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Submission + - Sun refuses LGPL code for Openoffice; Novell forks (gnome.org) 1

Submitted by TRS-80 on Wednesday October 03, 2007 @02:55AM

TRS-80 writes: Kohei Yoshida wrote a long post on the history of Calc Solver, an optimization solver module for the Calc component of OpenOffice.org. After three years of jumping through Sun's hoops on his own time, Sun says it will duplicate the work because Kohei doesn't want to sign over ownership of the code. Adding insult to injury, Sun then invites him join this duplication. Because of Sun's refusal to accept LPGL extensions in the upstream code, Michael Meeks (who recently talked about Sun's OO.o community failings, and ODF and OOXML) has announced ooo-build (previously just for build fixes) is now a formal fork of OpenOffice to be located at http://go-oo.org/. Will Sun admit it's being a control freak or continue with pointless duplication?

Submission + - Starcraft Pro Hands-On of Starcraft II (starcraftpro.com)

Submitted by liquidmetalslime on Monday August 06, 2007 @04:41PM

liquidmetalslime writes: Here's a hands-on review of Starcraft II from the hardcore gamer's perspective at StarcraftPro.com. This article talks more about the hotkey inconsistencies and overpowered units, stuff real Starcraft players care more about rather than just "what's cool" that you can find on any other game review site. For those that weren't able to play Starcraft II at BlizzCon, this will give you the recap of what to expect.

Submission + - sorry for the language

Submitted by on Monday August 06, 2007 @04:40PM

An anonymous reader writes: Policía de Estonia arresta a un hombre ciego mientras conducía 2 horas, 53 minutos TALLIN (Reuters) — La policía de Estonia detuvo durante el fin de semana a un hombre que conducía de forma errática y descubrió que era ciego. El conductor de 20 años circulaba por la ciudad suroccidental de Tartu a primera hora del domingo, ayudado por las instrucciones de su pasajero de 16 años. "En principio pensaron que había bebido, pero el hombre seguía sin acertar dónde estaba el tubo para la prueba de alcoholemia así que se dieron cuenta de que era ciego" y lo arrestaron, dijo el lunes la portavoz de la policía de Tartu, Marge Kohtla.

Submission + - Why Is There Almost No HIV/AIDS In Japan? (mens-sexual-health.org)

Submitted by

hurr1

on Thursday August 02, 2007 @09:28PM

hurr1 writes: "Total cases in twenty years amount to only 7,500 or 375 a year. By comparison, Cambodia, whose population is less than a tenth of Japan's, had 170,000 people living with HIV or AIDS, according to United Nations estimates. See the Ten Myths Of HIV/AIDS video movie explore this problem in human society."

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