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Free Software Foundation files objection to Google Book Search settlement
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| Today the Free Software Foundation (FSF) filed an objection in court to the
| proposed Google Book Search settlement (The Authors Guild, Inc., et al. v. Google
| Inc.). The objection urges the court to reject the proposed settlement unless it
| incorporates terms that better address the needs of authors using free licenses
| like the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), and does not provide special
| competitive advantages to Google.
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http://www.fsf.org/news/2009-09-google-book-settlement-objection
Recent:
Windows 7 Sins
http://windows7sins.org/
Windows 7 Sins - Bad Vista 6.1
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| Despite Microsoft going for the Windows 7 moniker as the official brand for
| its latest Windows client release, the actual version of the operating system
| is 6.1, while Windows Vista, the previous version of the platform, was 6.0.
| The build string of Windows 7 RTM is in fact 6.1.7600.16385. But it is not
| only Microsoft thatâs insisting on the intimate connection between Windows 7
| and Vista. The Free Software Foundation is also introducing its latest
| anti-Windows push, dubbed Windows 7 Sins, nothing more than a Bad Vista
| version 6.1. It was the FSF that launched the Bad Vista website in 2006,
| efforts that have evolved into the Windows7Sins.org.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-7-Sins-Bad-Vista-6-1-120095.shtml
Free Software Foundation trashes Windows 7
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| Matt Lee, manager of the new FSF campaign, hopes to make businesses and
| computer users more aware of what he perceives as the growing dangers of
| proprietary software from Microsoft and companies such as Apple and Adobe.
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| "With the release of Microsoft's updated operating system, business leaders
| have the opportunity to escape to freedom and join a growing list of leaders
| who understand that sinking money and time into proprietary software is a
| dead-end inconsistent with their best interests," he said.
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http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2248513/fsf-holds-rally-against-windows
Free software group attacks Windows 7 'sins'
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| They include: Poisoning education, locking in users, abusing standards such
| as OpenDocument Format (ODF), leveraging monopolistic behavior, threatening
| user security, enforcing Digital Rights Management (DRM) at the request of
| entertainment companies concerned about movie and music piracy, and invading
| your privacy.
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http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=56382C84-1A64-6A71-CE9D480DEAEF0319
Free Software Foundation launches campaign against Windows 7
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| The site lists seven sins, saying that Microsoft is "poisoning education" by
| investing money on lobbying educational departments, "invading privacy",
| behaving as a monopoly, forcing updates on users to lock them in, abusing
| standards, enforcing Digital Rights Management (DRM, or as the FSF calls it
| Digital Restriction Management) and threatening user security by distributing
| vulnerable software.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/144315
Free Software Foundation knocks Windows 7
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| OPEN SOURCERERS at the Free Software Foundation are staging a demo in Boston
| in a bid to encourage businesses to throw away Microsoft Windows in favour of
| free alternatives.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1530986/free-software-foundation-knocks-windows
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