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WIPO PCDA2: Escalation on day four: What is the future of the Development Agenda?
The Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA/2) took place this week at the WIPO in Geneva, Switzerland. As in February [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] and the year before, FSFE was at the meeting … Continue reading
Tagged Conference, Politics, UN, WIPO
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When in Switzerland, beware of Paradeplatz KungFu
After the past months have barely left me enough time to breathe, I have finally found myself finding some time in my new home: Zürich, Switzerland. I’m sure many of you will have several preconceptions about Switzerland, and one of … Continue reading
Tagged Fun, Switzerland
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Welcome to the Hell-O-Moto!
Motorola is commonly known for using GNU/Linux on some of its telephones and some vague statements of planning to use Free Software centrally in its technology stack. This had me leaning towards Motorola. Also, the hardware design of the folding … Continue reading
Tagged Free Software, Idiocies
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Antitrust hearing, day 4 and 5: bringing out brass knuckles
Normally one might have used the phrase “the gloves are coming off” to describe the what happened on the last two days in court, but that would have implied the gloves were somehow on the days before. So it is … Continue reading
Antitrust hearing, day 3: Rebuttal by the European Commission
After lunch on day 3, the European Commission applied a very strong ventilator to the smoke screen thrown up by Microsoft in the morning, and the picture that emerged from this was rather clear. Firstly, interoperability is not a binary … Continue reading
Antitrust hearing, day 3: Microsoft opens interoperability side of case
Todays opening of the second part of the Microsoft antitrust case at the European Court in Luxembourg made a furious start with several hours of Microsoft presentation. Mr Forrester opened with the heartbreaking example of an Irish TV guide called … Continue reading
Microsoft Antitrust Trial: BSD does not run on PCs and more nonsense…
It is not every day that you get to see a European Court grand jury of thirteen judges. Given the importance of this case, such a high level of legal authority does indeed seem necessary: This may be the last … Continue reading
Freedom Day at the Free Software Forum
Today is day three of the Free Software Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, which is undoubtedly one of the best Free Software conferences on this planet — and a very busy time for everyone present. Besides many meetings and discussions … Continue reading
Tagged Conference, Free Software, FSF, Travel
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What a difference an l makes
As some of you know, the past weeks have been rather busy because I was preparing to move to Zürich in Switzerland. After some weeks of preparation, last week was the big step: On Monday the Hamburg office of FSFE … Continue reading
Tagged Switzerland, Travel
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Who is your favorite underwear pervert?
Yet another "innovation" from our friends in the Church of IPR: Cory Doctorow has a story on BoingBoing about how Marvel and DC comics seek a joint monopoly on the term "super-hero" so they can be the real world Dr. … Continue reading
Tagged Church of IPR, Idiocies
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