruling that in 1998 opened the flood gates to the patenting of business methods and software has been gutted, if not technically overturned.
- EndSoftwarePatents.org Phase II: developing a global resource and campaign — by Matt Lee — last modified Feb 23, 2009 05:45 PM
- By organizing this information and delivering it into the hands of activists and law makers, we can form an immense tool to help existing and future campaigns around the world -- Ciaran O'Riordan, Director End Software Patents.
- Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos apologizes for Kindle ebook deletion. Free Software Foundation calls upon Amazon to free the ebook reader. — by John Sullivan — last modified Jul 27, 2009 10:41 AM
- Send comments opposing TLS-authz standard by February 11 — by Matt Lee — last modified Feb 12, 2009 03:12 PM
- War on Sharing: RIAA moves to block new FSF court brief — by John Sullivan — last modified May 14, 2009 05:43 PM
- Job opening on the FSF campaigns team — by Peter Brown — last modified Jun 06, 2009 06:49 PM
- The FSF is hiring a campaigns manager to be part of the team that runs DefectiveByDesign and PlayOgg, helps coordinate the GNU Project, and generates new campaign ideas. This is an opportunity to take a leadership role in the organization that sponsors the GNU project, publishes the GPL, and fights for software freedom.
- Free Software Foundation will host a mini-summit on Women in Free Software — by Peter Brown — last modified Aug 24, 2009 12:10 PM
- The Free Software Foundation will host a mini-summit on Women in Free Software to discuss how the free software community can cultivate and increase participation by women in free software's development and activism communities.
- FSF launches new free software activist internship program — by John Sullivan — last modified May 07, 2009 05:28 PM
- The deadline for applications for the summer term is Monday, May 25.
- FSF releases audio recording of LibrePlanet conference — by Matt Lee — last modified Mar 30, 2009 02:56 PM
- BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Monday, March 30, 2009 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today released the complete audio recordings from the first day of the LibrePlanet GNU/Linux conference, held on March 21, 2009, in Cambridge, MA.
- Windows7sins: FSF launches campaign against Windows 7 and proprietary software — by Peter Brown — last modified Aug 26, 2009 08:10 PM
- Windows7Sins.org: Free Software Foundation launches public awareness campaign against Microsoft and proprietary software
- FSF adds speakers for LibrePlanet conference on GNU/Linux: March 21st-22nd — by Matt Lee — last modified Mar 04, 2009 05:47 PM
- FSF welcomes AdBard network for free software advertising — by Peter Brown — last modified Jul 28, 2009 12:35 PM
- The Free Software Community now has an ethical alternative to ad networks that promote proprietary software
- Free Software Foundation files objection to Google Book Search settlement — by Brett Smith — last modified Sep 08, 2009 03:26 PM
- Microsoft's Empty Promise — by Brett Smith — last modified Jul 16, 2009 06:21 PM
- Last week, Microsoft extended the terms of their Community Promise to implementations of the ECMA 334 and 335 standards. You might think this means it's safe to write your software in C#. However, this promise is full of loopholes, and it's nowhere near enough to make C# safe.
- Coalition launches petition demanding that Amazon drop DRM from the Kindle — by John Sullivan — last modified Aug 03, 2009 01:43 PM
- FSF Settles Suit Against Cisco — by Brett Smith — last modified May 20, 2009 01:06 PM
- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) and Cisco Systems, Inc. are pleased to announce that they have reached a joint agreement.
- Turtles all the way down to the source code: FSF's Boston Software Freedom Day event to feature Walter Bender — by John Sullivan — last modified Sep 15, 2009 06:18 PM
- Submit your nominations for the 2009 Free Software Awards — by Peter Brown — last modified Sep 15, 2009 02:50 PM
- FSF updates list of free GNU/Linux distributions, adding Kongoni and announcing the Trisquel 3.0 release — by John Sullivan — last modified Sep 11, 2009 01:03 PM
- FSF announces new bounty program, offering "GNU Bucks" for finding nonfree works in free distributions — by Brett Smith — last modified Oct 02, 2009 06:28 PM