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Introducing the Compliance Lab's summer intern
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Brett Smith
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Jun 23, 2011
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Jul 08, 2011 03:05 PM
William Theaker recently started working at the FSF as this summer's licensing intern. In this post, he writes about what brought him to free software, and the goals for his internship.
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Statement on OpenOffice.org's move to Apache
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Brett Smith
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Jun 10, 2011
When OpenOffice.org moves to a non-copyleft license, there's a ready
replacement for people who want a productivity suite that does more
to protect their freedom: LibreOffice.
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Two new projects can help free software replace Skype
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Brett Smith
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Jun 08, 2011
GNU Free Call and WebRTC are both building frameworks that stand to
make Skype obsolete.
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Announcing our license recommendations guide
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Brett Smith
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May 25, 2011
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May 25, 2011 03:17 PM
We've compiled a single resource that guides you through the process of choosing a license for new software, documentation, and other functional data.
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Parabola GNU/Linux joins the FSF list of free distributions
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Brett Smith
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May 20, 2011
Parabola GNU/Linux is a full featured general-purpose distribution that's committed to only including free software.
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Another High Priority Project done: The Unarchiver provides free RARv3 extraction tools
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Brett Smith
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May 10, 2011
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Oct 31, 2019 03:44 PM
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Completed high-priority project
This collection of software fills an important gap in free software support for different archives.
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Good news about the Novell/CPTN deal
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Brett Smith
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Apr 22, 2011
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Apr 26, 2011 01:19 PM
Earlier this week the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and German
Federal Cartel Office (FCO) announced a joint decision regarding
Novell's proposal to sell 882 patents to CPTN Holdings, newly formed
by Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, and EMC. The authorities ultimately
approved the sale, but with conditions that prevent the companies from
using the patents to attack free software.
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Farewell, Groklaw, and thanks!
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Brett Smith
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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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Steer clear of Android Market and its DRM
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Brett Smith
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Mar 09, 2011
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Mar 09, 2011 06:08 PM
Google recently made headlines after they identified some malware
being distributed through the Android Market. Not only did they stop
distributing those apps, but they used their "remote kill switch" to
remove the apps from phones where they were already downloaded. This
is a kind of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) that all computer
users should avoid.
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Windows Phone 7 and Xbox ban GPL software
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Brett Smith
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Feb 28, 2011
Recently word started getting around that the terms for getting apps
on Windows Phone 7, and indie games on the Xbox, have changed. Now,
programs submitted to Microsoft cannot have any code licensed under a
copyleft license. Even if a single file is licensed under a weaker
copyleft license like the LGPL, Microsoft will apparently reject it.
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