Proposing a GNU Social Network Manifesto?
Reading through the GNU Free Software philosophy once again, I wonder whether, right now in the current disputes surrounding Facebook, Twitter, Mastodon and the quest for a more…
20. April 2018
Windows 10, GNU and actual “open-ness”?
Business as usual, one could say… All along with the announcement of Microsoft Windows 10 being released, I found an FSF statement on Windows 10 in my inbox,…
7. August 2015
Free Software as a social movement
zmag.org has an excellent, verbose interview with GNU mastermind and Free Software advocate Richard Stallman. Probably not bearing much news to those who are a little into the…
20. Dezember 2005
SAP, Open-Source und “Visionäre”
Wenn man sich die aktuellen Kommentare von SAP-Produktentwicklungs-Chef Shai Agassi zum Thema OpenSource so durchliest, weiß man einmal mehr, wozu Lizenzen wie die GNU GPL notwendig und für…
12. November 2005
Petition für standardisierte Dateiformate
Wie Pro-Linux; berichtet, haben sich engagierte Zeitgenossen aufgerafft, eine Petition ins Leben zu rufen mit dem Hintergrund, die Verwendung offener und standardisierter Dateiformate im elektronischen Dokumentenverkehr voranzutreiben.Die Hintergründ...
8. November 2005
GNU/Solaris gaining speed
Quite some time has passed since SUN Microsystems announced to release core components of their Solaris operating under an open-source compatible licensing, thus opening doors wide for the…
7. November 2005
cultural technology
After once again booting into the Copy4Freedom GNU/Linux Live CD this evening, I am once again ending thinking about technology and its role in culture and society and,…
6. November 2005
a GNU step forth
Last weekend I took the chance of once again installing a whole load of GNUStep packages to my Debian desktop machine. That’s some sort of ritual I’ve been…
5. Oktober 2005