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? Protecting Rights
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? Protecting Rights

No, ACTA Secrecy Is Not 'Normal' -- Nor Is It A 'Distraction' ACTA secrecy is in fact a cynical game being played by the analogue...

links for 2009-11-26
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links for 2009-11-26

Closures for Java "Revising a programming language that

links for 2009-11-25
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links for 2009-11-25

Senators press EU to speed its Oracle-Sun probe US senators, that is. I'm sure the Commission will completely ignore them. (tags: Sun Oracle...

links for 2009-11-24
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links for 2009-11-24

Capitalism's Fundamental Flaw From Forbes, no less: "In 2009, 30 million people sit unemployed in America. Yet, the speculators have managed to...

links for 2009-11-21
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links for 2009-11-21

EU delays Sun/Oracle decision Until the end of January instead of the middle. At this point it's all just more blows to a bruised body. (tags...

links for 2009-11-20
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links for 2009-11-20

Apple's Mistake Paul Graham gets it spot on again. Apple's attitude is Google's biggest asset in the battle for the mobile market. (tags: ...

? Sometimes the Improbable is the Answer
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? Sometimes the Improbable is the Answer

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's Goodbye Letter To European Customers A bit of apocalyptic sci-fi, but no less plausible than the other scenarios.Sun...

links for 2009-11-18
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links for 2009-11-18

Inventing a Better Patent System While these proposed reforms of the US system are to be welcomed, they fail to address - or even acknowledge -...

? Inconvenient Truth
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? Inconvenient Truth

Do music artists fare better in a world with illegal file-sharing? Answer: Yes. So why do the labels want to kill it off? Because they don't. Translation...

A Software Freedom Scorecard
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A Software Freedom Scorecard

I spoke this morning at the South Tyrol Free Software Conference in Bolzano, Italy. My subject was the idea of a "software freedom scorecard", a list of indicators...

? Starting November With Some Free Music
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? Starting November With Some Free Music

I just posted this week's free music downloads list over on my personal blog.

links for 2009-11-11
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links for 2009-11-11

EC Schedules Sun Oracle Hearing For 25 November I do hope it's actually a hearing and not a kangaroo court. So far the EC spokespeople that have...

links for 2009-11-10
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links for 2009-11-10

Antitrust Division Issues Statement on the European Commission’s Decision Regarding the Proposed Transaction Between Oracle and Sun US Department...

links for 2009-11-09
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links for 2009-11-09

Open source design and the OpenOfficeMouse I like this reflection from Chris Messina. The OpenOfficeMouse is just part of the rich flora and fauna...

? Music for a Bad Week
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? Music for a Bad Week

It may just be that you need some free music to soothe away the bad taste from a bad week. There are a bunch of pointers on my personal blog.

links for 2009-11-04
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links for 2009-11-04

The ACTA Internet Chapter: Putting the Pieces Together Michael Geist put the evidence together from the available "leaks" and shows us all whyACTA...

links for 2009-11-03
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links for 2009-11-03

Google Redefines Disruption: The “Less Than Free” Business Model Important to understand how this model works as it will be at the core of theGoogle...

links for 2009-11-02
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links for 2009-11-02

BBC NEWS | Health | Depression link to processed food "Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests...

links for 2009-10-31
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links for 2009-10-31

The Fun Theory It may be an advertising stunt, but the videos are great and it embodies the idea central to open source that people...

links for 2009-10-30
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links for 2009-10-30

Send the GNU GPL to the Amazonia Carlo Piana (Europe's answer to Eben Moglen) once again delivers a clear analysis, this time showing how Amazon's...
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