SoaP I really can’t put the title in a post, it would just be too hip. (Bad hip, not good hip.) TBH I don’t want to post about SoaP at all, for the aforementioned reason, but I had to point this article out, because it’s the most sensible thing I’ve seen written about it. Not that the entire situation isn’t funny; it is, it’s just too hip. Like I said. I may cruise Digg, but its soooo last week, you know? ;)
Well, more like Two Laws, but the wording in the clause these lads have added to their software licence to effectively prevent military use of their work sounds very similar to Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics.
It’s a pity this exception and others like it can’t be built into the GPL and similar licences, but they really can’t: the GPL’s beauty is it’s simplicity, if you take that away you defeat the entire purpose.
An article about managing your identity and a new privacy service via the Swedish Pirate Party. Commentary later if I get a mo.
Has there been a shred of evidence yet in this alleged “terror plot“? The story has been running for a day now, and I haven’t seen a jot of it. Links in the comments please.
Europe must reboot its fledgling domain name to avoid a system crash, critics say, after alleged missteps allowed cybersquatters to stockpile trademarks for auction.
Probably the best insight yet into the privacy implications of the release of AOL search data. Everybody has something to hide; even the people that say “if you have nothing to hide…”
This morning at 9-10am on Radio 1, with TJ McIntyre of Digital Rights Ireland, Karlin Lillington of the Irish Times, and Noel Dempsey of the Useless Governement Ministers Club. Loads of details here via Bernard Tyers. Well done DRI for taking the Government to task for this awful abuse of authority.
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