Filmaster.com, a social network for film lovers, has recently presented a new movie recommendations engine. The algorithm that generates recommendations is open source and has been released under AGPLv3 license.
Archive of 'GNU'
Promise of a post-illegal copy world. Part I: History of Intellectual Property
[ czwartek, 21 Styczeń 2010, TheBlackMan ]
Lots of Internet forum discussions with various people on the subject of computer piracyillegal copying and intellectual property were my inspiration for this article. Along with the discussions, a lot of inaccuracies and lacks in the image of reality presented to humanity by RIAA, MPAA, MAFIAA and other corporate lobbyists appeared. Because I hate lies and [...]
The Right To Be Free
[ niedziela, 21 Czerwiec 2009, Adam M. ]
This article is aimed mainly at the supporters of culture without boundaries, the people who have been convinced by Lawrence Lessig (the author of „The Free Culture”) and Richard M. Stallman’s ideas of fighting the bad copyright and non-free software licenses. Everybody knows, that DRM is bad. Also everybody knows, that Open Source is just [...]
Filmaster: free and open social network for movie buffs with reviews and recommendations
[ wtorek, 26 Maj 2009, michuk ]
Filmaster is a new social network for film buffs that features personalized content and recommendations. What makes it special is that it is an open service: both code and content is free as in freedom.
Richard Stallman on ISP filtering and censorship
[ poniedziałek, 16 Luty 2009, tarabaz ]
Richard Stallman – author of GNU, person without who we wouldn’t have GNU/Linux operating systems, GPL (General Public License), one of most active fighters for freedom in the world, living legend, genius, hacker. There are many words used to describe this great person, but none of these words can fully describe him. I think, that [...]
Listen To Your Users
[ piątek, 19 Wrzesień 2008, TPJ ]
According to Ryan Cartwright, comparisons between GNU/Linux and commercial OSs are pointless. I cannot agree with him in this area, so I decided to write this rebuttal.
Microsoft admits manipulation, abandons OOXML
[ wtorek, 1 Kwiecień 2008, michuk ]
According to John Matusow’s blog post, the Redmond Giant has admitted dishonest practices in process of standardization of Office Open XML format. They have also announced the plans to abandon the format in favor of – recently known as competing – ODF format.
GNU/something
[ poniedziałek, 4 Luty 2008, Keyto ]
Let me ask you a basic question: Which operating system do you use? What are the possible answers? Windows, Linux, Solaris or Mac OS X of course. But let us try to think different for a moment. Maybe it is possible, that this answer would be, for example KDE?
