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Comments to a New Digital Manifesto...

that claims crucial rights, including some we already have.

Perspectives of Free Software as a Social Movement, 11 years later

Some worries and suggestions from 2009, still (sadly) valid today.

The Internet should host ALL voices! No, wait...

The “Law of Unintended Consequences” states that “an intervention in a complex system tends to create unanticipated and often undesirable outcomes”. I wonder if some 100% legitimate aspirations and well-intentioned proposals to make the internet less “white and western” may have just such consequences.

Why free trials of certain software programs are bad

(this is a reformatted/expanded version of a comment I made in November 2013 on the Libre Office mailing list)

PDF version of the Family Guide to Digital Freedom now available

Following several requests, I am making available for download a PDF version of the 2007 edition of my Family Guide to Digital Freedom, with the following notes and conditions:

The Family Guide to Digital Freedom (2007 edition) is now online

Today, our rights and the overall quality of our life heavily depend on how software is used around us. This is true also for people (including children) who don’t care much about computers, or don’t even have one. This is why