#gnu project

[cyberpriestess]

watching someone else use a gnu library an woaw. FSF write good utilities badly. not hackish, not clean, but a secret third thinge.

[retrocompmx]

Un día como hoy en al tecnología (27 de septiembre)

También el 27 de septiembre de 1983, Richard Stallman publica el Manifiesto GNU en net.unix-wizards dando comienzo al Movimiento por el Software Libre. Del proyecto original al actual no queda casi nada. #retrocomputingmx #GNUProject #RichardStallman

[kakurady]

The GNU project was announced on this day 40 years ago. Happy birthday GNU!

[illuminarch]

Mantenedores do GNU querem maior transparência da FSF

Mantenedores do GNU querem maior transparência da FSF

Depois que Richard Stallman foi demitido da Free Software Foundation, foi dito que a FSF estava reavaliando seu relacionamento com o GNU. Já o próprio Richard tratou de amenizar o problema e disse que não são esperadas mudanças radicais. No entanto, agora, um grupo de mantenedores do GNU apresentou alguns de seus desejos para melhorar as interações entre o GNU e a FSF. Eles querem maior…

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[spacevixenmusic]

Seduce me with your IT knowledge.

Okay baby, check this out.

One of the oldest computer operating systems ever developed was a system called Unix in the 1970s (created for AT&T, of all companies). Back in the day, operating systems were individually designed to work with different models of computer - meaning if you had two different models, they had to have completely different operating systems because of the way the operating system was tied to the configuration of the hardware. Unix was designed to be super lightweight and “portable” between models with minimal configuration changes, and because of its “universal” usability, it’s still used as a basis for some modern operating system TO THIS DAY *cough*OSX*cough*.

BUT! Unix was a licensed operating system, and one programmer-slash-hippie by the name of Richard Stallman believed an operating system (and software in general) should be free and open to modification by the programming community at large. He and a small team dedicated themselves to a “New Project” - later called the “GNU Project” - the development of an operating system that was free for everyone (no license required), and completely free to modify or collaborate on, and free to publish and redistribute your changes under your own name!

The interface they created was almost identical to the popular Unix, so it was easy for an average user to pick up and easy for a programmer to work with. And it was totally free! Later on, the GNU project would become the basis for an operating system designed by Linus Torvalds - the still-popular-to-this-day Linux operating system!

Why “GNU Project”, you ask? Well, for one, it’s still pronounced like “new”. Another thing, it was inspired by a popular song at the time called “The Gnu”. But most importantly, “GNU” is an acronym. You know what it stands for?

GNU’sNotUnix!

:D

[retrohipstr]

AlphaOmegaSin has uploaded a new video to his YouTube channel claiming that Hyperkin may be in trouble for using emulators on its Retron 5 system without permission from the people who wrote the emulators.

If the emulators in question are/were licensed by the GNU General Public License, then they have no legal case whatsoever against Hyperkin.

According to the GNU Project:

Does the GPL allow me to sell copies of the program for money?

Yes, the GPL allows everyone to do this. The right to sell copies is part of the definition of free software. Except in one special situation, there is no limit on what price you can charge. (The one exception is the required written offer to provide source code that must accompany binary-only release.)

If the emulators are open-source and were released under the GNU General Public License, then Hyperkin has nothing to worry about. But if they were released under any other license (including Creative Commons), then Hyperkin could be in legal trouble.

EDIT: According to this link, these are the emulators used in the Retron 5:

VBA-M

Genesis Plus GX

FCEU

SNES9x

According to Google searches, I can verify that VBA-M, Genesis Plus GX, and FCEU are released under the GNU General Public License, However, SNES9x is closed source and commercial redistribution is prohibited.

So according to this, only the maker of SNES9x has a legal case against Hyperkin.

[echodot]

Richard Stallman all'Universita' del Sannio - 9 maggio

  da http://youmedia.fanpage.it/video/aa/UYtb7-Sw304-ZtWu

Richard M. Stallman è il padre di GNU project, la piattaforma di software libero da cui è successivamente nato, nel 1991, Linux. Stallman è un attivista informativo impegnato nella lotta ai…

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