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Interview with Don Marti

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the troublemaker dept.

mpawlo writes "I just picked Don Marti's brain in a short interview published by Greplaw. Don Marti is the editor of LinuxJournal and the mastermind behind the Burnallgifs campaign. He has strong views on free software, software patentability and the freedom of the Internet. Marti should personally be featured in any encyclopedia under 'geektivism' and the brief interview may be of interest to Slashdotters not yet familiar with Mr Marti."

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  1. Gifs post-unisys protection by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Now that Unisys' patent is set to expire early next year, the gif format will be free once again. Looking back, did you feel your campaign was successful? What would you have done differently, if you could? Finally, will you drop your campaign to "burnallgifs" once the format is "free"?

    Cheers,
    Nicholas

  2. Offtopic, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I know this is really offtopic, but how do most people pronounce GIF? I've always pronounced it like "gift" without a t, but everyone else I know seems to call it "jiff". Seems like a good slashdot poll to me.