April 18th, 2006
PHP Vikinger Invitations Emailed
I just sent out the invitations for the PHP Vikinger event. My method for choosing who to invite was pretty simple - I chose people listed in the the PHP and PEAR credits who I had written personal email to in the last few years.
Nepotistic? "Nay", say I, "Nepotastic!" I know that the people I [...]
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February 5th, 2006
The Rising Spectre of Software Patents in Europe
The EC has started another round of consultations that appear to be
aimed at renewing the effort to establish software patents in Europe.
Opposition from a ragtag coalition of Open Source companies, professional lobbyists, Free Culture, Free Information and Free Software groups helped sink the software patent directive in 2005, but it seems that the software patent [...]