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Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal

http://jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com

In 2003, after I unveiled a prototype Linux desktop called Project Looking Glass*, Steve called my office to let me know the graphical effects were “stepping all over Apple’s IP.” (IP = Intellectual Property = patents, trademarks and copyrights.) If we moved forward to commercialize it, “I’ll just sue you.” My response was simple.

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European Parliament slams digital copyright treaty

http://news.cnet.com

By a remarkable vote of 633 to 13, the Parliament rebuked European negotiators who have been drafting the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in a series of confidential meetings around the globe. No version of the document has been disclosed by the participants, which include the United States, the European Commission, Japan, and Canada.

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Microsoft licensing Linux? What?

http://mybroadband.co.za

Proprietary giant is licensing open source to its partners. What is going on?

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Fedora 13 alpha arrives amid controversy

http://www.desktoplinux.com

The Fedora project has released an alpha version of Fedora 13. Meanwhile, on LWN.net, Jonathan Corbet reports on the growing controversy in the Fedora community over the quantity and quality of updates.

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Digg says yes to NoSQL, bye to MySQL

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After twitter, now is Digg who decided to replace MySQL and most of their infrastructure components and move away from LAMP to another architecture called NoSQL that is based in Casandra, an opensource project that develops a highly scalable second-generation distributed database.

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Cracking open five of the best open source easter eggs

http://arstechnica.com

A number of humorous yet undocumented features are hiding beneath the surface of some of the most popular open source software applications. Although easter eggs are generally easy to spot when you can look at an application's source code, there are a few that aren't widely known.

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Google releases RE2 Regular Expression Library for C++

http://google-opensource.blogspot.com

Google have released RE2, a regular expression library for C++ that provides a fast, safe, thread-friendly alternative way to use regular expressions

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Australia comes clean on ACTA role

http://www.itnews.com.au

"Clean" is a relative term when dealing with forked-tongue politicians and it's not entirely clear whether DFAT has Foreign Minister, Swan, or Trade Minister, Crean, responsible for dealing with ACTA. Note DFAT links on page.

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Judge: Microsoft can't sell Word anymore

http://blog.seattlepi.com

A Texas judge ruled Tuesday that Microsoft cannot sell one of its flagship products, Word, in the United States because of patent infringement.

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Turbocharge OpenOffice.org Writer with AuthorSupportTool

http://blog.worldlabel.com

The AuthorSupportTool extension not just adds some random features to OpenOffice.org Writer, it dramatically enhances the word processor's functionality, turning it into a powerful tool for working on research papers and complex documents.

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16 things that could be improved in Ubuntu 10.04

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In this post I’m going to list 16 things that I think could be improved in Lucid.

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The 10 Most Downloaded Open Source Apps Of All Time

http://geektrio.net

Everyone loves open source software. After all… its free! Many times I’ve heard the question, “what are the most popular open source applications of all time?” I decided to find out.

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Got Security? You're in Denial

http://www.linux-mag.com

Do you think your systems are secure? Install DenyHosts and you’ll realize that you were in denial.

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Wolvix linux - A linux distro based on Slackware with a graphic installation mode

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Wolvix is a desktop oriented GNU/Linux distribution based on Slackware. It features the Xfce desktop environment and a comprehensive selection of development, graphics, multimedia, network and office applications. Using Wolvix does not require more than basic computer skills, but installing and administering the system might require more knowledge than some of the other GNU/Linux distributions.

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Novell's Petition for Writ of Certiorari - as text

http://www.groklaw.net

We have the Novell's Petition for a Writ of Ceriorari [PDF] as text. This is its petition, asking the US Supreme Court to review the decision by the US Court of the Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Odds are always against the petitioner to the U.S. Supreme Court, of course, and the earliest it could be heard would be in April, we learned from a remark at Friday's trial in SCO v.

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