Here is a fairly important blog post from Alexandre Oliva, regarding an on-line surveillance bill in the senate.

When I started a house church ministry in 2002, I chose to compile our very own hymnal, with a limited number of the most popular classic hymns of the faith.

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- April 8, 2008 -- End Software Patents (ESP) has filed an amicus curiae brief in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's (CAFC) rehearing of the In re Bilski case.

Dutch charitative venture capitalist NLnet [1] has requested IT company Microsoft to release its previous file formats into the public domain. According to the not-for-profit investor this will allow businesses, open source-developers and the standards community to better access their own documents in the future, and will help getting Microsoft's products to work with the new open standard ODF.

The appearance in the past year of so-called "completely libre" distributions such as gNewSense and Gobuntu, especially against the backdrop of existing distributions, like BLAG, Dyne:bolic, Ututo and others, might seem to point to an increased interest in software freedom. Should we be looking for the "rise of the completely libre distros", or is there something more subtle that we should notice?

Blue GNU will be replacing Windows for a local user and is anticipating some interesting new toys, not to mention the possibility of reviewing a great guru's newest book.

Non-profit Law Firm Continues to Enforce Free Software License

Recently, Blue GNU reported that the Xming software is released under the terms of the GNU GPLv2, and that the developer might be violating its terms. Harrison now states his program is no longer under the GPL. So here's an update.

Xming appears to be a useful program for accessing and running your GNU/Linux applications remotely from a Windows computer. It is licensed under the GPLv2. But just how free is it, really?

Yet another reason to fight DRM. I'll just let you read the link, if you haven't already:

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/11/07/fans-shafted-as-major-league-bas...

It's one thing to make a computer easy to use, but if you're going to do so, you must also make it secure. If you're not going to develop a secure OS, then at least give more thought to your emphasis on "Ease of Use".

If you are new to the GNU/Linux world, and need to know where to begin, you might find the LINFO project very useful.

You might consider giving Mike Jones' recent blog entry a read: Whilst most discussion about digital creative tools and platforms focuses on the power, flexibility, accessibility and opportunity they bring; there is arguably a much more significant cultural and economic shift taking place.

Looks like Comcast has joined Verizon Wireless, et.

Just in case you're wondering why Microsoft 'folded'...
Just read it and weep. Grrrr....

When the idea of sharing software comes up, people frequently break out in debates over Capitalism vs. Communism. It doesn't take long before someone starts equating - derisively, no less - sharing software with Communism. But since when did the Communists corner the market on sharing?

GnuTLS, which released version 2.0.2 last week, removed the TLS Authorization capability, due in part to an effort to circumvent the IETF standardization process.

I highly recommend you read the latest request from the Free Software Foundation, and encourage Blue GNU readers to act before October 23rd. Essentially, they are asking the community to join them in opposing an attempt to sneak a patented technology through a back door, as a so-called "experimental" standard.

You will also want to keep an eye on Andy Updegrove's blog, as he may comment on this as well. We'll see.

Dvorak recently claimed that the Free Software Foundation spearheads the non-commercial use group that believes "nobody should ever make any money selling or using software." Boy, did he ever miss the boat. But the fact is that some people in the community seem to believe exactly that.

For some time now, Microsoft has been accusing the FOSS community of violating its patents. FOSS journalists have been calling their bluff for about as long. And now the patent armageddon game is on. And we could have prevented this all along.