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Samba 'pleased' with Microsoft co-operation
News The non-disclosure agreement was brokered on behalf of Samba by the Protocol Freedom Information Foundation (PFIF), an organisation that seeks to facilitate the exchange of free and open-source software information.
[January 31, 2008, 7:45]
Open source's new weapon: The law?
News The agencies would also be given the freedom to "make and distribute copies of the software". Named the "Digital Software Security Act", the proposal essentially would make California the "Live Free or Die" state when it comes to software.
[August 12, 2002, 8:29]
GPLv3 may drive users from Linux to FreeBSD
News A GPL proponent might argue that a licence for free software must be upgraded periodically since we cannot anticipate what new use models for free software might be developed that restrict freedom. Against the backdrop of GPLv3, the stark...
[September 3, 2007, 8:41]
Open source fans to emulate .Net
News With DotGNU and Mono, you will be able to use C# if you wish, without surrendering your freedom to study, share, change and generally control all the software that you use," Free Software Foundation president Richard Stallman said in a statement...
[July 10, 2001, 12:06]
Coders 'have support concerns' over open source
Talkback Free software are not about free applications, but freedom to improve, share, extends. If you are talking about feodora or say cvs trunk of X.org you are playing with softwares not only told as "no warranty" but as "This software will break it is...
[January 20, 2005, 11:13]
Eben Moglen: GPLv3 set for success
News Moglen, a Columbia law school professor and former IBM programmer, is stepping down as counsel to the FSF, but he remains active in another group called the Software Freedom Law Center. Copyleft, a term coined by Free Software Foundation (FSF...
[May 24, 2007, 11:40]
Open-source licence victory in model-railway case
News Stanford Law School's Professor Lawrence Lessig — a long-standing advocate of software freedom and a founder of the Creative Commons movement — wrote on his blog that White's judgement was "huge" and "a very important victory" for the legal...
[August 14, 2008, 17:32]
Gartner: Ignore Vista until 2008
Talkback Freedom to modify, improve and change your software. There is only one reason to use Linux: FREEDOM. The only reason to use linux is freedom: Freedom to use your computer any way you want to use it. Freedom to distribute coppies to your fellow...
[November 15, 2005, 0:25]
SAP slams open source 'socialism'
Talkback And most of the time, innovation is not an immediate action.but a process that takes time and contribution for different entities.every new discovery bases on previous ones, and this is favored by free (as in freedom) patent-less software
[November 12, 2005, 17:56]
Shuttleworth: Open-source desktops need a facelift
News Shuttleworth said that the freedom of open-source software, where developers are free to develop as they wish, can lead to user interfaces that are "patchy and inconsistent" between applications and operating systems, he said.
[September 11, 2008, 16:23]
The one thing Larry's cash can't buy
Leader The freedoms espoused by the founders of free software and open source mean the freedom to use, study, copy, modify and redistribute software. Proprietary software is very often caught up in these economics of turning a profit, where quality has to...
[March 7, 2006, 14:55]
Open source patent library launched
News Eben Moglen, legal representative of the Free Software Foundation the chair of the Software Freedom Law Center, which offers free legal advice to those in the open source movement, praised the initative and called on the community to support the...
[August 10, 2005, 12:25]
Google joins open source-patent network
News Eben Moglen, a Columbia University professor and chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center, said in a speech in May that companies such as Google and Yahoo have "ethical and community responsibilities" to contribute their code back to the...
[August 8, 2007, 9:34]
Paratrooper - Shoot the parashooting fighters
Downloads You'll have a blast defending the cause of freedom against untold tyranny and oppression. You can use their development software FREE for 30-days.www.appforge.com/eval This game was written using Visual Basic and the coolest development...
[July 26, 2002, 8:00]
Will Linux get its own 'Palladium'?
News In some open-source and "free software" circles, such technological locks and authentication measures are seen as infringements on their freedom. Proprietary software and hardware developers, led in large part by Microsoft and Intel, are in the...
[April 25, 2003, 7:33]
Millions in India to get OpenOffice
News Raman believes open source software brings two main advantages to the Indian population - cost, and the freedom to modify the software. The Indian government's decision to ship free software in this way is likely to be a blow to Microsoft, which...
[May 25, 2005, 16:00]
Nations uniting for open source
News This is a political and ethical issue, just like freedom of the press or freedom of association," said Richard Stallman, founder and president of the Free Software Foundation, who this year addressed the Brazilian Congress on the subject.
[August 30, 2001, 8:30]
Time's up for secret surfing
News Security software maker Zero-Knowledge Systems signed up more than 70,000 people to a free version of its Freedom Network, which enabled people to scan the Web and send email using pseudonyms. The shutdown underscores the difficulties software...
[November 20, 2001, 12:23]
The patent poison spreads
Leader Without a wholesale reform of the law and the introduction of a protection regime designed to fit the unique nature of software development, we will lose the freedom to innovate. Thus, even under the GPL, open source development doesn't just enrich...
[April 14, 2005, 13:40]
Net users lose anonymity tool
News Security software maker Zero-Knowledge Systems announced that it would shut down the premium service component of its Freedom Network, which let people surf the Internet and send email with almost complete privacy by using pseudonyms.
[October 5, 2001, 10:15]
