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Stallman: Protect the freedom of free software
News The benefits of open source are presented in terms of practical values such as reliable software, he said, but the free software movement prefers freedom to utility. This, he explained, is because free software can always be improved, but you can't...
[October 11, 2004, 14:45]
Stallman: Protect the freedom of free software
Talkback Perhaps instead of plotting the downfall of the evil ‘proprietary’ software we should be championing free 'standards', so the document I wrote in the ‘proprietary‘ word processor at work, I can edit on my free word processor at home.
[October 19, 2004, 16:52]
Software Freedom Day struggling in Europe
Talkback "Free" as in "Speech", "Free" as in "Freedom". Not necessarily "Free" as in "Beer". Always the same lack of understanding. Could it be willful?
[September 9, 2005, 8:43]
Software Freedom Day 2008 - a damp squib in England?
Blog Comment And to top it all off, it looks like we were spearheading the UK's celebrations of Free and Open Source Software! I had the pleasure of attending (and speaking at) the Dundee event, and I'd just like to say congratulations to everyone who made it...
[September 24, 2008, 13:35]
Software Freedom Day struggling in Europe
Talkback If anything is misleading, it is calling software and software support you must pay for "free", because software and software support are commodities or services; they are not human rights. "Free" suggests the older term "freeware".
[September 10, 2005, 0:41]
Software Freedom Day struggling in Europe
Talkback There is free software. There's tons more of quality free stuff out there. No question about that. Look at Acrobat Reader for example that most people are familiair with. And just as is the case with Acrobat Reader as long as you can help yourself...
[September 11, 2005, 19:53]
Twenty years of free software: What now?
Talkback Free' in 'free software' means 'free as in freedom', not 'free as in beer'. That means you have the freedom to look at it and find out how it works, and to distribute it to others for them to do the same.
[January 12, 2004, 10:08]
Twenty years of free software: What now?
Talkback Free' in 'free software' means 'free as in freedom', not 'free as in beer'. 'Free' as in 'freedom', not 'beer'. That means you have the freedom to look at it and find out how it works, and to distribute it to others for them to do the same.
[January 9, 2004, 9:43]
Open source defence centre launched
News Eben Moglen, a Columbia University law professor who has represented the Free Software Foundation in legal cases, said that he will help run the new Software Freedom Law Centre, which is set to be announced on Tuesday.
[February 1, 2005, 8:45]
Samba and Microsoft strike interoperability deal
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.
[December 21, 2007, 16:01]
Free software 'not anti-capitalist'
News As well as the FSF, Moglen also works with a number of other free software projects through the Software Freedom Law Center, which he helped launch last year. The full interview with Eben Moglen, where he discusses his work with the Law Center, his...
[March 15, 2006, 16:10]
Free software's white knight
News Q: Last year, you helped launch the Software Freedom Law Center, which offers free legal advice to free software projects. As well as legal work for the FSF, Moglen now works with a number of other free software projects through the Software...
[March 15, 2006, 12:20]
Sun 'distorts' definition of free software
News But, the definition of free in FOSS is widely accepted to refer to the freedom of software, rather than its cost. The free software movement stands for 'free' as in freedom. The four freedoms free software provides are; the freedom to run the...
[July 1, 2005, 12:05]
Stallman attacks Oyster's 'unethical' use of Linux
News The GNU system (often called "Linux") has been developed, since 1984, for the sake of computer users' freedom. Ironically, it is now the basis for a system designed to smother the freedom of the people of London, through online payments to Oyster...
[June 9, 2008, 13:13]
Bringing free software to the masses
News I think proprietary software is becoming a thing of the past — you can't compete against freedom. Firstly, that developers need to know that their freedom to tinker is at stake because of Tivoization — if you get given a device with GPL software on...
[April 13, 2006, 13:15]
Interview: Open-source advocate Eben Moglen
News The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), the legal service which he founded in 2005 to represent key free-software and open-source projects, will continue to serve the FSF; he just wants to step out of the limelight, he said.
[May 11, 2007, 15:15]
'Linux' trademark doesn't matter, says Stallman
Talkback He's reminding people for the millionth time that free software is about freedom, not price. The Free Software Foundation promotes freedom to use software, not freedom to use brand names. Stallman is an evangelist, and his message never wavers from...
[August 28, 2005, 15:20]
Software Freedom Day struggling in Europe
News Events will be taking place worldwide on Saturday to celebrate Software Freedom Day, but most of the buzz is in the developing world, according to one of the organisers. Henrik Nilsen Omma, one of cofounders of Software Freedom Day, said on...
[September 8, 2005, 16:10]
Photos: Inside the Free Software Foundation
News Although he did not start working with the Free Software Foundation for another 15 years, this was the first time he became aware of his freedom being restricted. By contrast, the GNU General Public Licenses are intended to guarantee your freedom...
[April 13, 2006, 16:10]
Stallman: No future in proprietary software
News The open-source movement differs from the free-software movement in that they never say we're entitled to these freedoms -- the freedom to study and change and redistribute. Whereas we in the free-software movement say our freedom is at stake here...
[December 5, 2002, 7:06]
