GNU and FSF News for February 2008
Did the Free Software Foundation meet their 2007 pledge drive goal? Will DefectiveByDesign try to stamp out DRM at the Boston Public Library? Does Stallman like the OLPC Project enough to replace his thinkpad with an XO? Will the SAMBA team finally get to see Microsoft's top-secret networking protocols? Where's RMS this month? Is the micro vs monolithic kernel debate back again? The answers to these and other mind-boggling questions that are on everyone's mind can be found in this month's GNU and FSF news summary.
Richard Stallman on the OLPC Project
While RMS was visiting southern India to speak in January, the folks at the OLPC Nepal blog caught up with him and managed to do a hour-long interview. The interview is available as in ogg-vorbis format. In it, Stallman expresses his support for the OLPC project and, in particular, it's use of free BIOS. He says he is even thinking of replacing his old Thinkpad for an OLPC XO. His only complaint is with the use of proprietary code for wireless networking.
450 New Free Software Foundation Members
The FSF reports that the yearly membership drive resulted in 450 new members for 2007. they also note that RMS "gave 90 invited talks to over 8,000 unique individuals around the world" in 2007. DefectiveByDesign.org is doing well too. Over 25,000 people have signed up on the website and more than 30,000 have signed DefectiveByDesign petitions and letters.
FSF Calls on Libraries to Eliminate DRM
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