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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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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 Unfortunately, these recommendations are often hard to follow and go out of date quickly.
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Over 1,000 sign the petition asking This American Life to use Ogg Vorbis
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Brett Smith
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Sep 27, 2011
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last modified
Sep 27, 2011 05:56 PM
We just delivered our petition to the show, asking them to be part
of the software patent solution by using a free format.
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FSF speaks against patent and DRM provisions at Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiators' meeting
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Brett Smith
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Sep 16, 2011
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a free trade
agreement currently under negotiation that could require member
countries to enact strict copyright and patent legislation that hurts
free software users and developers. Our license compliance engineer
Brett Smith talked about the FSF's opposition to these terms with
negotiators last weekend; in this blog post, he shares his perspective
on the event.
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Fall internship positions are still open—apply today!
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by
Brett Smith
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Sep 07, 2011
Are you looking for some work experience this fall semester? The FSF
still has several open internship positions for this fall!
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People who have signed our petition to This American Life
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Brett Smith
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Aug 30, 2011
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Sep 02, 2011 06:16 PM
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Join the petition asking for This American Life in Ogg Vorbis and help us reach 1,000 signatures!
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Brett Smith
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Aug 23, 2011
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Sep 07, 2011 12:24 PM
This American Life still hasn't responded to your many messages asking
them to use Ogg Vorbis for their downloads and streams. Sign the
petition and make your voice heard!
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TAL-Patents
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Aug 19, 2011 05:46 PM
Petition This American Life to publish their show in Ogg Vorbis format.
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Android GPLv2 termination worries: one more reason to upgrade to GPLv3
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Brett Smith
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Aug 18, 2011
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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.
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Helping out This American Life—with an Ogg copy of the show
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Brett Smith
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Aug 01, 2011
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last modified
Aug 24, 2011 10:23 AM
Last week, we asked you all to write to This American Life to thank
them for their episode about software patents, "When Patents
Attack!", and ask them to make it available in Ogg Vorbis format.
We thought it would also be helpful to offer them a copy of the show
that's already been converted to Ogg Vorbis; with this, the only
work they have to do is copy that file and post it on their own
servers. Here's the text of the letter we sent them.
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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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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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