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Free Software Movement

Code free or die A new biography of Richard Stallman looks at how the free software mastermind got to be so single-mindedly stubborn.
By Andrew Leonard [04/02/02]

Pretty geeky privacy More and more people want powerful, easy-to-use encryption software, but the commercial world isn't providing it. Can open source deliver?
By Bill Lamb [03/27/02]

Mozilla's revenge As the much-touted, long-delayed open-source browser nears the version 1.0 finish line, it may give AOL a new weapon against Microsoft.
By Andrew Leonard [03/12/02]

Stop. Pay toll. Download. Backers of a next-generation multimedia compression technology want to charge a controversial fee -- but instead their plan is fanning interest in free, open-source alternatives.
By Damien Cave [03/06/02]

Genome liberation The information that details who we are is too important to be privately owned.
By Annalee Newitz [02/26/02]

Public money, private code The drive to license academic research for profit is stifling the spread of software that could be of universal benefit.
By Jeffrey Benner [01/04/02]

Linux goes to the movies Who says free software is passé? Hollywood's special-effects industry can't get enough of the operating system built by hackers, for hackers.
By Michael J. Hammel [11/01/01]

Microsoft to schools: Give us your lunch money! The software giant is cracking down on piracy in the public education system. But the campaign could easily backfire.
By Damien Cave [07/10/01]

End of an affair? Hackers love their TiVos, and the company is fond of its hackers. But as in any relationship, sometimes one party goes a bit too far.
By Damien Cave [06/20/01]

Microsoft unbound No longer cowed by the feds, the colossus of Redmond returns to business as usual.
By Andrew Leonard [06/12/01]

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