Em Setembro de 2005, pouco tempo depois da decisão do Supremo Tribunal de Justiça dos EUA no âmbito do processo MGM Studios Inc. Vs Grokster, Ltd. que ilegalizou a actividade de produtoras de software comercial de P2P, a LimeWire começou a bloquear as partilhas de conteúdos de modo a tentar criar uma rede controlada, tal como anteriormente o eDonkey2000 já o tinha feito.

"The Free Knowledge Institute will be officially presented in a New Year's Party, on January 16th at the old Volkskrant building in Amsterdam. Please scroll down and tell us if you plan to attend."

I have one!!! Finally I get to play with the OLPC laptop. It was a gift, and it was given to me in a restaurant, where it created a stir, so there's a story to tell you.

Let's pretend that we're OEMs. Original Equipment Manufacturers, the people who design and build the actual hardware which finds its way onto desks, into backpacks and under thumbs.

"The Debian project is pleased to announce the seventh update of its old stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (codename `sarge'). This is the first time we update the old stable distribution during the lifetime of the stable distribution. This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the oldstable release, along with a few adjustments to serious problems..."

As 2007 winds to a close, the editors of LinuxDevices.com have assembled a retrospective aimed at highlighting major trends and events in the world of embedded Linux. Of the approximately 1,200 stories we published this year, these were the most important, in our opinion.

We predict good times for Linux, Windows XP, and green vendors ; challenges for social nets and mobile technologies; and some surprises in the new year.

It's been a landmark year for open source, and in so many different ways that even a casual survey of the year's events will range far and wide. Here's a quick rundown of what to me were the top five open source events of the year.