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There seems to be some magic about free software: whenever a certain class of (intelligent) lawyer comes into contact with it, it redeems th...

I predict we will get plenty more like this : The Swedish Institute of Standards (SIS) has invalidated the vote that controversially approve...

I've written a lot here and elsewhere about Microsoft's faux-open file format OOXML. I've also noted that there is an unhealt...

I hadn't really taken on board this insidious bit of weasel-wordery before, but that's just my negligence : The new NWZ-A810 and NW...

A proposal to set up a Pan-African Intellectual Property Organisation (PAIPO) though still in its infancy already faces opposition and conce...

One of the things I admire about Richard Stallman is the clarity of his thinking. So I was interested to come across these thoughts on art...

Nice , if ecologically dubious: Singapore Airlines is to install a PC running Red Hat Linux operating system in every seat on its newest A38...

It must be a bit irksome being an antitrust regulator in the United States when your European counterparts are (a) more likely to interfere ...

I've covered the dispute between the US and Antigua over online gambling before , but it looks like there's a chance the perfect end...

This would be funny if it weren't so pathetic : In one of history's more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist m...

Ho-ho, things are hotting up among the opponents of open access: The Partnership for Research Integrity in Science & Medicine (PRISM) w...

If you allow people to read and listen to your ideas for free, you just might actually benefit the kingdom of God. At the same time you incr...

John Markoff's hard disc died ; he tried doing without it: What I discovered was that - with the caveat of a necessary network connectio...

One of the first detailed looks at what promises to be an important entrant in the virtual world space.

I've not written about the Rambus case before, because it seemed frankly rather dull. But I was wrong: there is an important principle ...

Gone in a snap - it seemed to be slowing things down. Anyone care about its snip?

More tiny steps by Microsoft towards openness: In Linux circles, Microsoft's anti-Linux site, Get the Facts, was better known as Get th...

Upholding licences is crucial to the success of free software, so potentially, this looks really bad news : Open-source software and the lic...

Those open and sharing memes are spreading like wildfire in the most surprising places - like law, for example. In the US, there are two ne...

Nothing new here for readers of this blog, but good to see others moving in the same direction: I believe we should consider anything we pu...

One of the great but rather submerged stories in the open source world is stack integration. With the exception of the LAMP stack, free sof...

...be very afraid.

For anyone that cares - well, there might be someone - Radio Opendotdotdot is falling silent for a few days. Back soon.

The ODF vs . OOXML battle is really hotting up - a sure sign that this is important. One of the key issues is whether OOXML can ever be ful...

The open source anti-virus software project ClamAV is one of my favourite pieces of free code. I've used it for years now, and recomme...