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OSI "categorically rejects" IIPA's attack on open source

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The Open Source Initiative says the IIPA's recommendations for the US to use "Special 301" rules to blacklist countries for using open source are unjust and unbalanced

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Another Day, Another Illogical Attack On Open Source

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In yet another attack on open source software usage around the world, a copyright-focused organization is claiming that use of open source software promotes piracy. With a new 498-page report (PDF) that repeatedly defies logic, the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) argues that the office of the U.S.

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Latest Attack on FOSS Traced Back to BSA

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Very negative portrayal of Free software is tied to a lobby that's directly tied to Microsoft and also strives to criminalise Free software in the EU

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Attacking GNU/Linux Using “Donations”

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Microsoft - like Bill Gates - is giving presents with no physical value in order to suppress and reduce competition in different areas

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FSF Smears

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Mac blogger Ronald Carlson and IDG write about the FSF and the former (at the least) associates the messenger rather than the message with controversial neighbourhood

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Microsoft Whitewashes Criminal History in the Press and Attacks the GPL Using Allies

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New heights for Microsoft's spin and lies; the latest wave of GPL smears arrives from friends of Microsoft and former employees

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What Microsoft’s Attack on GNU/Linux at HP Teaches Us

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Further analysis of the revelation that Microsoft does not permit any competition to even exist

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BerliOS open source project portal falls victim to attack

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In a recent attack on the web server of the BerliOS (Berlin Open Source) open source platform intruders replaced the portal's home page.

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MS Accused of Dumping and Using “Scare Campaign” to Block Existing Migrations to OpenOffice.org

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Microsoft is blocking "mass migration of students to OpenOffice" using EDGI and migration of Danish schools to OpenOffice.org using a "scare campaign", according to sources

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OSS Watch Pretends That Microsoft’s Attacks on Free Software Do Not Exist

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Criticism of a new writeup from OSS Watch, which grossly whitewashes some of Microsoft's behaviour and instead focuses on PR gestures and corporate spin.

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Defaming Boycott Novell Using Lies, Forgeries

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Foes of Boycott Novell go down low and make up dirt in order to paint the Web site in a negative light

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Companies That Facilitate Microsoft’s Linux Extortion Still Close Partners of Microsoft

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The attack on the freedom of Linux continues to appear to be coming from Microsoft allies, not Linux companies

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‘Microsoft Press’ Acknowledges Microsoft’s Free Software-Hostile EU Deal

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Another look at a bad EU deal; software patents revisited; Microsoft's copyright violations remembered

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Bruce Perens on the Recent Attacks on Richard Stallman and GNU

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Bruce Perens weighs in on what seems like a mountain that grew out of a molehill

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Updates on Microsoft-funded SCO Attack on Novell, Novell’s EU Case and Settlement

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How Novell is being legally screwed by Microsoft, as suggested by this week's news

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