May
19
2009
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 company, so the problem gets somewhat reduced in scope. The real issue is not limited [...]
Tags: cloud, community, funambol, gplv3, locked devices, mobile, mobile cloud
Dec
30
2008
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 of GPLv3 on mobile handsets, but that post only scratches the surface of the issues.
The [...]
Tags: free software movement, freedom, gplv3, handset, mobile, social
Dec
18
2008
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 is contributing back modifications to memcached, software that FB uses after having it heavily modified [...]
Tags: affero, agplv3, community, fsf, gplv3
Dec
29
2007
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 unified view of the status of GPLv3 and LGPLv3 adoption and usage across the [...]
Tags: adoption, agplv3, gplv3, interview, palamida