The 4th International GPLv3 Conference, organised by FSFI, is taking place on the 23rd and 24th of August in Bangalore, India. I hope it goes well. The 3rd was in Europe. This will be the first conference where the 2nd draft of GPLv3 will be discussed. The public comment period has been open for a Read more »
The software patents battle will return this Winter. Nothing much is happening this week, so this isn’t a call to arms. This entry is a quick review, a look at what’s coming, and a late report from the European Commission’s July 12th public hearing "Future Patent Policy in Europe" Sections: Background: European patent governance The Read more »
Below is a list of free software videos. I find videos to be an extrememly valuable learning tool – and often interesting and entertaining. I don’t think I’d be able to maintain a list, which is why this is going in my blog instead of on a webpage. If you’d like to maintain such a Read more »
A Newsforge journalist contacted the GPLv3 discussion committees to ask if they are being listened to by FSF, and if the 2nd draft of GPLv3 includes they’re input. All who responded said yes to both. Here’s the story: Torvalds’ comments on GPLv3 committees refuted. The reason for that title is that Linus Torvalds said last Read more »