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Free Software Directory gets overhaul

October 1, 2011 10:46pm PDT

The Free Software Foundation's (FSF) Free Software Directory has been relaunched and contains over 6500 programs that it says are free.

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Non-free "blobs" in the Linux kernel?

December 1, 2008 5:46am PST

Jack Wallen comments on the debate that's broken out about the use of proprietary "blobs" in the "free" Linux kernel. How much "free" deserves the seal of approval from the Free Software...

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Foundation wants more of the PC to be free

March 1, 2005 2:20pm PST

The Free Software Foundation is mounting a wider effort to encourage the creation of free BIOS software for PCs.

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Free Software Foundation cites Windows 7 'sins'

August 31, 2009 5:41am PDT

The Free Software Foundation has started a new campaign, "Windows 7 Sins." Is it FUD or is it Truth?

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Eben Moglen resigns from FSF Board

April 26, 2007 3:42pm PDT

Software freedom advocate and a major influence in the GPLv3 process Eben Moglen has resigned from the board of the Free Software Foundation.

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GPLv3 release set for Saturday morning

June 28, 2007 4:51pm PDT

The Free Software Foundation is set to release the General Public License version 3 at noon on Friday (in the US).

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Bill Gates and other communists

February 15, 2005 4:03pm PST

Commentary by Richard Stallman, president of the Free Software Foundation as well as chief GNUisance of the GNU Project.

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Does the Free Software Foundation play a strong enough role in Linux development?

October 8, 2001 7:00am PDT

Polling Place examines the results of TechProGuild's Quick Poll: The majority of TechProGuild members do not know what the Free Software Foundation is.

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New GPL draft has olive branches, thorns

March 29, 2007 7:07am PDT

New GPL draft has olive branches, thorns article root Examining the third draft of GPL 3 The third draft of General Public License version 3 (GPL 3) eases some concerns, raises issues for Novell,...

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Major retailer suffers data breach

January 23, 2007 5:01am PST

Major retailer suffers data breach article root FSF's LSB... The Free Software Foundation's Linux Standards Base is not a BASE standard as they claim. they went far beyond a base standard when...

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GPLv3 to drive users from Linux to FreeBSD?

September 3, 2007 11:33am PDT

GPLv3 will help FreeBSD take some users away from Linux, according to the founder and vice president of The FreeBSD Foundation.

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Five security tips from MediaWiki's lead developer

April 30, 2008 5:31pm PDT

Brion Vibber, the Wikimedia Foundation's lead developer, is the guiding hand behind the ongoing improvement of MediaWiki. MediaWiki is one of the most widely-used Web applications in the world,...

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QA Tester 1.00 (Mobile)

May 24, 2011 12:00am PDT

There are many ways to study for a software testing exam like the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level or the ISEB Foundation in Software Testing, but the only way to be sure that you are ready...

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Droid Dicom Viewer 1.4 Grymalkyn (Mobile)

December 1, 2011 12:00am PST

Droid Dicom Viewer is a DICOM Viewer for the Android platform.DISCLAIMERDroid Dicom Viewer is a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as...

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Droid Dicom Viewer 1.4 Grymalkyn (Mobile)

November 25, 2011 12:00am PST

Droid Dicom Viewer is a DICOM Viewer for the Android platform.DISCLAIMERDroid Dicom Viewer is a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as...

Provided by: Pierre Malarme

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An inside look at the Apache Software Foundation

September 1, 2009 9:14am PDT

Justin James recently spoke with the Apache Software Foundation's President and Executive Vice President about what the ASF does and how they do it.

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iStudy IT Service Management Foundation Exam FREE 1.9 (Mobile)

April 8, 2010 12:00am PDT

iStudy ITIL Exam Foundation FREE gives you access to up 420 practice exam questions. Answers are fully explained and referenced to the ITIL Publications.Make sure you pass your ITIL V3 Foundation...

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SpringSource acquires Covalent technologies

January 29, 2008 8:14am PST

In an all open-source acquisition, SpringSource, maker of the popular Spring framework will be acquiring Covalent technologies, a provider of support and services for Apache Software Foundation...

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Component-based Web framework Apache Wicket 1.3

January 5, 2008 10:25am PST

Open-source component-based Web Framework, Wicket 1.3, will be made available under the Apache Software Foundation.

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Software to detect if your ISP is tampering with your Internet connection

November 29, 2007 5:31am PST

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released software that will help users determine whether their Net connection is being tampered with by their service provider.