richard stallman

Richard Stallman Weighs In On The Check Engine Light

Linux Today  Wed, 02/15/2012 - 16:00

Jalopnik: I agree with you about the "Check engine" light, but that is a symptom of a broader and deeper problem: the owners of cars do not control, what the car's computers do.


 

Why Creative Commons Licenses Help Rather Than Hinder Struggling...

Techdirt  Mon, 10/31/2011 - 06:52

Creative Commons (CC) has been with us for nearly a decade, so you would have thought people might understand it by now.

Apparently not, judging by the title of this blog post: "How Creative Commons Can Stifle Artistic Output."


 

Stallman's Android deconstruction is an attack on open source

Linux Today  Wed, 09/21/2011 - 15:00

ITWorld: Richard Stallman's recent article on the libre-ness of Android not only picks apart Android, but also takes broad shots against open source.


 

Is Android really free software?

Digg / Tech Industry News  Mon, 09/19/2011 - 02:05

Richard Stallman: Google's smartphone code is often described as 'open' or 'free' - but when examined by the Free Software Foundation, it starts to look like something different


 

the gnu extension language

Lambda the Ultimate - Programming Languages Weblog  Thu, 09/01/2011 - 09:14

I found this to be an entertaining and interesting read: the gnu extension language, by Andy Wingo, maintainer of Guile.


 

Richard Stallman Urges Rejection of Anti-Piracy Web Blocking

TorrentFreak  Tue, 07/05/2011 - 04:30

Italy is no stranger to censoring sites deemed offensive by the entertainment industries.

In the summer of 2008 The Pirate Bay was blocked nationwide following a court order, a decision the site successfully appealed at the The Court of Bergamo.


 

Richard Stallman Opts to Disobey Anti-Piracy Law

Linux Today  Sun, 06/12/2011 - 12:00

TorrentFreak: RMS says that the public should disobey Spain's new anti-piracy law.


 

RMS weighs into Google GPL debate

Linux Today  Thu, 03/24/2011 - 15:03

IT wire: "Free Software Foundation chairman Richard Stallman has weighed into the debate over whether Google may be guilty of a GPL violation or not by saying that what the search giant has done is not limited by copyright."


 

Could Free Software Exist Without Copyright?

Linux Today  Fri, 07/09/2010 - 09:06

Computerworld UK: "A couple of days ago, I was writing about how Richard Stallman's GNU GPL uses copyright as a way of ensuring that licensees share code that they distribute – because if they don't, they are breaching the GPL, and therefore lose their protection against claims of copyright infringement."