> Coming up one-sentence rebuttals will be pretty difficult and most people
> willing to open the link and read that will most likely be willing to
> read the one paragraph response.
I expect that some of these responses will be models for copy-pasting
into forums, as a quick way to ensure blatant
> Weird enough, a while ago I started to write a free book called
> "Libre software apologetics" (inspired by C.S. Lewis) which had the
> exact same intent!
It is funny that you mention _that_, because I was inspired by
RationalWiki, a resource for atheists and those opposed to
pseudoscience. http
> This is a great idea and I think we should start organizing to make it
> reality.
Okay, here's an initial proposal just to get the ball rolling:
- An index page titled something like "Common arguments and responses"
- Sub-pages of that page that follow a common template:
-- Title: a critique, a
(Sorry for the duplicate message Fabio, re-posting to the list.)
I've experienced similar frustration talking with people about the GPL.
The most frustrating responses are when I talk with GPL-haters who I
know and respect as developers, who are otherwise nice and care for
others, and whose other
> But the FSF stickers for GNU and GPLv3 have really
> precise printing where the white background is *not* glossy* yet the ink
> is glossy
> and somewhat raised and the resolution precision is amazing. I
> suspect it's a one-color printing process.
I too suspect this is just black ink on vinyl. T
All the vinyl stickers I have received that were manufactured by
stickermule.com have been very high quality. Their website might use
nonfree javascript.
I have used stickerguy.com multiple times to print simple 2-color
vinyl stickers like these: http://datagrok.org/tmp/stickers.jpg They
are good
> I'm glad you enjoyed the talk, Michael! For now, the slides are up on
> slideshare.
> http://www.slideshare.net/freedeb/style-or-substance-free-software-is-totally-the-80s-lp2015
Hooray! Thanks so much!
> I'd be happy to post them directly on the FSF's MediaGoblin instance, if
> someone with ac
Deb Nicholson's 2015 talk at LibrePlanet, "Style or substance? Free
software is totally the 80's" is excellent! One of my favorites.
http://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/deb-nicholson-style-or-substance-free-software-is-totally-the-80s/
But it would be even better if I could see the illus
I'm currently investigating the Kobo e-readers. While the bundled
software is proprietary, it might not be impossible to eventually
develop Free Software replacements for it. The software is
single-purpose (not Android-based) and built upon GNU/Linux and the QT
toolkit (http://www.qt.io/)
Unfortun
While investigating the issues around binary blobs and the C.H.I.P.
computer, and from reading your thoughtful and informative replies, I
was surprised to find this text in the Respects Your Freedom hardware
certification requirements:
"All the product software must be free software. [...] However
> > This is common, and is even worse for the other single-board computer
> ??? ... I think that CHIP is not worse than that.
I'm sorry, my phrasing was unclear. I meant: CHIP is flawed, and being
flawed is common. For example, the more-popular Raspberry Pi is worse
than CHIP, because it can't eve
Today, the C.H.I.P. $9 single-board computer was released to the public for
pre-order.
A page on the FSF's website categorizes this board under "boards with
serious flaws (for respecting your freedom)." It claims that the GPU, VPU,
and WiFi chip require non-free code or binary blobs to work. This
Thank you so much Catonano and Aaron for sharing these videos. I've been
feeling alone in developing a similar argument, since it seems like
everybody (even many free software supporters) accepts as a matter of
course claims like "GPL is incompatible with business."
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