Objetivos de GPLv3 con respecto a DRM
Ricardo Galli, en un intento por explicarme los objetivos y la forma en la cual el draft de la GPLv3 ataca el DRM, repite los objetivos de las cláusulas y cómo se espera que funcionen. No tengo dudas...
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Cambio de Arquitectura: adaptación al cambio
Hace un tiempo, Apple anunció que se cambia a una arquitectura que utiliza chips Intel en vez de los PowerPC que habían usado durante el último tiempo. Eso tiene varias consecuencias: hay gente...
View ArticleDemistificando FUD: Patentes de Software
Un argumento esgrimido en muchos ataques de FUD es que los proveedores de software bajo licencias privativas se encargan de velar por que los usuarios finales no se vean afectados por demandas por...
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GPLv3 beta 2
So, the second draft of the GPLv3 is out. Changes include a rephrasing of the anti-DRM aspects of the code. In fact, the wording DRM is not there anymore. As Richard Stallman has made it clear in his...
View ArticleOSS Watch Survey 2006
The 2006 OSS Watch Survey is available (you may also take a look at the executive summary). This survey studies the usage of Open Source Software (FLOSS) in Higher Education (HE) and Further Education...
View ArticleOpen Source Drivers for Graphic Cards
Drivers for Graphic Cards has been a pain in the ass for open source communities. Since the market is still evolving very fast, the vendors are reluctant to give any information to their competitors....
View ArticleFLOSS, Open Standards, Open Services and Open Infrastructure
OpenBusiness runs a very interesting inteview with Last.FM on their project, website or service, whatever you may call it. This is an interesting iniciative that offers what we could call an “open...
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Free Software and Open Source Software
The main difference among the free software and open source software concepts are the motivation of the people identifying with each (that is why I tend to use the term FLOSS when I do not want to be...
View Article¿Países que han adoptado políticas de “neutralidad tecnológica”?
José Antonio Barriga, National Technology Officer de Microsoft en Chile, habla de FLOSS y la coexistencia con software privativo en su primera entrada de su blog. Primero que nada, creo que es una...
View ArticleOpen Source Licensing based on Patents rather than Copyright
This is a very interesting proposal by Larry Rosen and Fred Popowich as explained in an interview on linux.com. The consequences are interesting, particularly regarding dual licensing. One of the...
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