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Archive for December 8th, 2007

Verizon Sued Over GPL Code In Its FiOS Router (Charles Babcock/InformationWeek)

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Verizon Sued Over GPL Code In Its FiOS Router  —  The Software Freedom Law Center is taking issue with the Actiontec MI424WR wireless router, which may include open license-infringing BusyBox software.  —  The Software Freedom Law Center on Friday filed suit against Verizon …

Source:   InformationWeek
Author:   Charles Babcock
Link:   http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml…

Facebook Members Sell Their Own Ads (Louise Story/Bits)

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Facebook Members Sell Their Own Ads  —  More than 1,500 Facebook users have started placing advertisements on their own profile pages-despite the social networking site’s rule against such ads.  —  They are posting them with the help of a Montreal-based company called Weblo …

Source:   Bits
Author:   Louise Story
Link:   http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/facebook…