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Pirated Game On Sale On Mac App Store

http://apple.slashdot.org

The game is Luguru, from the humble indie bundle. Apple's not responding to copyright owner's emails.

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Created by spanky 13 years 37 weeks ago
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Windows Phone 7 and Xbox ban GPL software

http://www.fsf.org

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.

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Created by stargrave 13 years 33 weeks ago
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Adobe Logic (of Forced Upgrade Cycle)

http://piracy.ssrc.org

This, as we've argued, is not a defect of the Adobe business model, it is the business model. The fact that Adobe won’t maintain compatibility across versions for such basic functionality seems hugely anti-consumer, but obviously very good business.

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Created by ckhung 13 years 28 weeks ago
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The Myth of Openness

http://www.tech-faq.com

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?

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Created by libervisco 13 years 28 weeks ago
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Attachmate lays off Mono employees

http://blog.internetnews.com

Today Attachmate laid off an unknown number of U.S. based Novell developers that were working on the open source Mono project.

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Created by ckhung 13 years 24 weeks ago
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Linux Professional Institute Joins ITCC Web-based Credential

http://lxer.com

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

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Created by lozz 13 years 12 weeks ago
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SUSE & Patent FUD: Who Do We Boycott Now?

http://fossforce.com

Now that Microsoft and SUSE have announced they plan to continue sleeping together, I wonder if the folks at Techrights are rethinking their plans to pull the plug on Boycott Novell?

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Created by lozz 13 years 12 weeks ago
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The FOSS fakery problem

http://www.h-online.com

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?

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Created by lozz 13 years 12 weeks ago
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Microsoft: Cloud need only be open surface, not open source

http://www.zdnet.com

Gianugo Rabellino gives a refresher course into the cloudy status of current Microsoft proprietary reasoning: just give us the dough!

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Created by lozz 13 years 12 weeks ago
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Progress

http://linuxhaters.blogspot.com

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

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678775

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

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Created by mclaud2000 13 years 9 weeks ago
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Microsoft signs 'legal covenant' with Chinese Linux vendor

http://www.zdnet.com

Microsoft demonstrates how much times have changed by reprising its 'Novell' type of caper in China.

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Created by lozz 13 years 8 weeks ago
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Linux Licensing in Conflict with Secure Boot Support

http://www.tech-faq.com

In other words, making Linux boot loaders work with secure boot would require breaking their licensing requirements, and arguably the spirit of Free Open Source Software as well.

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Created by lozz 13 years 3 weeks ago
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Government puts faith in Trustworthy Computing (thereby declaring war against Earth)

http://www.theinquirer.net

[Trusted Computing, of which secure boot is a component, hurts the environment and inhabitants of earth because it denies old computers the possibility of installing GNU/Linux and hastens their fate as e-wastes.] The UK government will emphasise the pivotal role of trusted computing in its upcoming cyber security strategy [thereby declaring war against earth].

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Created by ckhung 12 years 51 weeks ago
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DRM-Free 2011 Holiday Buying Guide

http://www.defectivebydesign.org

What to buy and what to avoid for a truly DRM-Free Christmas. Add your own suggestions to the list.

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Created by lozz 12 years 46 weeks ago
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Apple partners with patent troll Digitude Innovations — and wow, what a deal

http://venturebeat.com

In a clever deal that effectively gives Apple immunity from attack by the troll, Apple agreed to some cross-licensing deals that gave Digitude the ammunition for a heavy attack against Apple’s rivals.

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