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1. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Saturday, 03-Nov-2012 09:50:27 EDT Simon Phipps

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   Anyone know why IBM has decided to spend its energy actually attacking LibreOffice in public?
2. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Friday, 02-Nov-2012 22:34:50 EDT Simon Phipps

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   75% of smartphones shipped last quarter use Android: http://ur1.ca/arqkm
3. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Friday, 02-Nov-2012 22:34:10 EDT Simon Phipps

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   75% of smartphones skipped last quarter use Android: http://ur1.ca/arqkm
4. Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff)'s status on Friday, 02-Nov-2012 17:44:57 EDT Electronic Frontier Foundation

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   Calling all developers and engineers: Help us keep APIs free of copyrights https://eff.org/r.a7qa
5. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Friday, 02-Nov-2012 17:08:38 EDT Simon Phipps

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   • kevingranade
   Works for everyone, as software standards are all RF or patent-free...
6. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Friday, 02-Nov-2012 17:07:21 EDT Simon Phipps

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   • kevingranade
   My proposal: limit enforcement to implementation of standards where patents were disclosed during standardisation.
7. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Friday, 02-Nov-2012 17:03:59 EDT Simon Phipps

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   • kevingranade
   Any legislative change has to avoid accidentally breaking the telecom industry acquis
8. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Friday, 02-Nov-2012 17:02:15 EDT Simon Phipps

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   • kevingranade
   In the EU SWPat crisis of 2005 we discovered they also rely on software within telecom systems.
9. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Friday, 02-Nov-2012 16:52:49 EDT Simon Phipps

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   • kevingranade
   It leaves telecom interests in play though; a solution that also eliminates their opposition is needed.
10. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Friday, 02-Nov-2012 16:36:25 EDT Simon Phipps

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    • bkuhn
    BTW, did you read the FSFE statement? http://ur1.ca/ar1z0
11. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Friday, 02-Nov-2012 16:25:14 EDT Simon Phipps

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    • lxoliva
    We'll see. Hey, even RMS has become a pragmatist. http://ur1.ca/arfhf
12. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Friday, 02-Nov-2012 15:27:11 EDT Simon Phipps

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    • Karl Fogel
    In the abstract case that's true, but UKG is already locked in by proprietary software. This is about cracking the market open.
13. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Friday, 02-Nov-2012 15:07:20 EDT Simon Phipps

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    • marjoleink
    The question is more whether what's an ISO standard is implemented anywhere.
14. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Friday, 02-Nov-2012 15:03:54 EDT Simon Phipps

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    • bkuhn
    OOXML was not and is not an open standard; just a standard.
15. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Friday, 02-Nov-2012 15:03:18 EDT Simon Phipps

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    • bkuhn
    It was the clear objective of the whole exercise. Ask Karsten.
16. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Friday, 02-Nov-2012 14:01:46 EDT Simon Phipps

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    It is not obviously connected, as the policy relates to software and not its management.
17. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Thursday, 01-Nov-2012 19:56:30 EDT Simon Phipps

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    • lxoliva
    Are you a physics major?
18. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Thursday, 01-Nov-2012 19:33:36 EDT Simon Phipps

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    • lxoliva
    When all software is open source, you will be right. Until then, the rest of us working on the problem need support, not ridicule.
19. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Thursday, 01-Nov-2012 19:23:35 EDT Simon Phipps

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    • bkuhn
    If we were starting with a clean slate, you would be right. But we are not, and your assertion is very wrong indeed.
20. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Thursday, 01-Nov-2012 11:49:35 EDT Simon Phipps

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    UK defines open standards as ones that can be implemented freely - "no" to FRAND: http://ur1.ca/ar1je

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