It seems Groklaw will have to open a new category, answering Florian Mueller FUD.
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Proprietary Licenses Are Even Worse Than They Look
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There are lots of evil things that proprietary software companies might do. Companies put their own profit above the rights and freedoms of their users, and to that end, much that can be done that subjugates users.
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IBM breaks OSS patent promise, targets mainframe emulator
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IBM is threatening to pursue legal action against TurboHercules, a company that sells services relating to the open source Hercules project, an emulator that allows conventional computers with mainstream operating systems to run software that is designed for IBM System Z mainframe hardware.
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IBM Denies Breaking Its Open Source Promise
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The open-source software community is up in arms over claims that IBM has broken a promise by asserting its patents against an open-source project. IBM denies that it has done so.
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Groklaw to Be Included in the Library of Congress's Historic Internet Materials Collections?
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Groklaw has been selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in its web archival project, in the category of Legal Blawgs. I feel incredibly honored and validated by this invitation. We have created a collection of materials that has recognized value to researchers and historians. We have to give permission, though, and Groklaw isn't just me.
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Ubuntu Removes Codec Patent Trap, But What About Mono?
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The AAC encoder is taken off Ubuntu repositories, but other, more troubling software stays, despite clear warnings from Microsoft
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IBM uses pledged patents against open source mainframe emulator
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In 2005, IBM pledged to not use five hundred patents against open source software. In 2010, two of those patents have shown up in a letter from IBM to the makers of TurboHercules, an open source mainframe emulator
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IBM on Withdrawing Microsoft’s OOXML
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The battle over office suites heats up after the OOXML BRM Convenor openly criticises Microsoft, which he once ushered and helped beyond his authority
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IBM Uses Software Patents Aggressively
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New leak shows that IBM not only lobbies to keep software patents, but that it also uses them against rivals
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Enforcement of the GNU GPL in Germany and Europe, by Till Jaeger
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GPL enforcement is successful in Europe. In several court decisions and out of court settlements the license conditions of the GPL have been successfully enforced. In particular, embedded systems are the main focus of such compliance activities. The article describes the practice of enforcement activities and the legal prerequisites under the application of German law.
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Deutschlandfunk, Deutschlandradio, and New Zealand Show the Way Regarding Software Patentability
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More radio stations and also an entire developed nation turn their back on software patents
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Government goes to war with Google over net censorship
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The Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, has launched a stinging attack on Google and its credibility in response to the search giant's campaign against the government's internet filtering policy.
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Software Patents Complication Shows Why Linux Needs the FSF
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Contrary to common misconceptions, the FSF's philosophy and work actually defend Linux from the patent attacks it currently faces from Apple, Microsoft, and possibly their henchmen at Intellectual Ventures
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Free Software's Secret Patent Weapon
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Yesterday I was warning about the threat that the super-troll Intellectual Ventures represents. To provide some balance, here's a surprisingly upbeat piece from Samba creator Andrew Tridgell on how to read software patents.
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Your life will some day end; ACTA will live on
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The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) isn't just another secret treaty - it's a way of life. If ACTA passes in anything like its current form, it will create an entirely new international secretariat to administer and extend the agreement.
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