Category Archives: SPI

Software in the Public Interest

OSI and FSF Licence Approval Comparison

2009-02-18 by mjr

The Open Source Initiative and the Free Software Foundation are probably the two authorities on what is free and open source software that are better respected than the debian project. It’s fairly easy to see that the famous licences (GNU … Continue reading →

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SPI February 2009

2009-02-11 by mjr

The monthly board meeting of SPI will take place on irc.oftc.net #spi tonight (Wed 11 Feb) at 20:00 UTC. Members may have seen that the meeting announcement came out on time – hooray! It looks like minutes may also catch … Continue reading →

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Reject the Term Extension Directive

2009-02-04 by mjr

One of the most frustrating things about Copyright Expansion is that it’s being driven through at international levels, far away from most of the people that it affects. When we try to contact our international representatives, such as national government … Continue reading →

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SPI January 2009

2009-01-21 by mjr

The monthly board meeting of SPI will take place on irc.oftc.net #spi tonight (Wed 21 Jan) at 20:00 UTC. Members may have seen that the meeting announcement is delayed because the secretary has been ill and it seems that none … Continue reading →

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Copyrighting the Future consultation ends this month

2009-01-06 by mjr

The Copyrighting the Future: Keeping ahead of the game consultation finishes in a month’s time (6 February). They actually called it that – “copyrighting the future” – can you believe it? In case you haven’t seen it yet, this is … Continue reading →

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Representing Developers

2008-12-24 by mjr

Open and voluntary membership is a point of principle for me, so I see SPI’s membership structure as a big plus. As I wrote back in August: In my opinion, a key difference of Software in the Public Interest is … Continue reading →

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SPI December 2008

2008-12-17 by mjr

The monthly board meeting of SPI will take place on irc.oftc.net #spi tonight (Wed 17 Dec) at 20:00 UTC. As it says in the meeting announcement, none of the officers have prepared their reports in advance and there are no … Continue reading →

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SPI Nov 2008 Meeting

2008-11-19 by mjr

The next Software in the Public Interest board meeting will take at 2000 UTC (noon PST / 15:00 EST / 20:00 GMT / 21:00 CET) on Wednesday 19 November 2008 on irc.oftc.net #spi. The agenda is online, but I’ve not … Continue reading →

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Elections and SPI: Open Voting Foundation

2008-11-06 by mjr

So, as everyone knows by now, the party which is a lot like our Conservatives won the US elections (instead of the other party which is a lot like our Conservatives). I’m particularly touched by Aq’s comment:- The mood in … Continue reading →

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Get Safe Online – but no encryption advice

2008-10-29 by mjr

One of the main UK computer security websites (Get Safe Online, GSO, a public/private partnership) has recently changed to using a website for security alerts, instead of sending emails that contained a “secret” word. Of course, a non-SSL website is … Continue reading →

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