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When Libertarians Attack Free Software
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| 'I've got a new article analyzing the
| unfortunate tendency of libertarian and free-
| market organizations to attack free software.
| The latest example is a policy analyst at the
| Heartland Institute who attacks network
| neutrality regulations by arguing that
| advocates have 'unwittingly bought into' the
| 'radical agenda' of the free software movement.
| I argue that in reality, the free market and
| free software are entirely compatible, and
| libertarians are shooting themselves in the
| foot by antagonizing the free software
| movement.'
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http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/10/23/1446219/When-Libertarians-Attack-Free-Software
Thin Liberalism and the Folly of Burning Bridges
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| James Lakely, a research fellow at the
| Heartland Institute, recently pointed me to a
| new study heâs written on the network
| neutrality debate. (See also his op-ed
| summarizing the argument.) Lakely is clearly a
| smart guy, and his paper is backed up by a
| significant amount of research. However, the
| basic argument of his paperâthat the network
| neutrality movement has âunwittingly bought
| intoâ the âradical agendaâ of the free software
| movementâstrikes me as pretty misguided.
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http://timothyblee.com/?p=1372
Introducing The Free Software Foundation Visa Platinum Rewards Card
http://www.cardpartner.com/app/fsf
Lawyers Discussing Business Models
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| Amusingly, Microsoft's Smith early on suggests
| that it's a question Congress could solve "if
| the industry got behind it; if copyright
| holders got behind it." Striking, huh? He
| basically admits how copyright law works in
| this country. It's not about what's best for
| the overall society or economy. It's not about
| the politicians fixing things where they see a
| problem. It's not about consumers. It'll happen
| if the industry gets behind it. Welcome to the
| way things work in DC. The rest of this part of
| the discussion is interesting -- and it's one
| (rare) case where I mostly agree with Lichtman,
| that as a resource, Google's Book search is
| incredibly useful, and we should figure out
| some way for it to happen.
|
| [...]
|
| Brad Smith, at one point, does point out that
| this is all a "revenue" problem, and does a
| pretty good job describing the revenue
| problem... but then falls into the trap of
| saying the law needs to "fix the piracy
| problem" because without that, business models
| can't be built up.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091022/0251446630.shtml
Is Endless Forking and Fragmentation What Android Needs?
http://ostatic.com/blog/is-endless-forking-and-fragmentation-what-android-needs
HTC Releases Hero Kernel Source for Developers (Updated)
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| As the GPL requires immediate availability of
| all source code created under the
| aforementioned license, many developers were
| upset when the initial requests for the source
| code after the release of the smartphone were
| met with vague responses and no specific
| availability information, with some even
| threatening legal action due to perceived non-
| compliance.
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http://www.phonenews.com/htc-releases-hero-source-code-for-developers-9308/
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