This post provides some hints to do a free and open source (FOSS) software project. Steps to make a Free and Open-source Software Project Aspects to take into account when making a free and open-source software (FOSS) project: Use Free…
An open license, also called free license, concedes a set of conditions applied to an original work that grant permission for anyone to make use and distribute that work freely as long as they follow the conditions of the license.…
This post is an introduction to free and open data licenses. List of Open Data Licenses Open data licenses: Open content licenses like Creative Commons also apply. PPDL Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PPDL). It is published…
This post introduces to free, libre or open content licenses. This post is part of the main post about open licenses. Relationship between Open Content Licenses and Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) Open content licenses are general-purpose, and may be…
Take into account that while it may be free as in “gratis”, its use may be restricted by its license. For example, a CC-by is free of use, but if you use this artwork you need to explicitly specify the…
This post gives some hints about how to use a GNU license (GPL, LGPL, AGPL) in a software project. Free Software Foundation (FSF) explains what it needs to be done on this external link. There are some additional instructions on…
Ubuntu, with the default installation, is not able to play some popular videos and audio formats, like the ones from .mp3 audio files, .mp4 video files or streaming videos like YouTube. It is possible to configure Ubuntu to play them,…
This post lists some mobile phones that are focused on privacy by design and it is its primary goal. Because to ensure privacy you need to rely on the operating system running on the smartphone, smartphones focused on privacy will…
Magerit, sometimes written as MAGERIT, is a methodology to manage information technology (IT) risk that it is issued and managed by institutions related to the Goverment of Spain. Because of this, this IT risk analysis methodology is recommended to be…
This post is a non-exhaustive list of free and open source (FOSS) video editors for Linux. List of free and open source Video Editors for Linux Featured video editors: Pitivi Kdenlive Openshot Flowblade Pitivi It is part of GNOME…