Computer Floss » politics http://computerfloss.com Delightful digital distractions in free/libre/open source software Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:27:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.1 The Oddity of the Pre-facto Quotation /2010/10/the-pre-facto-quotation/ /2010/10/the-pre-facto-quotation/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:47:50 +0000 http://computerfloss.wordpress.com/?p=660 I spend less time than ever these days reading about politics, not that I ever had a great interest to begin with, but I happen across the odd news report from Blighty now and again, just to stay knowledgeable throughout my exile from the Kingdom. I don’t know quite how long this particularly oddity that […]

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Libel Reform and Quickie Research on Online Politics /2010/04/libel-reform-and-quickie-research-on-online-politics/ /2010/04/libel-reform-and-quickie-research-on-online-politics/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:42:10 +0000 http://computerfloss.wordpress.com/?p=386 For a mere £200,000, Simon Singh has won the right to free speech. He has won an appeal against the libel action brought against him by the British Chiropractic Association, when Singh pointed out the lack of evidence for their claims. Instead of honouring his right to commit his thoughts to writing and simply countering […]

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Now the UK Enters the Pirate Fray /2009/08/now-the-uk-enters-the-pirate-fray/ /2009/08/now-the-uk-enters-the-pirate-fray/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:22:25 +0000 http://floss.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/?p=227 Hot on the heels of the events in Sweden, which resulted in the Pirate Bay gentlemen being prosecuted and a swelling of support for the Swedish Pirate Party,  a UK Pirate Party has now been formed. Of particular interest to the FLOSS bods is the reformation of patent law. As I understand, the new party […]

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