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Richard Stallman wants users to have software freedom for all published computer software.
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| The opportunity for change exists wherever there
| is storage that allows alteration. When a
| deviceâs program is software, the issues of
| software freedom are raised. The question
| becomes who has permission to make changes to
| that software? This is a question of permission
| not technical know-how, time, interest, or
| budget to change the software. If the software
| is free, the user can get a copy of the
| programâs source code and make their device
| behave as they wish. They can even help other
| users by sharing their improved code. If the
| developer is the only person who may modify the
| software, the developer subjugates the user.
| Developers who want to maintain this power over
| the user will not distribute free software for
| the device or complete documentation on how the
| device works.
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http://www.digitalcitizen.info/2010/06/08/richard-stallman-wants-users-to-have-software-freedom-for-all-published-computer-software/
Works OK for business, too.
Two BI Companies Say: Two's Company
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| So when I met up again yesterday with the Brian
| Gentile, the head of JasperSoft, I put the same
| question to him, and received pretty much the
| same answer: that his company was concentrating
| on its core elements, rather than spreading
| itself more widely. The fact that both men
| independently gave me the same story probably
| explains why both have managed to do so well:
| they are pursuing quite different strategies and
| so avoid head-on confrontation and destructive
| rivalry.
|
| As part of his company's approach, Gentile told
| me JasperSoft was doing a lot of work with its
| reporting tools â going back to its roots, since
| JasperReports was the original open source code
| around which JasperSoft was formed.
| Interestingly, JasperReports is being used
| increasingly alongside other software by
| companies that want more sophisticated output
| from those applications, including things like
| allowing users to create personalised output on
| the fly.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=3011&blogid=14
Recent:
Meet free software guru Richard Stallman at Pitt
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| Copyrights used to expire after a few years;
| now some corporations want them to last
| forever to protect their revenue streams on
| copyrighted works. Stallman continues to
| influence this conversation with an eye toward
| protecting computer users' freedom and making
| software more conducive to a genuine
| education.
|
| "The global corporations that profit from
| copyright are lobbying for draconian
| punishments for copyright violations and to
| increase their copyright powers while
| suppressing public access to technology," says
| Stallman. "If we seriously hope to serve the
| only legitimate purpose of copyright-- to
| promote progress for the benefit of the public
| -- then we must make changes in the other
| direction."
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http://www.popcitymedia.com/innovationnews/stallman0217.aspx
See 'Revolution OS' at the Darress Theatre in Boonton
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| The New Jersey Linux User's group will present
| a film titled "Revolution OS" at the Darress
| Theatre in Boonton on Wednesday, March 31.
| This is a documentary detailing the roots of
| the Free Software and Open Source movements
| that resulted in Linux, as well as many other
| free software projects.
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http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/events/84540942_See__Revolution_OS__at_the_Darress_Theatre_in_Boonton.html
Google Music Blog Mess Highlights Why Three Strikes Will Not Work
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| They're based on the false belief that
| copyright infringement is an easy "yes" or
| "no" decision that can be determined upon
| seeing it. But what we're discovering in
| both this situation and in the Viacom
| situation is that even the copyright holders
| are really bad at figuring out if something
| is infringing or not. So why should anyone
| expect third parties to be able to do a
| better job?
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100212/1210038151.shtml
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