![]() We’ve often stated that Microsoft isn’t the sole threat. dropping the term “Open Source”, talking about Free-as-in-freedom software instead). Not all hope is lost however we need to point those things out and people who still care about software freedom will respond accordingly (e.g. Giant Pentagon-connected (sometimes Pentagon-funded) companies like IBM, Google and Microsoft want to tell us what operating system we can and cannot install on ‘our’ computers, what software we're allowed to install on the operating system, and then deny us access to the World Wide Web unless we run some arbitrary JavaScript code, executed and run by some proprietary Web browser with DRM inside/under its belly. THE growth of Free software is curtailed by monopolisation and centralisation efforts. Summary: A word of caution (and optimism) about the long path towards people controlling computers instead of computers controlling people Posted in GNU/Linux, IBM, Microsoft, Patents at 8:03 pm by Dr. The Battle for Software/Digital Freedom Rages on Leave Your Comment Send this to a friend It’s good that we’ve managed to diversify a bit and put the eggs in more baskets. The Web is rapidly becoming a highly censorious turf that protects its real owners (the monopolists) from accountability this means - inter alia - banning exposers and critics. I’m currently in touch with a high-profile journalist who investigates this for an upcoming report. Twitter is, in effect, protecting a convicted criminal from his critics. Owing to the curfew-like lock-downs over here we’ve also found time to set up a Gemini capsule with all our pages (and some mirrors soon followed).Īs many readers must be aware, Twitter took away my account after 12 years with no reasons specified, though it now seems clear, based on press reports, that Gates criticism has a lot to do with it. “The Web is rapidly becoming a highly censorious turf that protects its real owners (the monopolists) from accountability this means - inter alia - banning exposers and critics.”On a daily basis we’ve dealt with DDOS attacks, the trolling in our IRC channels became more intense, and we’ve somehow managed to stay focused and publish more or less as usual. THE past month and a half has been - as they say - “craaaaaazy” for us.Ī lot of things have happened behind the scenes. Summary: A word of caution about the censorship campaigns plaguing the World Wide Web and a frank, entirely sincere explanation of pressures directed towards us 03.13.21 2021 a Very Eventful Year for Techrights (So Far)
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