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Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman’s Crusade for Free Software
Mar 16th
First published in 2002, Free as in Freedom is the story of free software activist Richard Stallman. Stallman is best know for created the Free Software movement that led to the General Public License (GPL) which today under-pins today’s open-source movement. While his rigid stance on issues and use of wording related to free software have certainly earned him his share of detractors both inside and outside the community, without him, the modern software industry might be a lot different.
The book goes back and forth between his present work and Stallman’s life growing up in New York, later working at More >
Dreaming in Code
Dec 6th
The story basically starts off with Mich Kapor, the man who started Lotus Software (best known for Lotus 1-2-3, the spreadsheet everyone used between VisiCalc and Excel). Just before leaving, he created Agenda, a personal information manager that inspired the development of Chandler, the open source project that is the focus of this book.
While the story of Chandler (which at the time of writing is nearing its 0.7 release) is the main thread, Rosenberg also tells the story of how software is written; Keeping in mind, this involves quotes from Apocalypse Now and the re-telling of an ill-conceived Stonehenge recreation More >
