Tag Archives: gplv3

Beyond removing GNU software from mobile stores

Posted on 2 June, 2010 by Stef

Last week the Free Software Foundation asked Apple to either remove the game GNU Go from the iTunes App Store or change the terms of service on it. Apple chose to simply remove GNU Go from the store and the … Continue reading →

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Locked devices, GPLv3 and the path to mobile freedom

Posted on 19 May, 2009 by Stef

In a recent discussion with friends I realized that tivoization is a sub-optimal world to describe the problem that the Free Software community has with freedom being controlled by those that control the hardware.  The word clearly targets one specific … Continue reading →

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Extend the border of free cyberspace to mobile

Posted on 30 December, 2008 by Stef

After one year spent using my (pretty old) cell phone for more than just sms and audio calls, I understand better some of the new challenges that the free software movement have to face.’  I already wrote about the implications … Continue reading →

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Affero GPL is freedom to the web

Posted on 18 December, 2008 by Stef

Savio questions the usefulness of AGPL and his argument seems very slippery to me. He questions whether the Affero GPL is an obstacle to the development of more free/libre open source software.’  He uses Facebook as an example company that … Continue reading →

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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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