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Submission + - Total victory for open source software in a patent (opensource.com)

Submitted by AndGodSed on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @04:33PM

AndGodSed writes: A really great article on a jury victory 3rd of May by Red Hat and Novell: The jury verdict last Friday in favor of Red Hat and Novell in a case based on bad software patents owned by "non-practicing entities" is an important victory for the open source community...we know that attacks on open source based on FUD will not stand up when subjected to the light of truth.

Submission + - Malware Hidden Inside Screensaver on Gnome-Look (omgubuntu.co.uk) 2

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on Wednesday December 09, 2009 @03:29AM

AndGodSed writes: "OMG! UBUNTU! Reports the following:
Malware has been found hidden inside an innocuous 'waterfall' screensaver .deb file made available on popular artwork sharing site Gnome-Look.org. The .deb file installs a script with elevated privileges designed to perform a DDoS attack as well as keep itself updated via downloads. The dodgy screensaver in question has since been removed from gnome-look and this incident was a very basic, if potentially successful, attempt."

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