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04 December 2007
MPAA: The Biter Bit
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Although I am a frequent critic of the more outrageous excesses of copyright, I don't deny it has its place, in moderation. For example...
20 November 2007
Larry Sanger's Question
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Larry Sanger has a question about Citizendium: Suppose we grow to Wikipedian size. This is possible, however probable you think it might be...
19 November 2007
What's a Paglo?
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That was my first question to Brian de Haaff, CEO of the eponymous company . This is what he said, (more or less): Francisco Paglo was a v...
14 November 2007
Oh, Tell Me the Truth About Mobile
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I don't really understand mobile, but I do understand its importance. So the news that the British company Volantis will be releasing...
13 November 2007
Android's Unity in Diversity
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By choosing the relatively liberal Apache licence for its Android platform, Google runs the risk of fragmentation - something that the stric...
06 November 2007
The Java Phoenix
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What a difference a year makes. In 2006, Java was looking distinctly long in the tooth. Widely used, yes, but hardly an exciting technology...
31 October 2007
GNU Voodoo Strikes Again
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Everyone is waiting for some juicy lawsuit that will establish the validity of the GNU GPL once and for all. But the trouble is, those who ...
23 October 2007
Another One Bites the GNU GPL Bullet
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A little while back, I wrote a piece for Linux Journal about how GPLv3 would supplant GPLv2. Why? Because the GPL has gradually supplant...
I Was Wrong: Microsoft Won
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I could feel it in my bones: the great victory of the EU over MS is a sham. Here's why. Ex-steely Neelie - to be renamed wheeler-deal...
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24 September 2007
All 's Well That Ends Well
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So Eben didn't get his lawsuit yet - but he does get another victory : Monsoon Multimedia today announced efforts to fully comply with t...
21 September 2007
Eben Gets Busy Over BusyBox
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One of the things that Eben Moglen has impressed on me when I've talked to him was that he - and Richard Stallman - have always preferre...
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11 September 2007
Open Designs
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Although Web pages are usually regarded as content, there can be a fair amount of code behind them too in the form of scripting and cascadin...
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06 September 2007
Enter the Open Komodo Dragon
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I've always been struck by how little known the company ActiveState is, given that it's worked with many open source languages such...
29 August 2007
Will Free Software Licences Be Derailed?
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Upholding licences is crucial to the success of free software, so potentially, this looks really bad news : Open-source software and the lic...
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26 July 2007
Another One Bites the Dust - Nicely
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Here's double good news : SugarCRM Inc., the world’s leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) s...
17 July 2007
More Grist for the (Circumscribed) Copyright Mill
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Although doing away with copyright altogether is probably not such a hot idea - after all, the GNU GPL, and the edifice of free software it ...
20 June 2007
Government Glimmers: Open Source, Open Data
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Kudos : An online calculator that enables people to work out their carbon footprint was launched by Environment Secretary, David Miliband to...
07 June 2007
The GNU GPL Is Dead - Not
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Bizarre : The FSF should realize by now their influence is waning. Look at the plethora of alternative licenses. Now they’re really hamstrin...
05 June 2007
Movable Type Moves to Open Source
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Good news for the world of blogging - and beyond: Moveable Type 4.0 is the first major release of Movable Type since MT 3.0 in 2004 and com...
01 June 2007
Virtual GNU/Linux
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Virtual Windows systems are familiar enough, but how about this: LINA , a virtual GNU/Linux environment? With LINA, a single executable writ...
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