Tag Archives: free software

I’m Not Boycotting FOSDEM About Novell, So Please Stop Saying That

2009-01-30 by mjr

Last Friday, I wrote “I’m not going to FOSDEM again because there are better value-for-money events around now” right near the start of an article on here. But on Wednesday, I was surprised to learn from another website that I … Continue reading →

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I’m not going to FOSDEM 2009

2009-01-23 by mjr

FOSDEM is a place where “free and open source software” really means “open source software” and “the “F” in FOSDEM is a token gesture to the free software movement” if you believe FOSDEM organiser Philip Paeps. If that’s so, I’m … Continue reading →

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Results of Which Social Bookmarking?

2008-12-23 by mjr

I asked Which Social Bookmarking? almost a month ago. I was looking for a service which:- is run on free software provides RSS feeds of new additions (pref. RSS-1, but any RSS is OK) provides all my bookmarks for download/backup … Continue reading →

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Which Social Bookmarking?

2008-11-24 by mjr

Since changes to Firefox made exporting bookmarks from Ice* a pain, I’m trying to find a social bookmarking site that is:- run on free software provides RSS feeds of new additions (pref. RSS-1, but any RSS is OK) provides all … Continue reading →

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You Wait Ages for a Survey…

2008-10-18 by mjr

As well as my little What topics do you want to read here? survey, there’s a more serious Free/Open Source Participant Satisfaction Survey by Brenda Chawner for the Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand which you might like to answer. … Continue reading →

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Demutualised Building Society Survival Hits Rock Bottom

2008-09-29 by mjr

Our webmaster cooperative is just switching from a building society to a cooperative bank because of support for free software and web standards in their online banking – I’ve just given up waiting for it. That’s disappointing, but the building … Continue reading →

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Software in the Public Interest

2008-09-17 by mjr

There should be a board meeting at 1900 UTC in #spi on irc.oftc.net, according to the last meeting. There’s no announcement or agenda online at the time of writing. (If only you’d elected me…) Hopefully, a meeting will decide on … Continue reading →

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Software Freedom Day: Sat 20 Sep 2008

2008-09-17 by mjr

Lucy Bridges writes: “Saturday 20th September is Software Freedom Day [1]. As many of you will know, this is a worldwide event designed to promote software freedom. I am proud to announce that Manchester Free Software (like many other groups … Continue reading →

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Friday Opinion Request 2: Are Your Free Software T-Shirts Ethical?

2008-09-05 by mjr

News reports have described the use of forced child labour for cotton harvesting in Uzbekistan, which is then used in t-shirts and so on, including those sold by some major shops in England like Asda/Wal-Mart, as I mentioned on the … Continue reading →

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Canada: Land of the Non-Free?

2008-09-03 by mjr

I’ve been seeing a bit about Canada recently, what with plastic-bottled water (more on that next month), the airline I used for my last trip (Zoom) going bust and stranding passengers and being a fan of Co-op Radio‘s documentaries, so … Continue reading →

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