Welcome to Techrights. Welcome to the current iteration of Techrights, online since 2006 with a major infrastructural upgrade in late 2022.Here you will find our latest posts. In addition to HTTP/HTTPS here, Techrights is also available via Gemini and IPFS editions, though the IPFS service is on hiatus for the foreseeable future. Just the other year, Techrights upgraded from a heavy content ...

18 hours ago · Suing One's Way Out of Real Trouble Won't Work (It Merely Increases the Trouble) posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 02, 2025 "Guns for hire" in London can only issue "legal" threats, but there's a risk involved (to themselves too). No law is broken by writing truthful statements, unless or except in nations that have "blasphemy" laws or other provisions for supposedly sacrilegious words.

Feb 21, 2025 · About Techrights. The site was founded in 2006 and it focuses on Free/libre (sometimes known as Open Source) software, especially GNU/Linux. Why it counts: This site offers an independent and direct analysis of world affairs, especially in the digital realm, not seeking to appease any commercial interests in doing so.. 2023 Rebirth: The site tackled 17 years of technical debt by going static.

Sep 25, 2024 · Technology: rights or responsibilities? posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 25, 2024, updated Sep 25, 2024. By Dr. Andy Farnell. Introduction. I've been wondering why I enjoy occasionally writing things for the Techrights site?

1 day ago · Justice Will Find Its Way at the End. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 01, 2025, updated Mar 01, 2025. Saturday morning thoughts (over coffee) TODAY we continue explaining and exploring the Microsoft-connected SLAPP, which we'll moreover explain at a greater level of depth some time in the future.. The broader but still-prospective plan is to write about this every day - perhaps with some ...

Dec 1, 2024 · We Already Know What Makes Techrights So Attractive to Online Abuse and Cybercrimes. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 01, 2024, updated Dec 01, 2024

Dec 11, 2023 · Today in Techrights. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2023. Updated This Past Day. A Code of Conduct Can Lead to Deterioration of Quality Control in Linux (Nobody Reprimanded for Technical Issues, Instead Critics at Times of Crisis Get Reprimanded)

Aug 13, 2024 · Software Freedom in Perspective - Part 1 - Relativism in a World That Became Harsher. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 13, 2024. Response to The bulshitification of freedom. THIS week I heard from a reader who had expressed some views about what freedom came to mean, at least in his homeland, Argentina.

6 days ago · It would be interesting to see some charts, based on some long-term study, comparing the general health (blood pressure, BMI etc.) of people who use proprietary stuff and people who do not

Campaigns Techrights, part of Bytes Media, is a progressive site which supports software freedom and advocates digital diversity through standardisation (naturally, it is against monopoly).The different sections address multiple areas or companies, e.g. Novell which can be found further down on this page. One way to organise tens of thousands of pages is this archive, but another way is as ...