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COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK: Linux New Media Awards 2011

Celebrity players from the world of Linux at the CeBIT Open Source Forum presented Linux New Media Awards 2011 in seven categories. The Debian project took two prizes.

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FSF Announces New Executive Director: John Sullivan

10.03.2011

"I'm looking forward to working closely with FSF president Richard Stallman and our board to advance the goals of the free software movement. I'm very thankful to Peter for his effective leadership in our advocacy campaigns and in our efforts to build resources for free software." ~John Sullivan, Executive Director Free Software Foundation (FSF)

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Wikileaks and the Choice Between Openness and Secrecy

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

21.12.2010
Choosing openness over secrecy seems a no-brainer -- until you apply it to a real life situation. Then, things start getting ambiguous.
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Waiting for the rapture

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

14.12.2010
Members of the FOSS community sometimes seem their own worst enemies, But sometimes you have to make a gesture of support anyway.
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The Free Software Foundation: New Home Page, New Directions

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

27.07.2010
The Free Software Foundation's new home page is more than a change in design. It also marks a change in purpose.
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Free Software Foundation Appoints Director of Access Technology

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

11.05.2010
The Free Software Foundation sees ""leadership vacuum" in free software accessibility -- and it's hired an expert to fill the vacuum.
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Patent Absurdity: The Case against Software Patents Comes to Film

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

19.04.2010
The new film Patent Absurdity achieves what you might think is impossible: summarizing American law about software patents while engaging the audience
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FSF Awards for John Gilmore and Archive.org

26.03.2010

At the LibrePlanet conference, held in Cambridge MA. on Saturday, the Free Software Foundation presented its annual free software awards. Winners were the software activist John Gilmore and the internet archive, Archive.org.

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CeBIT Open Source 2010: First Forum Videos Online

18.03.2010

Much in demand, now online -- the presentation streams from Tuesday and Wednesday of the Open Source Forum at CeBIT Open Source 2010.

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VP8 Codec: FSF Encourages Free Video Standard

22.02.2010

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.

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