Tag Archives: Free Software

Software is everywhere today. It is in your laptop, phone, watch, pacemaker and soon in your fridge as well. Those who have power over the software have increasingly more power over you and over how society functions. Therefore it is important that nobody has total control over our software. Free Software respects our freedom by allowing us to use, study, share and improve it. This way no single entity can claim the power over it.

The following articles touch the subject of Free Software and are hopefully interesting to you.

ICQ Locks Out Users

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As of today, users with old or non-official ICQ Clients are no longer able to log into the ICQ Network. They received no prior notice and just get the message that their client is too old. The reason for this is still not known, but it has been speculated that it is due to ICQ wanting all users “upgrade” to the new ICQ6 Client. Many users reported the problem in the official ICQ support forum and the first fixes for the problem already appeared in the net. This incident clearly shows once more that we should not surrender our freedom … Continue reading →