There’s a slashdot story on the two transcripts I made on GPLv3 presentations by Richard Stallman and Eben Moglen. It’s there at the top of the front page right now. The discussion about the changes is still waiting to gather pace, and I think it’s important to make the information flow as much as possible Read more »
After day one of FOSDEM, I went for a drink with the FSFE team and headed to the office to make a transcript of RMS’s GPLv3 presentation from a video I had recorded on my digital camera earlier that day. That took me until 5am, so day two of FOSDEM (Sunday) was a short day Read more »
The first talk I went to was Richard Stallman, talking about software patents. I’ve heard that talk before, but there were some improvements and updates, and the Q&A was very interesting. There was a camera team recording the whole thing, but I think they do that every year and no recordings have appeared online after Read more »
FOSDEM is Europe’s best free software event. In the whole World, I’d guess it’s in the top 5. It’s happening next weekend, here in Brussels, and I’m really looking forward to it. Most events which attract members of our community have a load of proprietary software vendors and advocates who have businesses or technologies which Read more »
(FOSS Means Business) March 16th is only 27 days away. For this daytime event, many people who want to come will have to book time out of the office – and that can be difficult on short notice. So the work to publicise this has to be intense right now. I’ve made a page on Read more »
I think this is going to be big. Richard Stallman and Bruce Perens are confirmed speakers, and Spires in Belfast is confirmed as the venue. "FOSS Means Business" is the title and it’s a whole-day event. It’s tailored to particularly attract to IT decision makers in medium-sized businesses and in public administration – but the Read more »
It’s been a month now since the conference that launched the GPLv3 discussion process. A busy month, so I’m only blogging it now. There’s now available: a transcript of the presentation and explantion of changes and a video of same, downloadable by bittorrent At the start of the year, I wasn’t planning on getting heavily Read more »
There’s a lot of energy in Northern Ireland right now about free software, particularly in medium-sized businesses and the public sector. One sign of the energy is that a big event is being organised for March 16th, with Richard Stallman and Bruce Perens – but that will soon be announced properly. Another is that the Read more »