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Libraries: No DRM!

http://freeculture.org

"... «We call upon public libraries around the world to remove the unethical Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) technologies currently locking down many of their digital collections. DRM compromises public trust for the sake of providing limited access to popular works to some in the short-term.

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Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web

http://www.nytimes.com

Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books into computer databases, saying they are put off by restrictions these companies want to place on the new digital collections.

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Romanian public libraries to use Open Source

http://ec.europa.eu

Romanian public libraries can now use an Open Source library system for managing book loans and reservations, searching catalogues, managing library assets, maintaining a website and general administration.

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A patent trolling dream--Microsoft lets you look but not touch .NET libraries

http://weblog.infoworld.com

What happens when something patented or copyright from the MS frameworks make their way into other products (probably accidentally but a huge amount of software is based on the same design patterns.) Does Microsoft agree to not sue? Nope.

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So This Penguin Walks Into The Library...

http://blog.lobby4linux.com

A project to get GNU/Linux distro CDs in public libraries and other locations.

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Linux at the Library?

http://genevapubliclibrary.org

Geneva Public Library switches from Windows to Ubuntu after MS drops support for Windows 98

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