Monthly Archives: December 2007

Six months of GPLv3: a chat with Ernest Park of Palamida

Posted on 29 December, 2007 by Stef

Six months ago Free Software Foundation released the third version of the most widely adopted free software license, the GNU GPL version 3. To track adoption of the new license, Palamida started a project with the aim to build a … Continue reading →

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Il uai e il bicaus

Posted on 24 December, 2007 by Stef

Buon Natale Visto che mi è stato chiesto, approfitto e rispondo alle domande di Alessio: Chi o cosa ti ha spinto a creare un blog? Principalmente per esercitarmi a comunicare in modo breve e rapido. Non l’avevo mai fatto prima, … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-12-22

Posted on 22 December, 2007 by Stef

New Red Hat CEO checks open source claims | Reg Developer Good or bad: “the “suits to sandals” ratio in the open source and Linux movement sliding further towards the suits.” ? (tags: redhat free+software+business ceo szulik Whitehurst gnu/linux) Samba … Continue reading →

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Dove sono finiti i fondi per il Software Libero?

Posted on 21 December, 2007 by Stef

Questa mi fa cadere le braccia: i 10 milioni di euro stanziati dalla finanziaria 2007 a sostegno del software libero sembrano spariti, ma spesi altrove dove? Ne parlano Flavia e Roberto facendo notare però che ai cittadini non è dato … Continue reading →

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W3C under siege: developers want free hands

Posted on 20 December, 2007 by Stef

Standards can be a Royal PITA and every developer and hacker knows that. But for users they’re the only way not to go crazy. Web standards give users the possibility to connect to the Internet from any device and blog, … Continue reading →

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Spagna e Italia: lotta a metà  classifica

Posted on 19 December, 2007 by Stef

Un post di Alfonso mi ha ricordato perché non compro e non leggo Repubblica.’  Nell’articolo Ricchezza pro-capite la Spagna sorpassa l’Italia leggo: accelerazione della Spagna nella classifica del Pil pro-capite [...] che scavalca così l’Italia che pure rimane sopra la … Continue reading →

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Microsoft, antitrust, EC, interoperability: deja-vu

Posted on 18 December, 2007 by Stef

Here we are again with the European Commission being asked by a competitor to remind Microsoft that competition doesn’t mean abuse of dominant position. I have a sense of deja-vu. Opera Software has asked the EC to investigate if Microsoft … Continue reading →

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DefectiveByDesign.org: Together we are Fighting DRM

Posted on 17 December, 2007 by Stef

DefectivebyDesign.org posted a list of actions and campaigns activated and run by FSF in the past year. I really like what the strategy they put in place and the results so far. DefectivebyDesign brought the problem with Digital Restrictions Management … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-12-13

Posted on 13 December, 2007 by Stef

Welcome – Windows Feedback Program Nobody wants Vista, not even if “pirated”. So Microsoft gives it away in exchange of your privacy. I wonder how that’s going to work (tags: badvista+vistawatch vista privacy microsoft office) Il DRM open source e’ … Continue reading →

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Conflitti e interessi: è normale che in Italia vadano spesso insieme?

Posted on 12 December, 2007 by Stef

Certi personaggi nei governi fanno spavento e il fatto che siano così tanti quasi mi toglie la speranza. Il consigliere regionale (Lombardia) Marcello Saponaro si sta scontrando con un assessore regionale (Pagnoncelli, bergamasco, assessore all’ambiente) in grave conflitto di interesse … Continue reading →

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