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Free Software is not about deception, Free Software is about caring for others..
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| And now this makes me wonder, what if Pidgin
| was proprietary software? Would its makers
| still give a damn about whether the users are
| guaranteed their full privacy and security
| while using it? Or will it be just another
| piece of software that's full of deceptive
| eye-candy from the outside, while the inside
| (i.e. the under-the-hood stuff) can be as far
| from security and privacy as east is from the
| west? The difference between proprietary and
| free open source software is in the fact that
| in FOSS, the source code is open and visible
| to everyone, meaning that if there's anything
| wrong with the source code, it can be easily
| detected and fixed. On the other hand,
| proprietary software keeps the source code
| visible only to its owners, which means that
| the owners/developers of a proprietary
| software can write all the code they want (be
| it good for the user or not) and nobody will
| ever know for sure what they wrote because
| their code is only visible to them, which
| simply means that they can be spying at every
| single action done on their software while
| the user is unaware of anything because A) He
| can't see the source code.
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http://becausefreedommatters.blogspot.com/2010/04/free-software-is-not-about-deception.html
If they're going to do it anyway...
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| We free software advocates surely know that,
| no matter what we say or how we say it, some
| people have to or (if you prefer) simply want
| to use proprietary software for one reason or
| another - and that's even when they've heard
| and understood everything we have to say on
| the matter. Many free software advocates,
| though, only preach abstinence from - and a
| zero tolerance policy towards - proprietary
| software. I have to disagree with this
| approach. Let me explain...
|
| While many would disagree, I think educating
| abstinence and taking a zero tolerance policy
| on just about anything - while often laudable
| - just doesn't work well enough and in many
| cases can be naive and downright negligent.
| Take educating children to abstain from sex
| and/or drugs as an example.
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http://www.fsdaily.com/blog/if-theyre-going-do-it-anyway
Recent:
Release of IFOSSLR
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| Today marks the (soft) launch of a new journal dedicated to Free and Open
| Source Software legal issues (a âhardâ launch with printed copies is
| happening in London on Wednesday). The International Free and Open Source
| Software Law Review is an initiative of the freedom taskforce run by FSF
| Europe. I am on the editorial panel and am also happy to take credit for
| initially floating the idea of having a journal. I am also happy to praise
| the enormous effort that has gone into putting the law review together by the
| other members of the editorial committee and to the sponsors for supporting
| it.
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http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/release-of-ifosslr/
Free/Open Source Law journal launched
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| A new legal journal has been launched that deals specifically with issues
| around free and open source software. The "International Free and Open Source
| Software Law Review" (IFOSSLR) is a bi-annual peer reviewed publication. The
| editorial committee is made up of members of the European Legal Network, a
| group of legal experts founded by the Free Software Foundation Europe in
| 2007.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/Free-Open-Source-Law-journal-launched--/news/113759
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