Monthly Archives: November 2008

links for 2008-11-28

Posted on 28 November, 2008 by stefano

open…: IBM's ex-Mr GNU/Linux Joins Obama Policy Group Irving Wladawsky-Berger, the person who essentially steered IBM toward GNU/Linux has joined one of that nice Mr Obama's policy groups: Technology, Innovation & Government Reform (tags: ibm gnu/linux policy obama usa government … Continue reading →

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Openmoko forced to fight a patent troll

Posted on 22 November, 2008 by Stef

Instead of innovating the mobile business, OpenMoko is now forced to divert energy on a battle against an Italian patent troll. From a message to the OpenMoko mailing lists: The short story is that we are in a protracted battle … Continue reading →

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New MacBooks are Defective by Design

Posted on 19 November, 2008 by Stef

The new MacBook not only have reflective screens and miss a FireWire prot, but they also hide a stupid DRM locks in the video signal called HDCP. CrunchGear reports: What is HDCP? It’s essentially a digital standard that tells your … Continue reading →

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Leveraging the community for marketing?

Posted on 18 November, 2008 by Stef

Roberto Galoppini’s idea of an Open Source Network Marketing (OSNM) hints at some of the values that a strong community can bring to your brand: Open Source Network Marketing could help to reduce information asymmetry, bringing more end-users to become … Continue reading →

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Free Software Foundation year end fundraising campaign

Posted on 13 November, 2008 by Stef

I had the feeling that 2008 was an important year for FSF. We’ve seen new campaigns take off, like End Software Patents and Support Open Document Format; the established campaigns Defective By Design, Play OGG, Expert Witness Fund have received … Continue reading →

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Funambol’s first developers conference

Posted on 5 November, 2008 by Stef

Funambol’s community has grown so much that it deserves its first developer conference. We’re hosting this one day event on November 25 in Milan, at Politecnico di Milano.’  It’s very exciting for me to see how rich is’  the agenda: … Continue reading →

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FSF new license gives more freedom of choice to Wikipedia

Posted on 4 November, 2008 by Stef

The FSF has updated its long controversial Free Documentation License. Developed initially for the manuals of GNU system, it was chosen for Wikipedia. This choice led to various problems, with many people regretting it. The new version allows changing the … Continue reading →

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