"...The suit, filed by Bethesda-based CoStar Realty Information, alleges that managers at New York’s Dumann Realty illegally accessed CoStar's Web site, a subscription to which costs hundreds of dollars a month and provides clients with real estate information such as photos and vacancy databases, by borrowing another customer's user information..."
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Bethesda Company Sues Realtor For Copyright Claim: Why Affero GPL is Freedom to the Web
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Sander’s Report Ignores Microsoft’s OOXML Corruptions
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A new report on document formats is released in Denmark, but it neglects to mention very important details
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How ODF is Like JDK: Why Microsoft Supports ODF 1.1 and Not ODF 1.2
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Bill Gates snubbed JDK 1.2 and chose the older version, 1.1, instead
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The End of an Era (SCO), The Beginning of Another (Microsoft & Patents)
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Weakening of software patents this year and lots of news from the US, the UK, and the EU
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2008-2009 Petition to stop software patents in Europe
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"We have signed the Stop Software Patents .eu petition to support their view on serious restrains current software patent legislations cause..."
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Open source isn't free software
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There's a long standing argument over the differences between "open-source" software and "free" software. But, a more common error outside of software ideology circles is that you can use open-source software anyway you please. Nope. Wrong. It's never been that way.
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How Software Patents Impede Standards and GNU/Linux Development
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Latest news on standards and Linux being harmed by intellectual monopolies
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Free Art license - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"The Free Art license is the English language version of the Licence Art Libre, a French copyleft license for works of art. Created in July 2000, it is the first free license, in the spirit of the GNU General Public License, dedicated to works of art..."
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If Microsoft’s EULA Applied To Books
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1. GRANT OF LICENSE. Richard Dooling grants you the following rights provided that you comply with all terms and conditions of this EULA:
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Petition demands effective ban of software patents in Europe
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"Berlin, 12 December 2008 - Backed by the FFII and other organisations, software developers launch a petition in 28 languages to stop software patents and protect European innovators. The petition asks for legislative clarifications to clear out the legal uncertainty and imbalances created by software patents..."
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Cisco and the GPL versus Novell and the GPL
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GPLv3 to reinforce FSF open-source license position?
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Adoption of GPLv3 has surpassed many older licenses in a short time, according to license watcher Black Duck Software.
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Reporting violations of GNU licenses
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"...Once you have collected the details, you should send a precise report to the copyright holder of the packages that are being misused. The copyright holder is the one who is legally authorized to take action to enforce the license..." -- via GNU Affero General Public License
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Vietnamese Twitter-clone Saigonica violates AGPL
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According to the Affero General Public License (AGPL), Saigonica must allow users to download the ‘modified’ version of this software. Furthermore, Saigonica MUST NOT remove the Source link from their Laconica site. By removing the Source link, Saigonica has openly violated of the AGPL.
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Linux Defenders: Obeying — Not Challenging — a Broken System
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Why "Linux Defenders" is not the solution; Microsoft's lobbying arms expand coverage in the EU and what can be done to properly address this
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