Quick Guide to GPLv3

The FSF has released a Quick Guide to GPLv3. This article explains all major changes in an easy-to-understand overview. So it is a good staring point for everyone who wants to understand GPLv3. It is also a good resource for developers who plan to release their software under the GPLv3.

The Matrix Has You

While browsing the Web i have found the video presentation "Free Software and the Matrix" by Alexandre Oliva. Just take some time, watch this presentation and you will see how much the movie "The Matrix" discusses the issues of the Free Software movement.

Back from Chemnitz

At this weekend Rainer and I were in Chemnitz at the "Chemnitzer Linux Tage" (CLT). It was the first time that FSFE had a booth at this event and for me it was the first time going to a fair especially to work at the FSFE booth. The first day was really hard for us. Read more »

Test your knowledge of the GPL and LGPL

While reading some FSF Blogs i found a link to a license quiz where you can test your knowledge of the GPL and LGPL.. If you want to test your knowledge of the GPL and LGPL than try the license quiz. I remember that i had found this test already some years ago but forgot Read more »

a lot of impressions and news

I’m back from the SFSCon and the first international FSFE Fellowship Meeting in Bolzano (Italy). For me i can say that it was a great event and it gaves me the opportunity to meet a lot of great people from the Free Software Foundation Europe and around Free Software in general. The Fellowship Meeting was Read more »

Fedora, the Cardman4040 surprise and the Fellowship meeting

I have tried Fedora Core 6 and was really impressed. After installation Fedora detected my PCMCIA Cardman4040 card reader. On Ubuntu and Debian i had to patch GnuPG to get support for this device. As far as i know this device is officially supported only in GnuPG 1.9.x, so probably the Fedora team has taken Read more »

Login with GnuPG smartcard

Thanks to Stefan Grote who gets in touch with me as he had read my "cry for help" at the GnuPG mailinglist i have managed it to get libpam-poldi run with my Omnikey Cardman4040. Libpam-poldi allows you to use your Fellowship crypto card to log in your GNU/Linux system. Here a small guide how to Read more »

French “iPod Law” violates Human Rights

The so-called “iPod law” contains reduced fines for file sharing and forced companies to open their DRM specification to enable competition. The French Constitutional Council has declared this aspects unconstitutional. The justification: The “iPod law” violated the Human Right of constitutional protections of property. Mr. Menard, a partner at the Lovells law firm and a Read more »

Interview with DefectiveByDesign

Thanks to Markus from netzpolitik.org i have found this interesting interview with the DefectiveByDesign campaign. The campaign has received quite a lot of attention in the media. For example the “Bono petition” saw press coverage in more than 115 news papers and news sitest in the USA. Here a answer from DefectiveByDesign to a probably Read more »