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Microsoft v TomTom: a GPLv3 wake-up call

http://www.theregister.co.uk

Microsoft's brawl with TomTom over FAT patents has been seized on by software-freedom advocates as a wake-up call for people to adopt GPLv3.

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The judge in the Pirate Bay case is directly tied to the copyright industry.

http://www.piratpartiet.se

"Since the revelation that the judge in the case against The Pirate Bay has socialized with the lawyers of the copyright lobby and is a member of the Association for Copyright, the Pirate Party is outright furious..."

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Patents Roundup: Attack on Science, Lobby for Software Patents in EU and India, More Rebellion

http://boycottnovell.com

Scientists are repressed further by lawyers, so there are new calls to fight back and restore freedom of thought

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IBM Does Not Support OOXML

http://boycottnovell.com

Response to new disinformation from the Microsoft camp. Microsoft cheerleaders like Alex Brown and Jesper Lund Stocholm are quite deliberately misinterpreting or mis-presenting a vote related to OOXML by claiming that IBM "supports" OOXML.

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Big Entertainment Wants to Party Like It's 1996

http://www.internetevolution.com

Great post by Cory Doctorow on the copyfight, battles at WIPO, and the future fight over ACTA.

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The European open internet is under imminent threat

http://www.blackouteurope.eu

The European internet is being threatened seriously!
The telecoms-package is a set of monstrous laws regulating the internet.
Amandment 138 is securing a fundamental rights.
If amandment 138 is excluded, internet will be turned into a cable-television system.

This is a campaign organized to raise awareness of the telecoms package in Sweden.

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The Latest Patent Comedy from Europe

http://boycottnovell.com

The latest string of developments in Europe, regarding software patents

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The Pirate Bay Guilty of Helping Sharing People?

http://colonos.wordpress.com

"The Swedish legal system - running errands of Hollywood and the recording industries - have decided that helping people to share their digital data across the Internet is illegal. They might be guilty in the eyes of a corrupt court of law and in the corporate press, but in my book they are fine people, caring and sharing.

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Revolt Against Software Patents in Europe

http://boycottnovell.com

Here are some photos from yesterday's demonstration at the European Patent Office. Press coverage will come soon.

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More Details About the ACTA Trickle In

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NOW that ACTA drafts are out there for people to read and assess, we know for a fact that patents too are included. Digital Majority took a look and highlighted the required proof.

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AGPL: Open Source Licensing in a Networked Age

http://redmonk.com

When the reforged GNU General Public License, Version 3 (GPLv3) was finalized and released to an expectant public on June 29, 2007, the most important decision may have been one postponed.

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Created by FFlover 16 years 39 weeks ago – Made popular 16 years 39 weeks ago
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Of RMS, Ethical Visions, and Copyright Law

http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com

As RMS emphasises again and again, at the heart of free software lies an ethical vision of sharing and mutual respect. Although open source blurs that vision somewhat thanks to the glasses of pragmatism that it wears, the basic idea is still there. And yet we talk relatively little about that ethical aspect, which is a pity, because it is both important and interesting.

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TomTom/Microsoft: A Wake-Up Call for GPLv3 Migration

http://www.softwarefreedom.org

"There has been a lot of press coverage about the Microsoft/TomTom settlement. Unfortunately, so far, I have seen no one speak directly about the dangers that this deal could pose to software freedom, and what our community should consider in its wake. Karen and I discussed some of these details on our podcast, but I thought it would be useful to have a blog post about this issue as well..."

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Antitrust Memo Shows How Microsoft Patent Encumbrances Are Used to Harm GNU/Linux

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Newly-leaked internal document shows how Microsoft makes money from GNU/Linux (software patents)

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Patents Roundup: OSI and Patents, Demise of Patents, Microsoft and the BSA

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A quick look at stories that may impact Free software at a lesser technical level

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