____/ Linonut on Monday 30 July 2007 01:57 : \____
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Cries for help go out as open source mogul's radar breaks
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | That very speech served as O'Reilly's attempt to make up for his
>> | evisceration as the hands of Free Software Foundation attorney Eben
>> | Moglen. One day earlier, Moglen charged O'Reilly with wasting too much
>> | time on hem lines, haircuts and the latest fluffy Web 2.0 start-up that
>> | looks like it might be acquired for a ridiculous amount of cash. O'Reilly
>> | had no counter on the actual day of Moglen's attack, but thought about the
>> | issues overnight.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/28/oscon_oreilly_radar/
>
> The Pirate Party has enjoyed modest but rising political success in
> Sweden, urging that copyrights should have nothing to do with private
> communications, DRM is evil, patents are even more evil, privacy is
> good, due process is good and transparent government is even better,
> Falkvinge said, before adding that the party supports shortening
> copyright lifespans as well.
>
> The OSCON members greeted Falkvinge with repeated "Arghs!," ...
Plenty of swig o' grog, surely.
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