Tag Archives: Free Software

LWN.net: The road to freedom in the embedded world

Posted on 16. March, 2007 by Georg Greve

I wrote an article for LWN.net about the status of Free Software in the embedded world and where we need to intensify our efforts. For your convenience, I’m mirroring the article here, as well: The road to freedom in the … Continue reading →

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UNESCO publishing paper on “Ethical Implications of Emerging Technologies”

Posted on 14. March, 2007 by Georg Greve

UNESCO has published a paper on "Ethical Implications of Emerging Technologies" which follows up on discussions during the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The paper also talks about the OLPC project … Continue reading →

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Netzpolitik-Interview: Sechs Jahre Free Software Foundation Europe

Posted on 12. March, 2007 by Georg Greve

For all Fellows capable of reading German, Netzpolitik.org,a favorit source of news about the social and political issues in the knowledge society, has an interview with me on the occasion of six years Free Software Foundation Europe. Vor sechs Jahren … Continue reading →

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FOSDEM followup: Fellowship section on reclaiming “Windows Tax”

Posted on 7. March, 2007 by Georg Greve

During the Q&A session at the end of my keynote at FOSDEM 2007, some people were discussion the issue of the “Windows Tax” on all PCs and laptops: Most vendors will not sell you hardware without Windows licence for fear … Continue reading →

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When governments mandate proprietary software

Posted on 7. March, 2007 by Georg Greve

Software is increasingly essential to communicate with our governments, and the choice of that software is a very sensitive issue in a democracy. There is always a danger of undermining the right of the citizens to freely communicate with the … Continue reading →

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Life after FOSDEM

Posted on 2. March, 2007 by Georg Greve

Last weekend, many of FSFE’s teams descended upon Brussels, Belgium for the 2007 FOSDEM meeting to spend two days between computers, talks and Belgium beer. There must have been around 20 people from FSFE alone, and we came well-prepared: FSFLA … Continue reading →

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Fedora removing binary ESRs.

Posted on 22. February, 2007 by Georg Greve

The fact that the protagonist of the popular web-comic “Everybody loves Eric Raymond” has turned his back on Red Hat Fedora in an email seems to have been a major news item, according to linux.com and Heise. Unfortunately, most of … Continue reading →

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Heading for FOSDEM 2007

Posted on 19. February, 2007 by Georg Greve

Next weekend, one of the world’s most interesting Free Software conferences, the FOSDEM in Brussels, Belgium, will once more open the Free Software conference year. As every year, FSFE will participate with several people, a booth, as well as some … Continue reading →

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The ‘Ow’ starts now

Posted on 30. January, 2007 by Georg Greve

Today is the day when Microsoft Vista starts shipping, and this operating system may indeed turn out to be quite painful for governments, companies and users around the world. The main problem is not the graphical user interface. If you … Continue reading →

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Call for letters to ISO re: OpenXML

Posted on 25. January, 2007 by Georg Greve

Following up on the articles "Novells ‘Danaergeschenk’", "Is OpenXML now a standard?", "OpenXML wrap-up after D12K" and "Why criticise OpenXML now?" I would like to make sure that everyone has had a look at the Groklaw article "Deadline Looms to … Continue reading →

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