richard stallman
Does Facebook really embody “The Hacker Way”? Famous hackers discuss
venturebeat.com
In last week’s SEC filing, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg poked a huge hornet’s nest when he referenced “The Hacker Way.” Some of the pioneers of the hacker ethos and culture have previously defined hacking as having strong connections to tinkering, “playing” with code and systems, and most importantly, absolute...
GNU founder Stallman calls DRM'd Steam for Linux games "unethical"
arstechnica.com
Valve recently announced plans to bring its Steam game distribution service to the Linux platform. The company has also ported its Source game engine and the popular title Left 4 Dead 2. In a recent interview, Valve’s Gabe Newell said that the move was partly influenced by concerns about the...
Technology should help us share, not constrain us | Richard Stallman
www.guardian.co.uk
Companies like Amazon can control the way we use the ebooks we buy. Instead let's build a publishing model based on freedomI love the detective novel The Jehovah Contract, and I'd like everyone else to love it, too. I have lent it out at least six times over the years....
'Almost Anybody Can Have An Idea' -- Linus Torvalds
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A constant theme here on Techdirt is that it's not the idea that's crucial, but the execution. Here's someone who seems to agree: People like to idolize the "ideas" and "inspiration", but in the end, almost anybody can have an idea. Getting things actually done is where people stumble. The...
People Care More About Keeping Their Cell Phones Charged Than Their Personal Hygiene
betabeat.com
Mr. Stallman, snacking on foot stuff. (Photo: Phun.no) Good news if you're Richard Stallman! According to a travel survey conducted by Intel, Americans are so obsessed with keeping their devices tethered to their fast-typing fingers that they're eschewing the comforts and hygiene of modern life just to keep them charged. We call...
Don't count your penguins before they've hatched
www.extremetech.com
Leave it to Richard Stallman to pour cold water on a hot idea. The noted free software activist has come out against Steam for Linux, writing that “Nonfree game programs (like other nonfree programs) are unethical because they deny freedom to their users. (Game art is a different issue, because...
'Hack The Real World And Share The Results'
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Eben Moglen has been battling to defend key digital rights for the last two decades. A lawyer by training, he helped Phil Zimmerman fight off the US government's attack on the use of the Pretty Good Privacy encryption program in the early 1990s, in what became known as the Crypto...
If You Want Freedom, Don’t Use Proprietary Software [VIDEO]
mashable.com
Free software pioneer Richard Stallman spoke with us recently about the principles of free and open source programs, and what he had to say is as relevant and revolutionary as when he first started working in this field 30 years ago.Our community has been talking a lot lately about...
Designing The “World Of Programming” Infographic
www.smashingmagazine.com
Information graphics (or infographics) are used to display information in ways that are more creative than plain old text. These days, they surround us in the media, published works, road signs and manuals. Lately, the Internet has been flooded with infographics on various topics, ranging from science and technology...
Enjoying Richard Stallman's Guardian op-ed about the British Digital Economy bill, broadband, #gov2.0 and file-sharing http://bit.ly/c8800h
www.guardian.co.uk
Enjoying Richard Stallman's Guardian op-ed about the British Digital Economy bill, broadband, #gov2.0 and file-sharing http://bit.ly/c8800h
Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman and the Free - Google Preview - O'Reilly Media #books
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Download Google Pacman Game for Free [HOW TO]
mashable.com
If Friday’s Google Doodle didn’t feed your Pacman Fever, you download the special Google version of Pacman and play on your own time! Over at StackOverflow, users worked together to figure out how to extract and host the special version of Pacman, created by Google in honor of the...
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