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Index Free Software Foundation anti-Windows campaigns

Free Software Foundation anti-Windows campaigns are the events targeted against a line of Microsoft Windows operating systems.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 24 relations: Binary blob, Defective by Design, Digital rights management, Free software, Free Software Foundation, FreeBSD, Hazmat suit, Linux, Linux-libre, MacOS, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Open-source video game, Software release life cycle, Times Square, Trusted Platform Module, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows XP, XBill, 2010s global surveillance disclosures.

  2. Free Software Foundation
  3. Microsoft criticisms and controversies

Binary blob

In the context of free and open-source software, proprietary software only available as a binary executable is referred to as a blob or binary blob.

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Defective by Design

Defective by Design (DBD) is a grassroots anti-digital rights management (DRM) initiative by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and CivicActions. Free Software Foundation anti-Windows campaigns and Defective by Design are free Software Foundation and Intellectual property activism.

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Digital rights management

Digital rights management (DRM) is the management of legal access to digital content.

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Free software

Free software, libre software, libreware or rarely known as freedom-respecting software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions.

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Free Software Foundation

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman on October 4, 1985, to support the free software movement, with the organization's preference for software being distributed under copyleft ("share alike") terms, such as with its own GNU General Public License. Free Software Foundation anti-Windows campaigns and free Software Foundation are Intellectual property activism.

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FreeBSD

FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).

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Hazmat suit

A hazmat suit ('''haz'''ardous '''mat'''erials suit) is a piece of personal protective equipment that consists of an impermeable whole-body garment worn as protection against hazardous materials.

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Linux

Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.

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Linux-libre

According to the Free Software Foundation Latin America, Linux-libre is a modified version of the Linux kernel that contains no binary blobs, obfuscated code, or code released under proprietary licenses.

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MacOS

macOS, originally Mac OS X, previously shortened as OS X, is an operating system developed and marketed by Apple since 2001.

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Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.

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Open-source video game

An open-source video game, or simply an open-source game, is a video game whose source code is open-source.

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Software release life cycle

The software release life cycle is the process of developing, testing, and distributing a software product (e.g., an operating system).

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Times Square

Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City.

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Trusted Platform Module

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is an international standard for a secure cryptoprocessor, a dedicated microcontroller designed to secure hardware through integrated cryptographic keys.

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Windows 10

Windows 10 is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system.

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Windows 11

Windows 11 is the latest major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system, released on October 5, 2021.

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Windows 7

Windows 7 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft.

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Windows 8

Windows 8 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. Free Software Foundation anti-Windows campaigns and Windows 8 are Microsoft criticisms and controversies.

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Windows Vista

Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft.

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Windows XP

Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system.

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XBill

XBill is an arcade style game for the X Window System.

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2010s global surveillance disclosures

During the 2010s, international media reports revealed new operational details about the Anglophone cryptographic agencies' global surveillance of both foreign and domestic nationals.

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See also

Free Software Foundation

Microsoft criticisms and controversies

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation_anti-Windows_campaigns

Also known as Bad Vista, BadVista, BadXP, Windows 7 sins.