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• Links 24/5/2013: Fedora ‘Pidora’, CIvil Rights Debated in the US

     24 May 2013 :: Links for the day

• Bill Gates Still Getting Richer Through For-Profit Investments, Now Wants to Brainwash Children in Schools in Favour of His Investments

     24 May 2013 :: Some of the latest strategies used by the world's richest man to protect his investments and amass yet more money, adding to an ever-growing wealth while pretending it's a charity

• Microsoft Entryism and Its Effects on Corporate and Public Policy

     24 May 2013 :: An aspect of Microsoft culture that ought not be overlooked because of its profound effect on society (private and public)

• Red Hat Should Follow Google’s and Twitter’s Footsteps on Patents to Avoid Becoming the Next Novell

     24 May 2013 :: Red Hat continues to ignore my plea to defang the software patents it is applying for, potentially making them weaponised like Novell's and Sun's patents (e.g. Java at Oracle) upon buyout or another major event

• CAFC Decision Still Overridden by Overzealous Patent Lawyers in the Press, The Guardian and Other Corporate Press (CBS and AFP Included) Still Guard the Establishment

     23 May 2013 :: Analysis of a sceptical kind of corporate press coverage regarding software patents in the US; great examples of how Microsoft- and Gates-funded press outlets tend to get it all wrong on the facts, smearing digital freedom fighters

• Software Patents Debate Still Open in New Zealand and the US

     23 May 2013 :: In spite of distraction attempts, the debate over software patents continues to stress that there is a real danger

• WebM is No Ogg, It is Not Freedom-Respecting Anymore, Even in Countries That Have No Software Patents

     23 May 2013 :: Why Google needs to fix the licence of VP9, or simply stop pretending that it should be the only de facto standard for multimedia

• Microsoft Violates Google Licences

     23 May 2013 :: The champion of 'IP' and licensing (extortion) is not much of a champion after all, based on new reports, not just a lot of old ones

• Skype Teaches Us That All Microsoft Software Should be Assumed Spyware Unless Proven Otherwise

     23 May 2013 :: The broader implications of Microsoft adding spying 'features' to Skype

• Links 23/5/2013: Threat to Civil Rights in UK, KDE 4.11 LTS

     23 May 2013 :: Links for the day