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Red Hat Enterprise Linux

SFC's Policy Fellow, Bradley M. Kuhn, was interviewed on the Ask Noah Show, episode 345 regarding the GPL compliance questions and concerns regarding Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

The Register - Oracle pours fuel all over Red Hat source code drama

The Register - SUSE announces its own RHEL-compatible distro…again

Give Up GitHub

The Register - How GitHub Copilot could steer Microsoft into a copyright storm

The Register - Open source body quits GitHub, urges you to do the same

The Next Web - GitHub Copilot works so well because it steals open-source code and strips credit

TechCrunch - Open source developers urged to ditch GitHub following Copilot launch

Right to Repair

Vice - John Deere–Backed Lobbying Groups Host Anti-Right to Repair Conference

Wired - The FTC Votes Unanimously to Enforce Right to Repair

The Register - Canon makes 'all-in-one' printers that refuse to scan when out of ink, lawsuit claims

Civil Eats - In the Battle Over the Right to Repair, Open-Source Tractors Offer an Alternative

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The Register - GitLab latest to ditch 'master' as default initial branch name: It's now simply called 'main'

Copyleft Licensing

The Register - Court erred in Neo4j source license ruling

Ethical Technology

Wired - When Open Source Software Comes With a Few Catches

Governmental News

NPR - New FTC Chair Lina Khan Wants To Redefine Monopoly Power For The Age Of Big Tech

Labor

LWN - Employment agreements for free-software developers (Featuring our own Karen Sandler)

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