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The company Think All Publishing has reached a settlement with the FTC in which the "free-software" scamming company will pay $2.2 million for consumer reimbursement, according to NetworkWorld.
"Free Software" Scammers To Pay $2.2 Million - The Consumerist 2008
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The battle reached far beyond Stallman, eventually pitting corporations and patent-holders against this early generation of free-software advocates.
WikiLeaks and the Internet's Long War Tim Hwang 2010
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This is a free-software alternative to the proprietary systems from PGP Corp. and Utimaco.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
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Although Sun now embraces Linux and other software covered by the General Public License, a free-software licensing scheme, Sun has used other types of open-software licenses in the past.
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Over on the free-software side of the world, things are a little different.
Wired Top Stories 2009
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This is a free-software alternative to the proprietary systems from PGP Corp. and Utimaco.
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Victory on that point would be "a jackpot score for IBM," says free-software guru Eric Raymond.
AN UNLIKELY CHAMPION 2008
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Wales took inspiration from the free-software movement, in which programmers worldwide contribute to code, building on each other's work and, in the end, produce professional-grade products.
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This free-software operating system, Judge Jackson recognizes, was built by tens of thousands of volunteers worldwide, has millions of users and runs sophisticated server computers at least as well as Windows NT.
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This free-software operating system, Judge Jackson recognizes, was built by tens of thousands of volunteers worldwide, has millions of users and runs sophisticated server computers at least as well as Windows NT.
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