Getting down to pertinent details and names of Microsoft lobbyists (including those working for the Gates family)
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Finding the right open-source savvy lawyer
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Some days, like it or not, you need a lawyer. For most business purposes, picking the right law firm isn’t usually that big of a deal. But what if your programmers are using open-source code that’s licensed under two different licenses?
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P2P study: Music crackdown is bad for business
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A study of P2P music exchanges to be revealed this week suggests that the ailing music business is shunning a lucrative lifeline by refusing to license the activity for money.
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Is the United Kingdom Immune to Software Patents? Continental Europe is… for Now… Sort of…
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The impact of the Symbian case revisited; Europe under threat of anti-FOSS laws, which Microsoft craves
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The technology patents issue and innovation.
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In the old "pre 2000" day, the objective of most technology companies when they applied for patent protection was to ensure that their products and technologies were not copied by their competitors. The idea was that thanks to the patents you enjoyed about 20 years of exclusive use of your technology, after which everyone was free to use it because by then it was considered obvious.
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Help rewrite Canada's copyright law
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"The Globe and Mail has put C-61, a bill to reform Canadian copyright law, on a wiki for editing..."
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Tomorrow's SCO Bankruptcy Hearing Cancelled
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Tomorrow's bankruptcy hearing has been cancelled. This is the one that was about signing off on some fees billed to SCO, the one I told you probably was worth skipping. I gather the court agreed. Why pay lawyers to show up for a hearing on something that isn't opposed by anyone?
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XML Patents, Microsoft Aggression, and ODF Hostility
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Microsoft's threat to XML, hostility towards ODF, and other news of interest
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Former Xandros Director Charged with Third-Degree Conspiracy, End is Near for SCO
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Criminal charges pressed against William Roseman; SCO hearing canceled and Chapter 7 possibly imminent
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Linux DRM Warning
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“ODF is Going to Be National Standard for Document[s] in Vietnam Too”
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It may only be a matter of time before ODF acceptance is widespread in east Asia
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Groklaw's Annotated Version of SCO's Response to Motions to Convert/Dismiss
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I thought it would be fun to carefully respond to each inaccurate or misleading statement we see in SCO's Response [PDF] to the motions to convert or dismiss The US Trustee's Office, Novell and SUSE, and IBM all filed such motions in the SCO Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and there will be a hearing on the motions on June 15th. I hope some of you plan to attend.
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ODF News and Microsoft’s Acts Against It
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Bits and pieces about the road to document interoperability and those standing in its way
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Novell Replies to SCO's Opposition to Novell's Motion to Convert
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Novell has filed a Reply [PDF] to SCO's Opposition to Novell's Motion for Conversion. Novell does not mince words. It suggests that the court check SCO's math, not to mention SCO's 22 pages of its "history" of UNIX and its litigation prospects.
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