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Simon Phipps
Personal blog · webmink.compoliticsculture
Simon Phipps writes Wild Webmink, a personal blog at webmink.com about politics and culture. Since 2010, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in a VLC licensing thread alongside a history of Sun RPC licensing. The comment is a bare pointer to Simon Phipps's 2010 post 'GNU/Linux - finally it's Free software' and gives no view of the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Simon Phipps' views on technology, politics, music and more - with a few good photos too
What Hacker News says?
Sun RPC should be mentioned here. The long, sordid tale of Sun RPC, abbreviated somewhat, to protect the guily and the irresponsible http://spot.livejournal.com/315383.html GNU/Linux - finally it's Free software http://webmink.com/2010/08/30/gnulinux-finally-its-free-soft... The Saga of Sun RPC http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2010/08/27/sun-rpc.html
Comment linking /2010/08/30/gnulinux-finally-its-free-software/
on “VLC Core is LGPL”Submitted OpenSolaris Governing Board Resigns as a story · 64 points
HN discussionSubmitted How does the proposed OpenJDK governance fare in the open-by-rule benchmark? as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sun's ex-Chief Open Source Officer on their open source achievements as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Beware The "Super-Public" as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to fight ACTA as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Open Source Does Not Need Monetising as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted When Reptiles Attack as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don't stop with the trolls as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Promoting Document Freedom as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Copyright Aggregation as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Human Rights Trump Copyrights as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The King Is Dead, Long Live The King as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted By Its Fruit - Simon Phipps on ACTA as a story · 1 points
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