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Beyond removing GNU software from mobile stores
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
Locked devices, GPLv3 and the path to mobile freedom
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
Posted in business, community, eng, fsf
Tagged cloud, community, funambol, gplv3, locked devices, mobile, mobile cloud
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Extend the border of free cyberspace to mobile
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
Posted in business, community, eng
Tagged free software movement, freedom, gplv3, handset, mobile, social
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Affero GPL is freedom to the web
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
Six months of GPLv3: a chat with Ernest Park of Palamida
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