With Jesse away it’s just Joe and the Irish this time. A good step forward for open hardware, Firefox is almost good now, kernel security politics, FSF mockery, a debate about licences, and more.
News
Firefox 57 Quantum and the Yahoo debacle
Firefox 58 anti-fingerprint etc.
Android kernel & SOCs looking a bit rosier
Linus gets heated about kernel security, then calmly explains his position, Others act like children
Gifts positive in the freedom dimension
New magazine from the Raspberry Pi Foundation – Hackspace
Entroware
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Copyleft vs permissive licences
Listener Jeffrey Bouter asked about where we stand on FOSS licensing.
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