I heard recently that another friend is out of action due to hand pains. This reminded me to turn the typing break feature back on on my computer. It should be called "typing and mouse break" – both are common causes of overuse injuries. Some notes: Make sure you have something to do during your Read more »
FSF have put online draft 2, plus a draft of LGPLv3, and a new rationale document. So whats changed? Here’s a… Wdiff of draft 1 and draft 2 and a Wdiff of GPLv2 and draft 2
In the Q+A session after a recent talk by Alan Cox in Limerick, he was asked for his thoughts on GPLv3. Below is a transcript of his off-the-cuff reply, and then my comments. His comments were quite positive. The only issue he raised was that draft 1’s wording for thwarting DRM was a bit heavy-handed. Read more »
I was really glad that a Fellow of FSFE living in Brussels, Sean Daly, was able to come down to the GPLv3 conference and record the whole thing with his camera. The content is important and high quality, and the goal of this conference was to spread information, so it would have been a terrible Read more »