News from the Last Month
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- Android GPLv2 termination worries: one more reason to upgrade to GPLv3 — by Brett Smith — last modified Aug 18, 2011 06:48 PM
- Distributors lose their rights when they violate GPLv2, but the Free Software Foundation is more forgiving in its license enforcement to encourage continued participation in the free software community. GPLv3 has improved termination provisions to codify this approach, giving developers one more reason to upgrade.
- Why I'm rejecting your email attachment — by John Sullivan — last modified May 11, 2010 07:38 AM
- Why I'm rejecting your email attachment: for freedom and the good of the web!
- Windows Phone 7: the best choice for Patent Trolls. — by Free Software Foundation — last modified Nov 05, 2010 09:42 AM
- BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Friday, October 8th, 2010 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today issued a warning to consumers over Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 Phone Series. The software release is backed by a reported 400 to 500 million dollar marketing campaign that aims to distract consumers from its history of abusive behavior, and recent actions as a patent troll: attacking free software based phones like Android.
- Free Software Foundation warns about the danger of computers becoming Windows-only, calls for signatures to defend the freedom to install free software — by Josh Gay — last modified Oct 17, 2011 03:24 PM
- BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Monday, October 17, 2011 — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) released a statement open for public signing, titled "Stand up for your freedom to install free software."
- FSF says: Take a stand with us for freedom, against ACTA — by John Sullivan — last modified Jun 16, 2010 04:49 PM
- Women in free software: Recommendations from the Women's Caucus — by deborah — last modified Jul 16, 2010 11:06 AM
- Nearly a year ago the FSF held a mini-summit for women in free software to investigate practical ways to increase the number of women involved in the free software community.
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FSF announces winner of Restricted Boot webcomic contest
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Jul 31, 2012 02:29 PM
- With over 30,000 signatures to our statement and over a dozen high-quality submissions to our contest, I'm confident our message that Restricted Boot is a mistake has the attention of Microsoft and computer-makers alike. Now we need take the next step of turning this support into tangible results.
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Coalition against Digital Restrictions Management ready to go for May 4th Day Against DRM
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May 04, 2012 06:08 PM
- BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Thursday, May 3, 2012 -- Defective by Design will hold its annual International Day Against DRM on Friday, May 4th, targeting the use of Digital Restrictions Management on ebooks. Several other organizations have joined to express their concern for the freedoms of authors and readers, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Creative Commons, O'Reilly Media, No Starch Press, the Accessible Computing Foundation, Libre Graphics Magazine, Fight for the Future, Angry Robot Books, APRIL, the Free Software Foundation and its sister organizations, FSF France, FSF India and FSF Europe.
- New Documentary Film "Patent Absurdity: how software patents broke the system" — by Peter Brown — last modified Apr 19, 2010 04:06 AM
- New documentary film "Patent Absurdity" is set to expose how the judicial activism that led to the patenting of software has broken the US patent system's promise of promoting the progress of science and useful arts
- Free Form: Free Software News for September 29th 2010 — by mollydb — last modified Nov 05, 2010 09:42 AM
- Recently, in free software news, Richard Stallman protested representatives of the European Patent Office giving a presentation in Australia concerning software patents. Trisquel released their newest LTS version, codename: Taranis. The chief architect of Apple's compiler group answered a question about the upstream potential of their work on the GNU Compiler Collection.
- Tell the USTR to reject ACTA — by Brett Smith — last modified Feb 11, 2011 10:29 AM
- The ACTA drafting process is finished, and countries are beginning to turn an eye toward signing it. Help us stand against it!
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Activists trick-or-treat for free software at Windows 8 launch event
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Oct 25, 2012 01:24 PM
- New York, New York, USA -- Thursday, October 25th, 2012 -- Today visitors to the primary Windows 8 launch event were greeted by an unexpected and uninvited visitor -- a gnu. Activists, one dressed as the free software movement's buffalo-like mascot, converged on Microsoft's event to distribute pamphlets about the hidden dangers of Microsoft's latest proprietary creation. The Halloween-themed action included plastic pumpkin buckets full of DVDs loaded with Trisquel, a free software distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system.
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LulzBot AO-100 3D printer now FSF-certified to respect your freedom
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Oct 09, 2012 07:38 PM
- BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today awarded its first Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification to the LulzBot AO-100 3D Printer sold by Aleph Objects, Inc. The RYF certification mark means that the product meets the FSF's standards in regard to users' freedom, control over the product, and privacy. The LulzBot model AO-100 3D printer can be purchased from www.lulzbot.com.
- FSF responds to Jobs's "Thoughts on Flash" — by John Sullivan — last modified Apr 30, 2010 03:03 PM
- Apple's use of proprietary software and recommendation of an explicitly patent-afflicted standard (H.264) are inconsistent with the free web.
- Chris Hofstader appointed as GNU access technology director — by Peter Brown — last modified May 17, 2010 12:55 PM
- GNU Project appoints director of access technology software and publishes GNU Accessibility Statement
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Wikipedia received the FSF award for projects of social benefit
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Feb 07, 2012 04:08 PM
- The award was given at the FSF's annual members meeting in Boston, MA
- FSF seeks full-time senior GNU/Linux systems administrator — by Josh Gay — last modified Aug 01, 2011 04:23 PM
- The ideal candidate will be a well-rounded GNU/Linux systems administrator who enjoys learning and problem-solving. (S)he will be familiar with the free software community and how it works, and will be more interested in making a substantial contribution to software freedom and having employment consistent with ethical ideals than obtaining the highest salary.
- Bilski and Patent Absurdity — by Peter Brown — last modified May 24, 2010 10:43 AM
- Who should see the documentary film Patent Absurdity?
- GPL Enforcement in Apple's App Store — by Brett Smith — last modified May 27, 2010 07:12 AM
- An iPhone port of GNU Go is currently being distributed through Apple's App Store. However, this distribution is not in compliance with the GNU GPL. The primary problem is that Apple imposes numerous legal restrictions on use and distribution of GNU Go through the iTunes Store Terms of Service, which is forbidden by section 6 of GPLv2. So today we have written to Apple and asked them to come into compliance. We would be happy to see Apple distribute these programs under the GPL's terms, but unfortunately, it seems much more likely that they'll simply make the problem go away by removing GNU Go from the App Store.
- FSF responds to Oracle v. Google and the threat of software patents — by Brett Smith — last modified Sep 08, 2010 12:15 PM
- As you likely heard on any number of news sites, Oracle has filed suit against Google, claiming that Android infringes some of its Java-related copyrights and patents. Too little information is available about the copyright infringement claim to say much about it yet; we expect we'll learn more as the case proceeds. But nobody deserves to be the victim of software patent aggression, and Oracle is wrong to use its patents to attack Android.