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"The fall of GPL and the rise of permissive open-source licenses Summary:The GPL is still the world's most popular open-source license but it's declining in use, while permissive licenses are gaining more fans, and some developers are choosing to release code without any license at all."

Executive Chairwoman and CEO of the Mozilla Foundation and of Mozilla Corporation, one of the first employees of the legal department of Netscape Communications Corporation, wrote both the Netscape Public License and the Mozilla Public License, elected Internet Hall of Fame in 2012.

Free as in Freedom is a free book licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License about the life of Richard Stallman, written by Sam Williams and published by O'Reilly Media on March 1, 2002. Williams conducted several interviews with Stallman during the writing of the book, as well as with classmates, colleagues of Stallman, and his mother. The book has received positive reviews.

"The Microsoft Alternatives project (MAlt) started a year ago to mitigate anticipated software license fee increases. MAlt's objective is to put us back in control using open software. It is now time to present more widely this project and to explain how it will shape our computing environment."

"Trackers are hiding in nearly every corner of today's Internet, which is to say nearly every corner of modern life. The average web page shares data with dozens of third-parties. The average mobile app does the same, and many apps collect highly sensitive information like location and call records even when they're not in use. Tracking also reaches into the physical world. Shopping centers use automatic license-plate readers to track traffic through their parking lots, then share that data with law enforcement. Businesses, concert organizers, and political campaigns use Bluetooth and WiFi beacons to perform passive monitoring of people in their area. Retail stores use face recognition to identify customers, screen for theft, and deliver targeted ads."

c´est un mouvement social qui promeut la liberté de distribuer et de modifier des œuvres de l'esprit sous la forme d'œuvres libres par l'utilisation d'internet ou d'autres formes de médias. Le mouvement de la culture libre puise sa philosophie de celle du logiciel libre en l'appliquant à la culture, dans des domaines aussi variés que l'art, l'éducation, la science, etc.

Quels sont les enjeux liés au libre aujourd'hui ? Et quel en est l'impact sur notre vie de tous les jours ? Pour aborder ces questions, Alexis Kauffmann, fondateur de Framasoft, dialoguera avec Stanley Claisse, avocat spécialisé dans le droit d'auteur

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"La notion de « Communs culturels » s'est construite en réaction à certaines évolutions de la propriété intellectuelle, perçue comme un phénomène « d'enclosure » par les défenseurs des Communs[1]. Modelé à partir de la matrice des « Communs de la connaissance » ou des « Communs immatériels », le concept de « Communs culturels » présente une morphologie découlant pour une grande part de ce rôle « défensif » qui fut originellement le sien. D'une certaine manière, on peut dire que la propriété intellectuelle a même « informé » le concept de « Communs culturels » en surdéterminant ses traits principaux."

"acebook has finally revealed the details of its cryptocurrency, Libra, which will let you buy things or send money to people with nearly zero fees. You'll pseudonymously buy or cash out your Libra online or at local exchange points like grocery stores, and spend it using interoperable third-party wallet apps or Facebook's own Calibra wallet that will be built into WhatsApp, Messenger and its own app. Today Facebook released its white paper explaining Libra and its testnet for working out the kinks of its blockchain system before a public launch in the first half of 2020."

"Depuis la généralisation d'Internet dans tous les domaines de la société, la problématique des logiciels propriétaires, opposés aux logiciels libres, est devenue cruciale, quoiqu'encore ignorée par la grande majorité des utilisateurs. Par définition, le logiciel libre peut être exploité, amélioré et distribué par tous. Or, la plupart des logiciels auxquels nous recourons quotidiennement sont dit "propriétaires" : leur code source appartient à de grandes entreprises, qui en tirent des bénéfices conséquents. Les résistants de l'open source y voient ainsi un enjeu philosophique autant qu'un choix de société : les nouvelles technologies devraient être contrôlées par leurs utilisateurs, plutôt que de limiter leur liberté à leur trouver des alternatives."

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Alternative email provider. Proposes a free tier, and paying additional tiers. Free tier doesn't compromise on security. Supports IMAP and custom domains (for paying tiers). Easy tool to import AND export your emails, to migrate to a new provider. Also developping calendar, contacts, drive, and VPN. They have been Open Source (even Free, license MIT) since day 1.

Audited independently, passed in July 2021 https://protonmail.com/blog/security-audit/