07.19.10
IRC Proceedings: July 19th, 2010
Video: Neelie Kroes Praises Software Freedom (as Ogg)
Summary: New video from GUADEC2010
The president of the FFII points out that Neelie Kroes says about open source: “What if we are sued if we infringe someone else IP if we use this?”
Given Kroes’ past when it comes to patents, it’s no shocking U-turn and the video above is good news by most judgments. There are also good things happening in the UK government at the moment. More on that soon. █
Microposts
Summary: New experimental site format
Would readers be interested in further breakdown of daily “Links” which results in more shorter posts that are topical and simpler (perhaps) to navigate and comment on? We may experiment with this idea in days to come, depending on the level of opposition from regular readers. █
Public Talk Tomorrow (Tuesday): “Present and Future Threats to Software Freedom”
Summary: Invitation to free Manchester talk on Tuesday, 20th of July
Tomorrow I’ll be presenting a talk on issues that relate to a lot of what Techrights covers. Those who live nearby (Manchester, UK) may want to attend. Details here.
I’ve just returned from London where major developments occurred around the NHS (Microsoft contracting breaking apart). More details later this week…
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