In an open letter to Google, the Free Software Foundation suggested that the software giant freely release the VP8 HD video compression format after having acquired the On2 video technology firm.
A recent article suggests that the low participation of women is a reason for avoiding FOSS is a perversion of the original statistic -- and a strange argument to make by any standards.
The iPad presented in San Francisco by Apple chief Steve Jobs has enraged the Free Software Foundation (FSF). It seems Apple is increasingly compromising user freedom by imposing Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) on the tablet.
When Richard Stallman expressed support for selling GPL exceptions, many people were surprised. They shouldn't have been -- he was just following a tactic that the Free Software Foundation has used for years.