What exactly does it mean when Richard Stallman says that the Creative Commons’ Attribution-ShareAlike license has a “Weak Copyleft”? Why exactly is it that “Freeware” and “Non-Free Software” mean the same thing, while “Free Software” is something else entirely?
Mentre continua la discussione su Secure Boot e le maggiori distribuzioni cercano la soluzione meno “dolorosa” al problema, la Free Software Foundation torna a farsi sentire in un’intervista nelle vesti di Richard Stallman, a breve distanza dalla pubblicazione di alcune linee guida in merito all’uso e l’acquisto di hardware equipaggiato con la famigerata estensione di
Free software leader Richard Stallman claims Ubuntu amounts to spyware with Amazon search integrated into the “dash” of its Unity interface. He is calling for developers to shun the open-source operating system.
Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu. Stallman says the advertising search results amount to surveillance and argues that personal data is on Canonical’s servers.
Stallman: “Steve Jobs, the pioneer of the computer as a jail made cool, designed to sever fools from their freedom, has died.”
Frictional Games has released an expansion pack, “Justine”, for Amnesia: The Dark Descent users who’ve purchased the game over Steam; as that’s not an option for Linux users, their development blog notes: Now with the Portal 2 ARG over, we will release the new content, an add-on story called “Justine”, for all non-steam versions of [...]
“Steam for Linux” – is now available for Ubuntu/Linux platform. They just announced – the limited access beta for the newly launched – “Steam for Linux Client”. Currently, Steam is the leading platform for delivery and management of PC/MAC games.
Now, you can play a lot of cool games in Ubuntu / Linux.
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has just released in tandem the second edition of its president and founder Richard Stallman's selected essays, Free Software, Free Society, and his semi-autobiography, Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman and the Free Software Revolution.
Microsoft’s Windows 8 is taking some heat in the world of online games. Both Valve (builder of the Steam gaming platform) and Blizzard (World of War Craft) appear to be criticizing the Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Store strategy, and Valve is hedging its Windows bets with a Linux strategy. Why should business channel partners care?
Steam Beta Linux client will enter in closed beta testing this month. About 1,000 users will have access to Steam client and one Linux game.
Though a date for full public release is yet to be announced, Valve is already adding new Linux games to its database.
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