Bias for Sale: The Corrupting Influence of Money in the Linux Foundation
When enemies of the GPL (GNU) like Microsoft and VMware — not just GNU/Linux-friendly companies such as Red Hat — pay the Linux Foundation to get their way. Dr. Roy Schestowitz explains.
The Growing List of How the Copyright Office Has Failed Us
The US Copyright Office is a broken thing. Meredith Filak Rose shows you all the ways in which it has recently failed citizens across the land.
Free Thing of the Week: Icons from Game-Icons.net
This week’s Free Thing of the Week is for the game designers out there…and the people who like cool icons. Delapouite’s icons from Game-Icons.net take center stage.
Sunday Comics
In this week’s Sunday Comics, Cathy checks into Alcoholics Anonymous.
A Serious Business
What can a good joke do? Mary O’Hara meets the performers and researchers who say that comedy can change how we think and even how we act.
Why Humanities Majors Should Take Science Courses
Now that science and technology touch everyone’s lives, it’s past time to reunite them with social and ethical discussion. Yoo Jung Kim writes.
Analog: The Last Defense Against DRM
Elliot Harmon considers the disadvantages of a wireless, digital existence, via some thoughts about Apple’s new iPhone.
The Auspicious Knot Untied: Duels
Thoughts on other dimensions of Nick Stokes’ Duels
A politics of cooperation: Caroline Woolard on free culture, fine art, and everyday life
Interdisciplinary artist Caroline Woolard engages with political economy and activism through radically innovative collaborative projects. Jennie Rose Halperin talks with the artist about her work, the Commons, and the meaning of collaboration.
From the Commons – Thing of the Week: Stranger Peaks
Seattle’s own doom-hop band Prom Queen makes their way into our Thing of the Week with their new music single, Stranger Peaks.
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