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Congress Endorses Open Source For Military 145

Posted by kdawson on Friday September 26, 2008 @11:33AM from the because-it's-better-that's-why dept.

A draft defense authorizing act in Congress includes wording plugging open source software. It seems both cost and software security were considerations. This is an important victory for open source. "It's rare to see a concept as technical as open-source software in a federal funding bill. But the House's proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (H.R. 5658) includes language that calls for military services to consider open-source software when procuring manned or unmanned aerial vehicles."

Jack Thompson Disbarred 522

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 25, 2008 @02:41PM from the it-burns-it-burns dept.

Sockatume writes "The Florida Supreme Court has approved Judge Dava Tunis' recommendations for the permanent disbarment of John B. "Jack" Thompson, with no leave to reapply and $43,675.35 in disciplinary costs. The ruling is a step up from the enhanced disbarment that had been suggested by the prosecution, which would have forbidden him from reapplying for ten years. Thompson has 30 days to appeal the ruling before the disbarment is permanent. Thompson responds to the ruling."

DOJ Opposes Extending DOJ Copyright Authority 141

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 25, 2008 @07:57AM from the not-our-problem dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The White House has opposed the bipartisan bill that would create copyright cops on the grounds that it would cause the Department of Justice to end up 'serving as pro bono lawyers for private copyright holders.' And while they do occasionally prosecute criminal copyright infringement, they have no intention of dabbling with civil cases because, 'taxpayer-supported department lawyers would pursue lawsuits for copyright holders, with monetary recovery going to industry.' At this rate, the discovery of winged suiformes would appear to be imminent."

Comment Re:Why (Score 1) 350

by Galphanore on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @06:24PM (#25144081) Attached to: Comcast Outlines New Broadband Policy

The, admittedly asinine, idea behind it is that people who only use the internet occasionally will be more apt to be upset when it is slower then they are expecting. Frankly, if I'm paying for a 6mb connection and I want to spend the weekend watching HD streaming movies I'm going to be very upset when my connection drops down to 1.5mb or, heavy forbid, 512kb. It really seems like Comcast is trying to alienate their customers as much as possible these days.

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