<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="generator" content="Osso Notes"> <title></title></head> <body> In case it is of interest. Por si es de interés. -- Sent from my Nokia N900 Please do not send me word documents plain txt or pdf are prefered. ----- Mensaje original ----- > BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Thursday, September 29, 2011 -- The Free > Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the re-launch of its Free > Software Directory at <<a href="http://directory.fsf.org&gt">http://directory.fsf.org&gt</a>;. The Directory lists > over 6,500 programs that are free for any computer user to download, > run, and share. It was first launched nearly a decade ago, but the new > version brings a host of new features designed to make it a more > useful and current resource for users, developers, advocates, and > researchers. > > "Since its inception, the Directory has been one of our most popular > and important resources. Its careful curation has made it a reliable > place to find applications for any purpose that are free -- as in > freedom -- for everyone. Users can find programs they need, and > advocates can find programs to recommend. But with so much free > software being written and shared now, we wanted to update the > technology we use for the site so that contributors can participate in > examining and posting new entries, and users can more easily search > them," said John Sullivan, FSF's executive director. > > Because each entry is individually checked and tested, users know that > any program they come across in the Directory will be [free > software](<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html</a>) with free > documentation and without proprietary software requirements. Programs > that run on proprietary operating systems like Mac and Windows are > listed, but only if they also run fully on GNU/Linux. The new version > of the Directory will continue to provide users these same assurances, > but it has been rebuilt so that members of the free software community > can become familiar with the criteria and then work together to curate > and grow the catalog. > > The new site is based on MediaWiki, free software most famously known > for powering Wikipedia. It also uses a set of extensions called > Semantic MediaWiki that add advanced search and presentation > capabilities, structured to be useful for reading by both humans and > data-mining programs. > > "We're empowering contributors to improve every aspect of the site, > from its look and feel to enabling more types of information and > multimedia to be associated with each individual listing," states > campaigns manager, Joshua Gay, who adds that "we also have plans to > collaborate around sharing data with GNU/Linux distributions and other > free software projects." > > To most users of the Directory, the key aspect of the new software is > that it will make it easier for them to find the program they need. An > extensive and flexible category system, plus over 40,000 keywords and > more than 40 different fields of information, enhance both simple and > advanced searching. > > Yaron Koren, one of the free software developers behind Semantic > MediaWiki, gave support and help in the re-launch effort. "I created > the Semantic Forms extension in order to allow for sites that combine > the collaborative nature of a wiki with the structure and queryability > of a database; so it's heartening to see Semantic MediaWiki and > Semantic Forms being used for that purpose, and so comprehensively, in > the Free Software Directory," he said. > > To learn more about the Directory, visit > <<a href="http://directory.fsf.org&gt">http://directory.fsf.org&gt</a>;. To find out how you can get involved in > helping the Directory, or suggest improvements, visit > <<a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/FSD:Participate&gt">http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/FSD:Participate&gt</a>; or send email to > <<a href="mailto:bug-directory@fsf.org">bug-directory@fsf.org</a>>. Further technical behind-the-scenes details > about the re-launch of the Directory can be found in a blog post by > Sullivan at <<a href="http://www.fsf.org/blogs/directory/behind-the-scenes&gt">http://www.fsf.org/blogs/directory/behind-the-scenes&gt</a>;. > > ### About the Free Software Foundation > > The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to > promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and > redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and > use of free (as in freedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating > system and its GNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free > software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and > political issues of freedom in the use of software, and its Web sites, > located at fsf.org and gnu.org, are an important source of information > about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF's work can be made at > <<a href="http://donate.fsf.org&gt">http://donate.fsf.org&gt</a>;. 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