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Richard Stallman: Free Software Newsletter Issue 31 June 2012

Free Software Supporter Issue 51, June 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS URGENT: Kill ACTA Stop software patents in Europe Two job openings on the FSF campaigns team FSF recommendations for free operating system distributions considering Secure Boot GNU GPLv3 turns 5 Dear Microsoft: fsf.org is not a “gambling site” FSF’s new operations assistant Emacs Reference mugs …

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20120627 Open Source Everything Highlights

Brazil’s Open-Government Shock Treatment Brightcove Open Sources App Cloud, Bets Big On Dual-Screen Apps For Apple TV Citizen apps – enough to monitor open government? Digital visibility is king but what colour is our Open Access future? Hackerspaces, makerspaces, DIYbio community survey IBM: Open source is not winning the war in virtualization, cloud … yet Open …

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Berto Jongman: Interesting Global Security Links

British Special Forces in Syria CI Glossary (PDF at Cryptome) Collapsing US Credibility Convergence of Organized Crime and Terrorism Dark Money in USA – Mother Jones Drone Civilian Death Claims Mount Drone Death Figures Do Not Add Up Drone Policy Transparency Global financial cybercrime sting yields 24 arrests Drug Violence Interactive Map EU Plan for …

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Review (Guest): The Open Source Everything Manifesto – Transparency, Truth & Trust

Robert David Steele PREPARE TO HAVE YOUR MIND BLOWN!,June 24, 2012 B. Tweed DeLions “B.T.” If there’s a single Founding Father of the Open Source movement, Robert D. Steele is it. Everyone else has been playing catchup. And if you don’t know what the Open Source revolution is, you need to read this book. You …

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Chuck Spinney: Progressives Argue Over Defeating Obama – a Conversation on Email

Most of my liberal friends reluctantly support President Obama’s re-election, because the alternative is so much worse.  Invariably, they invoke the effects of a Romney presidency on judicial appointments, especially those to the Supreme Court (ironically, Obama’s two appointees just voted with the majority to decline to hear the Guantanamo case, if effect, putting another …

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20120621 Open Source Everything Highlights

Actual Open Source eCommerce cart migration stats reveal market trends Could government move to open source storage software? Eucalyptus to Open Source Everything It’s Got Five principles of an open source company Ford Looks to App Developers and Open-Source Innovation for Futuristic Driving Experience Open Perception. By the people. For the people. Open Source 3D …

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Review: The Open Source Everything Manifesto – Transparency, Truth & Trust

Robert David Steele 5.0 out of 5 stars End Result of Quarter Century Walk-About,June 5, 2012 Updated 27 June: Why on earth is this book in top 100 for Espionage? I can only speculate that because I am a former spy, trained over 7,500 intelligence professionals, and have been an arch critic of secret intelligence …

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