The FTC has decided to have a two day forum discussing software license practices. Computerworld has further details.

Slashdot brings us another piece of news: Richard Stallman vs. Jorrit Tyberghein — a discussion dealing with a close-source wrapper for an open source project.

Slashdot brings news of an Linus interview with c’t magazine. For those of you who don’t read German, there is a translation available in English.

Slashdot readers discuss a Network World article advising network administrators about what to do if a user on the network puts Linux on his/her machine. The advice includes everything from, wipe it off, to look the other way.

There are days when we love San Jose Mercury-News columnist Dan Gillmor more than any other person who writes about IT, and this is one of them. His latest column draws interesting parallels between the behavior patterns of politicians and those of high-tech executives. Gillmor doesn’t paint a pretty picture, but he has captured some basic truths here that deserve plenty of thought for anyone engaged in either politics or high tech.

Mandrake has released advisory + packages (on LWN.net in this case) for dealing with a bug in GnuPG incorrectly verifiying signatures.

In this Ask Slashdot, kalaleq asks if there is a bank that implements a webbanking interface that isn’t proprietary. The full discussion is on Slashdot.

Slashdot brings us the scoop about an amusing Microsoft add put in German newspapers proclaiming that Linux is bad because it can adapt. “So essentially they’re saying Win2k can’t adapt,” quipped one poster.

GroupIT Engine has been released under the OOSL licence. More details are available from the PRWeb press release.

“Palm Palm Technology, a domestic Linux solution developer, has established a Japanese operation in an effort to enter the wireless Internet market in Asia“