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Mass. governor vetoes bill for online wine sales
November 22, 2005
Mitt Romney says certain provisions in the proposed law would prevent consumers from purchasing "the bottlings they want."
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New GPL draft takes second crack at DRM
July 27, 2006
Second draft of General Public License 3 "clarifies" digital rights management provisions, a point of contention. Draft version 3 of GPL in full
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Free Software Foundation
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open source
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Red Hat Inc.
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Linux
Telecommuters: Beware the tax man
November 2, 2005
Telecommuters employed by a company outside their home state may be at risk of having to pay extra taxes unless Congress adopts a bill protecting them.
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risk
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state
Telecom megamergers get final federal OK
October 31, 2005
The FCC gives green light to mergers of Verizon Communications and MCI, SBC Communications and AT&T.
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High court rejects CDA
June 26, 1997
The Supreme Court finds the Communications Decency Act unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
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speech
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U.S. spending bill encourages telecommuting
December 2, 2004
Federal agencies that don't let workers telecommute could feel it in their budgets.
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The Spy Act that loved me?
April 19, 2007
Policy analyst Bartlett Cleland warns that a patchwork of state spyware laws will end up having the opposite effect desired by proponents.
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Patriot Act defender touts 'safeguards'
January 10, 2006
Key Bush administration ally says there are plenty of safeguards in a renewal plan. Opponents aren't convinced.
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terrorism
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Free Software Foundation releases GPL 3
June 29, 2007
The new license adjusts to software industry changes but carries several new provisions.
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Linux kernel
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Novell Inc.
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Unix
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Linux
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IBM Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.
Which way, open-sourcers?
September 12, 2006
Software advocate says the latest draft of the GPL license is driving a wedge between the open-source and free-software communities.
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open-source community
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Linus Torvalds
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Linux
Public debate on GPL 3 draft begins
January 16, 2006
Free Software Foundation releases the first public discussion draft of the General Public License version 3.
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IBM Corp.
White House panel pushes new identity fraud laws
April 23, 2007
A wealth of state and federal laws already prohibit ID fraud and phishing. But a federal task force says more are needed.
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phishing
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president
So much for the 'new and improved' GPL
April 30, 2007
James V. DeLong says the Free Software Foundation's intellectual hostility toward copy protection threatens to create new problems.
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Linux
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Lobby bill spares political bloggers
January 19, 2007
Senators strike a section that would have required some "grassroots" lobbying groups to register or face prison time.
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Torvalds says DRM isn't necessarily bad
February 3, 2006
'We are not crusaders,' declares the Linux kernel leader in a debate over proposed open-source license changes.
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Linux
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Novell Inc.
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Red Hat Inc.
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security
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ACLU challenges Patriot Act
November 2, 2005
ACLU asks judges to uphold lower court rulings that would eliminate gag provisions on "secret" FBI requests for information.
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Telcos, cable companies face off over TV franchises
May 27, 2005
The heat is on this weekend in Texas, where lawmakers will debate legislation that could help phone companies entering the TV market.
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community
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TV
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AT&T Corp.
Net neutrality: Now, more than ever
July 27, 2004
Lawrence Spiwak says the FCC's sabotaging new competition and that an anticompetitive agenda will affect more than long-distance carriers.
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telecommunications
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State governments push for Net neutrality laws
June 26, 2006
Attorneys general in New York and California say they'd like a federal law prohibiting network operators from offering a "fast lane" on the Internet.
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Eliot Spitzer
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Bill Lockyer
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New York
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eBay Inc.
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New open-source license targets DRM, Hollywood
January 18, 2006
Free Software Foundation's Eben Moglen says the updated GPL may put open-source products in conflict with movie studios and Tivo.
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