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Posts tagged GNU
Samba case hearing: How Microsoft’s gamble backfired
Jun 4th
Karsten Gerloff of the Free Software Foundation Europe writes about the latest hearing in the European Commission’s antitrust case against Microsoft (which has been going on for over 10 years, now). He writes, “[Microsoft] is still bent on locking down any market it enters, and blocking the path of competitors wherever possible.”
BT Beats: User freedom and artistic freedom go hand in hand
Jun 3rd
British Telecom is launching a new music service, BT Beats. The Free Software Foundation Europe’s UK team has called on BT to not forget free software users when launching its upcoming service, and to build the system using web standards like HTML5 and CSS3, rather than proprietary and invasive software such as Flash.
We hope BT Beats listens to FSFE’s letter, and joins this trend of publishing music in free formats usable with free software.
Microsoft Skype
Jun 3rd
FSF president and founder Richard Stallman explains the real problems behind Skype, which will not change after Microsoft’s recent acquisition:
The Skype client program is nonfree software: it gives its owner power over its users. Presently it will give the same power to a different company. The identity of the master is just a detail, because freedom means not having a master.
Work on a free software GPRS/EDGE stack!
Jun 3rd
GPRS is a technology used by mobile phones to transmit data. If you have Internet access on your cellphone, it’s likely that you are using GPRS.
A project called OsmocomBB is underway to develop software that could be used in free mobile devices. Progress has been good, with regular telephone calls and text messages already working, but data connections are still not supported. This work is substantial and quite different from the work needed for voice calls.
OsmocomBB developers are looking for people with an interest in implementing data support.
