By Matt Asay The early days of open source were fraught with religious animosities we feared would tear apart the movement: free software fundamentalists haggling with open source pragmatists over how many Apache …read more Source:: OpenSource
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MomentumA Dangerous Rebel Bites the Dust
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Predicting trends in computer technology is an easy way to get into trouble, but two developments have been hyped so much over the past decade that there’s little risk in jumping on their bandwagons: free software and cloud computing. The installments appear here in order of publication, beginning with the Introduction. Source: Tech
Purism Librem 15
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I’ve been a fan of Free Software for quite some time, but for the most part I’ve found my opinions lean in the more pragmatic Bruce Perens Open Source camp. I value free software ideals but also accept other Open Source licenses that may not meet the strict definition of Free Software. Source: Tech
Hackers shake confidence in free software idealism of the 1980s
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Several high-profile attacks in recent months exploited security flaws found in the “open-source” software created by volunteers collaborating online, building off each other’s work. The YGS Group provides digital and printed reprint services for Daily Herald. Source: Tech
Italy is latest to promote open source software in public procurements
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In December, the Italian government issued final rules implementing a change to procurement law that now requires all public administrations in the country to first consider re-used or free software before committing to proprietary licenses. Source: Tech
FOSS in the Enterprise: To Pay or Not to Pay?
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One of the big attractions behind the growing popularity of open source software is the ability to get it and use it for free. In a world of ever-rising costs in pretty much every other aspect of business and life, “free” is an offer that’s increasingly difficult to refuse. Support is one area, however, where…
LibrePlanet 2014 seeks session proposals, volunteers for annual free software conference
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BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Friday, October 18, 2013 — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the call for sessions for LibrePlanet 2014. The FSF also announced the formation of a volunteer organizing committee and a call for exhibitors. Source: Free Software
Artists: daily builds of Krita
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The Krita Lime PPA provides daily builds of the best free software painting application out there. Source: Tech
netappConfigMaker 1.5.5
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This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version. Source: Tech
GNU system, free software celebrate 30 years
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BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Friday, September 6, 2013 — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced plans to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the GNU operating system. The celebratory activities will include a 30th anniversary hackathon at MIT in Cambridge, MA, satellite events around the world, and ways for people to celebrate online. Source: Free…