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Submission + - An Overview on the Free Software Movement by RMS

Submitted by Andareed on Thursday May 24, 2007 @04:02PM

Andareed writes: Richard M. Stallman , founder of GNU, the FSF, and the Free Software Movement discusses the past, present and future of the GPL. In particular, RMS discusses the new GPLv3 and how it applies to software patents and propriertary software. He also discusses what he sees as the future of Linux and Hurd. He attacks binary-only drivers in the linux kernel (read: NVIDIA and ATI) and insists that companies must release open-source Linux drivers or "suffer the wrath of the Free Software Movement".

Submission + - RMS Talk at USCD

Submitted by

Lyle Spoons

on Thursday May 24, 2007 @03:28PM

Lyle Spoons writes: "http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/media/The%20Free%20Soft ware%20Movement%20and%20GNULinux%20Operating%20Sys tem,%20a%20talk%20by%20Richard%20Stallman%20at%20U CSD.html During the open question portion of his RMS addresses philosophical things like: Is it OK to use the binary nVidia and ATi drivers? — which is interesting in itself if you ask me."

Submission + - RMS Talks about Binary Drivers and other Open Sour

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 24, 2007 @03:03PM

An anonymous reader writes: RMS recently gave a Free Software GNU/Linux talk to a group of students. RMS fielded a number of interesting questions relevant to the future of the free software movement including, "Do you support the Creative Commons license?" and "Can I use ATI and NVIDIA drivers because Mesa isn't nearly as complete?". Can we expect Linux ever to see main stream adoption with these persistent driver and licensing issues still hanging around? In keeping with RMS' wishes the talk is only available in Ogg Theora and can be downloaded by web (http) or bittorrent

Submission + - RMS lecture at UCSD

Submitted by

NaleagDeco

on Thursday May 24, 2007 @01:39PM

NaleagDeco writes: "Richard Stallman recently gave talk titled "The Free Software Movement and GNU/Linux Operating System". Of particular interest is the open Q&A session where RMS is asked such questions as "Can I use ATI and NVIDIA drivers because Mesa isn't nearly as complete?", and other ethical as well as practical questions.

In keeping with RMS' wishes the talk is only available in Ogg Theora and can be downloaded by http, bittorrent, and dijjer"

Submission + - RMS Fields Questions

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 24, 2007 @01:28PM

An anonymous reader writes: Richard Stallman recently gave talk titled "The Free Software Movement and GNU/Linux Operating System". Of particular interest is the open Q&A session where RMS is asked such questions as "Do you support the Creative Commons license?", and other ethical as well as practical questions.

In keeping with RMS' wishes the talk is only available in Ogg Theora and can be downloaded by http or bittorrent.

Submission + - RMS talk on The Free Software Movement

Submitted by dalektcalum on Thursday May 24, 2007 @12:36AM

dalektcalum writes: Richard Stallman recently gave talk titled "The Free Software Movement and GNU/Linux Operating System". Of particular interest is the open Q&A session where RMS is asked such questions as "Can I use ATI and NVIDIA drivers because Mesa isn't nearly as complete?", and other ethical as well as practical questions.

In keeping with RMS' wishes the talk is only available in Ogg Theora and can be downloaded by http, bittorrent, and dijjer

Submission + - Linux, Windows, and Apple 3d graphics programming

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 29, 2007 @07:10PM

An anonymous reader writes: Advanced graphics programming differs from platform to platform, but weather you are coding for the Wii,Vista, or Linux the common mathematical princples remain the same. In a recent talk given by "The Professor" (Christopher Evensen) he covers the linear algebra which everyone should know. Its an excellent introduction for those interested in getting started, or a good review for those already involved.

Submission + - Developing Open Source Software Ventures

Submitted by bobdole3k on Thursday March 29, 2007 @07:05PM

bobdole3k writes: The University of Waterloo just posted a video of a new talk economist Larry Smith gave the UW students about creating startups using open source software and domain specific knowledge. Smith gives examples of successful companies as well as a few companies that didn't make it off the ground.

Submission + - Developing Open Source Software Ventures

Submitted by calumtdalek on Wednesday March 28, 2007 @08:28PM

calumtdalek writes: The UofW Computer Science Club just posted a video of a new talk economist Larry Smith gave the UW students about creating startups using open source software and domain specific knowledge. Smith gives examples of successful companies as well as a few companies that didn't make it off the ground.

Submission + - Creating New Startups to beat Microsoft & Goog

Submitted by

holden karau

on Wednesday March 28, 2007 @06:49PM

holden karau writes: "Economist Larry Smith recently presented a radical new take on software startups in an increasingly globalized economy. A video recording from the conference can be found here. He talks about how to leverage the power of open source, combined with domain specific knowledge to create software of actual value to users. He spends most of his talk looking how to make successful startup using specific examples, but he ends with some cautionary tails of how things can go wrong. A must-watch for anyone serious about hoping to create successful startups using open source software."

Submission + - Developing Open Source Software Ventures

Submitted by bobdole3k on Wednesday March 28, 2007 @06:47PM

bobdole3k writes: The University of Waterloo just posted a video of a new talk economist Larry Smith gave the UW students about creating startups using open source software and domain specific knowledge. Smith gives examples of successful companies as well as a few companies that didn't make it off the ground.

Submission + - Software Start-ups: What Worked and What Did Not

Submitted by larrysmithfanboy on Wednesday March 28, 2007 @06:19PM

larrysmithfanboy writes: Economic Larry Smith recently presented a radical new take on software startups in an increasingly globalized economy. In this talk, Smith discusses key skills that a would-be entrepreneur must possess and gives examples of how these skills have helped startups. A must-watch for anyone serious about 21st-century business.

Submission + - Rogue Economist Predicts Fall of "Big I.T."

Submitted by Mitchell Bogues on Tuesday March 27, 2007 @11:33PM

Mitchell Bogues writes: Economic 'enfant terrible' Larry Smith recently presented a radical new take on software startups in an increasingly globalized economy. A video recording from the conference can be found here. A must-watch for anyone serious about 21st-century business.

Submission + - Economist Predicts Fall of "Big I.T."

Submitted by Mitchell Bogues on Tuesday March 27, 2007 @11:28PM

Mitchell Bogues writes: Economic enfant terrible Larry Smith recently presented a radical new take on software startups in an increasingly globalized economy. A video recording from the conference can be found here. A must-watch for anyone serious about 21st-century business.

Submission + - Creating a Successful Startup

Submitted by bobdole3k on Tuesday March 27, 2007 @10:34PM

bobdole3k writes: Economist Larry Smith discusses how to create a successful software startup company. He notes that many young coders have the technical knowledge to create a product but lack the skills necessary to market their product and manage a software company. Smith gives specific examples of startups from the University of Waterloo (with names redacted) that have been successful and others that have been unsuccessful.

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