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Submission + - WordPress blocked by Turkey to appease creationist (wordpress.com)

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John Hawks

on Tuesday August 21, 2007 @04:07PM

John Hawks writes: "The entire WordPress domain has been blocked by the Turkish government, and the WordPress blog carries a reaction. The blockage comes at the request of Adnan Oktar, a.k.a. Harun Yahya, best known as one of the foremost international promoters of creationism. Oktar alleges that WordPress sites have defamed him, and has demanded satisfaction. The Scientific American blog has more details on this matter and the news earlier this week that ScienceBlogger P. Z. Myers has been sued for libel."

Submission + - Has Google become evil in the eyes of open source? (zdnet.com) 1

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willdavid

on Tuesday August 21, 2007 @03:34PM

willdavid writes: "By Dana Blankenhorn (ZDNet Blogs) An exchange of e-mails between Bill Hilf of Microsoft and Chris DiBona of Google concerning Microsoft's OSI license application has drawn an interesting reaction in the press. They're taking Microsoft's side. This is a major turning point, and shows just how far Google has come in less than a decade. http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1347"