Codecs. 7-Zip. Welcome [Savannah] Social Networks Visualiser for Linux. Free Software Magazine. Gnuzilla and IceWeasel. Introducing GNUzilla and IceCat GNUzilla is the GNU version of the Mozilla suite, and GNU IceCat is the GNU version of the Firefox browser. Its main advantage is an ethical one: it is entirely free software. While the Firefox source code from the Mozilla project is free software, they distribute and recommend non-free software as plug-ins and addons. In addition, GNU IceCat includes some privacy protection features, included in a separate addon: Some sites refer to zero-size images on other hosts to keep track of cookies. When IceCat detects this mechanism it blocks cookies from the site hosting the zero-length image file. (It is possible to re-enable such a site by removing it from the blocked hosts list.) To see these new features in action, some test pages are available. Downloads Official releases of IceCat are available from ftp.gnu.org, or any GNU mirror.
Free addons We maintain a list of free addons. Free plugins GNUzilla runs its own plugin finder service at gnuzilla.gnu.org. FSF - The Free Software Foundation. FOSS Directory & Fre. Home - Berkman Center for Internet &Societ. Gnaural: A Binaural-Beat Audio Generator. Technology | Patents are your friends. Patent protection for free software? The phrase is immediately jarring; for fans of free software, patent law has long been considered a kind of Great Satan.
Free software is built on the premise that sharing ideas is both morally and pragmatically superior. But software patents are often employed by corporations to build walls around ideas. How can the two concepts be reconciled? Some would argue, flatly, that they cannot. The chances of such change occurring at the level of patent law seem remote — computer-related patent applications tripled between 1999 and 2000 alone. Specifically, the joint venture will give open-source and free-software developers the chance to “defensively publish.” The success of the venture isn’t assured. Still, experts say that IP.com and Foresight aren’t just setting a precedent for cooperation among hostile forces.
“Intellectual property has typically been about cornering things off,” she says. “We were going to design our own service,” she says.