Depressing news from the land of DRM today, as author and developer Dusty Phillips has announced via his blog that Amazon has blocked him from publishing the Arch Linux Handbook on the Kindle. Freely Available Dusty was surprised when people starting asking for the Arch Linux Handbook on the Kindle, as it was already available for free [...]
Tivoization: A Necessary Evil
Tivoization is a term coined by Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) to refer to what they believe is a violation of the GNU Public License’s (GPL) spirit, if not its actual wording. In response to Tivoization, as well as a few other concerns, the Free Software Foundation released a third version of [...]
Petition To Expand US Government Use of Free Software
A petition has recently been put up on “We the People” that suggests the US government looks to expanding their use of free and open source software in an effort to cut spending. “We the People” is a section of the White House’s official website where any citizen can submit petitions and have the rest [...]
Open Source Versus Free Software
While open source software and protocols have been an important part of the Internet since their inception, today we’re seeing an explosion of open source projects entering the mainstream conciousness. From web browsers such as Firefox and Chrome wresting control from Internet Explorer, to the staggering success of Google’s Android mobile operating system, we may [...]
Official Petition: Open Source Palm OS
UPDATE: Please read! Do not sign this petition! The Powerbase, in its infinite wisdom, has made an awful mistake. Though our intention were pure, this petition with do nothing. The Palm OS, otherwise referred to as Garnet OS, is a product of Access. We still believe that the Palm (Garnet) OS should be open sourced, [...]
Awesome Linux Timeline Updated
There is a blog out there on the Internet called Futurist. I am not completely sure what is there because all of the links are basic geometric shapes, and there is obviously a purpose here that i am not aware. Never-the-less, this Futurist person has put together an awesome and gigantic chart showing the history [...]