I’d just like to comment on some irony I’ve seen while attending the O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON). I’m fully aware that this conference makes no attempt to represent purely free software. However, it is still an “open source” conference. Why, then, do the vast majority of attendees bring in laptops running proprietary operating systems [...]
Categories: Free Software
Tagged: Free Software, open source
I’ve always had one major issue with some of the “free” Wordpress themes out there – the encryption of footer data. I’ve seen countless themes licensed under the GNU GPL that violate the very principles for which it exists.
Someone took the time to make their theme available under the GPL – that’s an excellent, noble [...]
Categories: Free Software
Tagged: Free Software, PHP, wordpress
“ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, is a proposed enforcement treaty between United States, the European Community, Switzerland, Japan, Australia, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand and Mexico, with Canada set to join any day now.” – More information here
The name of the treaty sounds innocent enough, but what are they not telling you? This is [...]
Categories: Free Software, Uncategorized
Tagged: Free Software, FSF, liberties
Well, I recently ordered a Sansa e280 from Amazon. I was looking for a good mp3 player that the open-source firmware RockBox supported. I noted that the v2 series was not supported, but Amazon did not state that it was such a model. You can imagine my disappointment once it arrived.
After debating whether or not [...]
Categories: Guides
Tagged: Free Software, GNU/Linux, Guides
A few days ago, I received my FSF membership goodies in the mail. Among these things were a bootable GNU/Linux membership card / CD-ROM, utility flash drive, a CD containing the source code for the files contained on the membership card, a small collection of articles and a very generous amount of creative stickers [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: Free Software, FSF, GNU
In an effort to give back to the open source and free software communities that has so positively affected both my life and career, I have become an Associate Member of the Free Software Foundation to provide my support. I encourage other open source supporters to do the same, or make a small donation toward [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: Free Software, FSF, GNU, MyCustomBB
Not too long ago I decided to go open-source with my MyCustomBB bulletin board software. I couldn’t bear requiring licenses for it – I’m not that type of guy. I’ve wanted to create an open-source project for a while – a way to give back to the open-source community – so here it is.
Though open-source, [...]
Categories: MyCustomBB
Tagged: Free Software, MyCustomBB, open source
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