GPL-violations.org has the scoop and Groklaw has commentary worth reading as well: Harald Welte, and his lawyer, Till Jaeger, co-founder of the Institute for Legal Issues of Free and Open Source Software have enforced the GNU General Public License (the … Continue reading
Andreas Jaeger on Novell’s GNU/Linux distribution discusses Novell’s decision to stop distributing proprietary kernel modules but speaks favorably of distributing proprietary software as a “user’s choice”. The difference between kernel modules and “userland” programs is easily lost when viewed in … Continue reading
In what’s sure to be an ongoing series here about undemocratic control over institutions, I direct you to an article from MSNBC on Patricia Dunn, HP’s Board Chair, spying on her boardmembers home phone records in order to find out … Continue reading
Groklaw reports that Microsoft has been fined €280.5 million, the first time the EU Commission has ever had to do so. Neelie Kroes, EC rep, on the EU’s recent Microsoft fine: “[...] it’s not the height of the level of … Continue reading
Groklaw.net says that “Eric Kriss, Secretary for the Executive Office of the Administration of Finance for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has kindly given us permission to share with you audio of his recent speech on Open Formats [...]“. I’m glad … Continue reading