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Comment Re:What's worse? (Score 0) 445

by jackflap on Thursday April 24, 2008 @12:40PM (#23185172) Attached to: Google Turns Over Data on Suspected Pedophiles In Brazil

Nice one, I like it :) Since they're married, then it's okay. Damn, so all this time, the largest demographic of people I thought were actually commiting rape, weren't actually carrying out rape, they were just forcing the other person to have sex with them. Ohhhh.. http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/r159.pdf

Women are most likely to be sexually attacked by men they know in some way, most often partners (32%) or acquaintances (22%). Current partners (at the time of the attack) were responsible for 45% of rapes reported

Submission + - New platform for funding open-source development (cofundos.org)

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jackflap

on Thursday October 25, 2007 @05:00PM

jackflap writes: "A new website that could turn into an exciting community-driven platform for open-source software development has sprung up recently. By bidding any amount they want on open-source projects, community members can use their wallets to vote and fund projects they would like to see realized.

From the website — Cofundos helps to realize bright ideas by providing a platform for their discussion and enrichment and by establishing a process for organizing the contributions and interests of different stakeholders in the ideas."

Submission + - UK citizens: Sign this free software petition (pm.gov.uk)

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jackflap

on Wednesday July 11, 2007 @10:05AM

jackflap writes: "An important part of the BadVista.org campaign is making sure our respective governments know that we think it's their obligation to use free software. UK citizens can sign this petition in support of requiring that all publicly funded software projects publish source code under a free license. There are currently 801 signatures. Let's see how many more we can get beforethe July 22 deadline.

Is there one out there for your country? Can you start one? (Source: badvista)"

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