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Microsoft's Treacherous Computing
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Microsoft is trying some strange skullduggery with its partners in
Treacherous Computing. |
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GNU/Linux in Italian schools
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Trentino-Alto Adige, a region in Italy, is switching to GNU/Linux in
its Italian-language schools. |
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RMS: The GNU GPL Is Here to Stay
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"There are some who say that a collaborative development model, taking advantage of these freedoms, tends to make software that is technically better. They may be right, and it would be nice if freedom brings such a practical bonus. However, the freedom itself is more important than the bonus, so the Free Software Movement focuses on the freedom." |
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Broadcast Flag back again
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Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit
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Please send your nominations by 30 November 2005.
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European Report Threatens Consumers' Rights
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EFF urges a fresh inquiry into the ramifications of DRM.
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OpenDocument Massachusetts hearing
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Yesterday's hearing (Monday, October 31, 2005) at the Massachusetts State House was clearly an attempt to delay adoption of OpenDocument Format (ODF) --- delivering a swipe at Peter Quinn, CIO and Director of the state's Information and Technology Division.
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Nominations now closed for the 2005 Award for the Advancement of Free Software
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Special session on OpenDocument is coming: Make your voice heard
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FSF releases guidelines for revising the GPL
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First Public Discussion Scheduled for January
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Can you help nipl.net with colocation?
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nipl.net is "free community", a server running only free software, providing extensive services to the world.
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Send a letter to the French government supporting free software [Updated]
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The government of France is considering amending a proposed law so that it would prohibit much, or potentially all, free software. Updated February 2, 2006.
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FSF Announces GNU Gnash - Flash Movie Player
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Sign pledge to refuse DRM CDs
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2,349 people have signed at the time of this writing. |
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GPLv3 Discussion Draft released
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The first draft was released this morning at an internationally attended conference in Cambridge at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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New effort to introduce European software patents
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Free Software Award Winner Announced
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Boston Massachusetts, USA - Wednesday January 25, 2006. At the ceremony for the 2005 Free Software Awards, Richard Stallman presented Andrew Tridgell with the award for the advancement of free software. |
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New version of the Broadcast Flag threatens free software
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A new version of the Broadcast Flag bill seems to give the FCC and broadcasters the authority to regulate the transfer of legally obtained digital audio from the receiving device to any other device, including your computer. |
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Send a letter to the Boston Public Library
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"I therefore urge the Boston Public Library to terminate its
association with OverDrive Audio Books, and adopt a policy of refusing
to be agents for the propagation of Digital Restrictions Management." |
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UTUTO needs help in translating text for the XS 2006 version
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