Cancelling Richard Stallman?

[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2021/cancelling_rms.gmi If you have any interest in FLOSS (Free and Libre Open-Source Software), you know who Richard Matthew Stallman (RMS) is: As the founder of both GNU project and the Free Software …

Dystopian Open Source

[New to Gemini? Have a look at my Gemini FAQ.] This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2021/dystopian_open_source.gmi Happy New Year dear reader! The other day I watched a video on YouTube that had only 6 views since last October. It is about a very important topic, though, and …

ZFS and GPL terror: How much freedom is there in Linux?

There has been a long debate about whether man is able to learn from history. I'd argue that we can - at least to some degree. One of the lessons that we could have learned by now is how revolutions work. They begin with the noblest of ideas that many followers wholeheartedly support and may …

Craven New World – or how to ruin the net

Alright. I never expected to write about anything remotely "political" on my blog... It's about technical things, right? Ok, ok, free software is "political" all by itself. Kind of. But that's about it. While at times I'm really sick of what happens on the world, that doesn't fit well on a blog about computer topics. …