Tag: free software
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Make this Bitbucket free
This is something I wrote a while ago on a Bitbucket bug post. Since then, I’ve close my Bitbucket account, and I still haven’t found satisfactory free hg hosting. I have this, but it feels very makeshift and temporary. I don’t care too much about all the bells and whistles like bug tracker and wiki.…
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We do what we can because we must
A recent conversation with a friend about Twitter vs identi.ca prompted the following response, slightly edited for formatting and anonymity: <my friend> man.. that’s my primary annoyance with the open source movement <me> What is? <my friend> the belief that everything has to be duplicated especially for open source, or it’s invalid <my friend> and…
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Linked on Reddit
Oh, dear me. A few years ago, I wrote a strongly-worded opinion piece on just why I believe so strongly on free software. Today it was linked on Reddit. While I do want free software everywhere, and I would like to completely abolish the notion of proprietary software, I see that as a distant dream.…