Summary: Another ordinary episode with a lot of interesting topics and news
TODAY'S show is a mixed bag of GNU/Linux, antiquated law, computer games, and Microsoft pretending to be "open". OpenBytes will publish the show notes very soon. We suffered from unusual connection difficulties which sometimes made the audio a little poor in terms of quality, but overall it should be easy to understand throughout. (Update 8/12/10: show notes are now available here)
Free software "absolutism" is not a radical stance, more so if the only "radical" belief the user possesses is that he or she must be in control of his or her software, and by extension his or her computer
Social control media isn't "fun and games"; it's a digital weapon that lets hostile groups or nations infiltrate others, then turn them against themselves