Draft response of debian-legal on why Creative Commons copyright licenses are not considered to be "free" by the terms of the Debian Free Software Guidelines. If nothing else, an interesting read in the all-important legal minutiae of the free software world. Most of their issues surround worst-case understandings of CC's sometimes vague language ( Read more... )

The arguments surrounding the death penalty are old and worn, but, they keep coming back whenever an execution is pending. All the more so in a state like Connecticut, in liberal New England where no convicted criminal has been executed since 1960. In the case of Michael Ross, there is no doubt that he committed the eight murders for which he was ( Read more... )

What better way to start off than ranting about patents ? Don't run away yet... consider it a humor piece. Let it first be said that I'm not opposed to the idea of a patent. A well-run patent system does indeed encourage innovation. It assures a limited-time possibility of a profit to an individual (or corporation) who puts in an effort at ( Read more... )