01.22.10
Bruce Perens on Open Source Versus Free Software
Summary: Bruce Perens defends Free Software and Richard Stallman
Bruce Perens at the launch event of GPLv3
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Pages that cross-reference this one
- Bruce Perens Sheds Light on How Microsoft Controls the Government, Using Lobbyists
- Former Microsoft Employees and Boosters Call Microsoft MVP Miguel de Icaza and Other Microsoft Apologists “Most Powerful Voices” in Open Source
- Richard Stallman and Bruce Perens Defamed by Troll
- Inaccurate Reports About Free Software
What Else is New
Links - Anti-Trust Roundups - Yahoo, Nokia, Barns and Nobel
Links - MSNokia Passes Blame, Bill Gates pushes GMOs, Open Access news
Links 7/2/2012: Firefox 11 Enters Beta, Canonical Disappoints KDE
Links for the day
IRC Proceedings: February 6th, 2012
IRC logs for February 6th, 2012
IRC Proceedings: February 5th, 2012
IRC logs for February 5th, 2012
Links 6/2/2012: PCLinuxOS 2012.02 and Mint KDE Reviews
Links for the day
Bill Gates Indoctrinates Youth in the United States and India, Critics Speak Out
Backlash against the Gates Crusade to brainwash the young minds all around the world
Bill Gates Uses Symbolic 'Donation' to Force Taxpayers to Pay Microsoft (of Which He Holds Shares)
The Gates Foundation goes lobbying for Microsoft again, this time in Vietnam
Monopoly as Innovation?
Challenging the old misconception that patents are beneficial to anything but few multinationals and their patent lawyers
Links 5/2/2012: Lenovo in India, Netrunner 4.1 is Out
Links for the day
IRC Proceedings: February 4th, 2012
IRC logs for February 4th, 2012
OpenStack, Microsoft, Junk Patents, Microsoft Copyrights, and Oracle Copyrights
Another look at the OpenStack situation, why Microsoft should not be allowed to enter, and more about patent and copyright complications
Apple, Which Started Patent Wars, Gets What It Deserves
Apple products get banned (for the time being) after Apple decided to attack Linux-supporting competitors and then received some blowback
Unitary Patent and the Emergence of More Junk Patents
The rise of the junk patents and what we are taught about them by the news, including some news about the unitary patent in Europe
Backlash Against Bill Gates' Lobbying for Patented Life
GMO, a robbery of the right of reproduction (and a potential health hazard), is promoted by Bill Gates for profit, whereupon critics strike back
IRC Proceedings: February 3rd, 2012
IRC logs for February 3rd, 2012
Links 4/2/2012: Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 Preview, ACTA Backlash in Europe
Links for the day
A Glimpse at Executives Who Left the Sinking Novell Ship
A roundup of news about former Novell staff and where that staff is moving these days
Novell Makes New Software for Microsoft Windows and Office
PR spin from Novell and money-grabbing moves that promote proprietary software rather than Free/Open Source software
Links 3/2/2012: BT Vision Goes for Linux, Linux 3.3 With Android
Links for the day
Debt in Attachmate
The company that bought Novell has a poor outlook, financial issues, and little signs of expansion/renaissance
Longtime SUSE Executive Holger Dyroff Moves on, SUSE in a Bad State
Key people continue to leave SUSE and the distribution is left without a compelling sales pitch
Groklaw Update on Android Patent Cases and Response to FUD From Microsoft Lobbyists
A few updates of greater importance where the Linux situation is discussed in the context of Android and Novell
IRC Proceedings: February 2nd, 2012
IRC logs for February 2nd, 2012
Links 2/2/2012: DEFT Linux 7, Mozilla Firefox 10
Links for the day
IRC Proceedings: February 1st, 2012
IRC logs for February 1st, 2012
IRC Proceedings: January 31st, 2012
IRC logs for January 31st, 2012
IRC Proceedings: January 30th, 2012
IRC logs for January 30th, 2012
Bill Gates is Hijacking Open Source While Attacking It Using Lobbyists, Patents, and Patent Trolls
Response to reputation laundering from Wired Magazine, the latest nonsense from Microsoft's lobbyist Florian Müller, an update on Microsoft's trolling against Android, and a little more of Apple's
The Gates Foundation is Still Hijacking the Voice of the Poor and Effectively Runs Paid Advertisements Inside 'News'
Money still the vehicle by which opinions get heard, so Bill Gates exploits this for fame, power, and profit
