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Free Software Magazine

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the clean-living-in-china dept.

EmilEifrem writes: "Why hasn't everyone submitted this story one million times? Anyway, the Free Software Magazine (FSM), issue 01 is out there. There's a column by RMS, an article about making a living with free software, a C advocacy article and even an "enterprise" section, amongst other things. Seems like a promising first issue. s/Linux/GNU\/Linux/g."

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  1. A free software magazine not free?!? by Masem · · Score: 3, Informative
    The base cost for our distributor is USD2.00/copy, plus the air shipping cost, the air freight tariff varies according to the country and city the distributor located, plus 5% handling on the basis of C+F airport price.
    You mean a magazine about free software isn't free?!?!? </joke>

    Seriously, you can grab the PDF files and make your own copies for free. The $2 above seems reasonable for cost of printing and paper, and to keep a bit buoyant in terms of profit.

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  2. PDF link by koolade · · Score: 5, Informative

    The PDF link on the site doesn't work. The real link is http://www.rons.net.cn/english/FSM/ISSUE01/issue01 pdf.tar.bz2

  3. Stale... by erat · · Score: 3, Informative

    Could we have some recent articles? Rehashing articles that have appeared elsewhere is not my idea of producing a quality online zine. I could do the same thing by putting links on any ol' web page. Doing so and calling it a "magazine" is questionable at best. (I'm sure some of the content is new, like RMS' opening editorial. Other articles in the mag seem old, though.)

    All things considered, I'm not impressed.