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The FSF's Hardware Endorsement Program
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Brett Smith
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Oct 07, 2011
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last modified
Oct 07, 2011 03:55 PM
Buying hardware that plays well with free software has long been tricky business, even for us here at the FSF -- for a while now, we've done our best to collect information about devices that require only free software drivers in our Hardware Directory. Unfortunately, these recommendations are often hard to follow and go out of date quickly.
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2010
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Fall 2010 Bulletin
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Tell the USTR to reject ACTA
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by
Brett Smith
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published
Feb 11, 2011
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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FSF News
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Farewell, Groklaw, and thanks!
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by
Brett Smith
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published
Apr 13, 2011
Pamela Jones recently announced that Groklaw will stop publishing new
articles on May 16. It's sad news.
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Licensing
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Thank 'This American Life' and ask them to set an example
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Brett Smith
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Jul 29, 2011
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last modified
Aug 24, 2011 10:22 AM
'This American Life' did some great reporting about software patents.
Ask them to help solve these problems and offer the show in
patent-free formats.
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Community
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GPL Enforcement in Apple's App Store
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by
Brett Smith
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May 25, 2010
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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.
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More about the App Store GPL Enforcement
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by
Brett Smith
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May 26, 2010
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last modified
May 26, 2010 10:24 PM
Since our announcement yesterday that we were pursuing a compliance
case involving GNU Go in Apple's App Store, we've received a lot of
questions about the details of the conflict between the GPL and
Apple's terms of service. For those of you who are interested, we're
providing those details here.
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Licensing
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FSF responds to Oracle v. Google and the threat of software patents
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by
Brett Smith
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Sep 08, 2010
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.
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Hardware Endorsements
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by
Brett Smith
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published
Apr 29, 2013
Information about the FSF's Hardware Endorsement Program.
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Resources
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Hardware Database
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Announcing JavaScript License Web Labels
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Brett Smith
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Feb 09, 2012
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last modified
Feb 09, 2012 05:01 PM
If you browse the Web today, your browser will probably download and run nonfree JavaScript software on your behalf. You should be able to say no to that software—but to date, that hasn't been practical. JavaScript License Web Labels are our newest effort to make this easier.
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FSF Supports Proposed Exemptions to DMCA Anti-Circumvention Rules
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Brett Smith
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Feb 10, 2012
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last modified
Feb 10, 2012 05:49 PM
The Free Software Foundation submitted comments to support exemptions to allow users to install free software on all kinds of devices, and view and play media encumbered with Digital Restrictions Management (DRM).
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