In true open source fashion, the community debates the most important issue of the day

I for one, think we should remove the kernel version number from dmesg output. I mean, it's changing all the time anyways.

When someone searches for OpenOffice, Firefox, VLC or any other popular open source package on the internet, are they necessarily going to get the genuine article?

The LPI gets into very bad company and heads off to play in a proprietary corporate playground.

In a world of technology openness is often treated as an imperative, something that has to be preserved or promoted as something inherently good. I’ve been a long time believer in this idea myself, but as I watch the evolution of technology I’m beginning to question its value and underpinnings. What exactly is it that makes openness worthy of a pedestal it’s often being put on?

Recently word started getting around that the terms for getting apps on Windows Phone 7, and indie games on the Xbox, have changed. Now, programs submitted to Microsoft cannot have any code licensed under a copyleft license. Even if a single file is licensed under a weaker copyleft license like the LGPL, Microsoft will apparently reject it.

La retpaĝaro nun malfavoras kelkajn vortojn, kiuj estas fifamaj ĉe defendantoj de aŭtoraj rajtoj pri verkoj laŭleĝe nedisdonendaj de ajnuloj, eĉ ĉe serĉoj ne koncernantaj tiajn verkojn.

While reading Florian Müller's claim that Android infringes on Oracle's copyrights, I noticed how much what he was saying looked like Ken Brown's from ADTI's claims. So does Florian work for ADTI?

The new version 1.0.4 of libimobiledevice, a library for communicating with Apple's mobile devices, now supports the recently released iOS 4.2.1 for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices