1. Arduino, Fritzing, 
2. The evolution of the General Public Licence from version 1 to 2 to 3 and why.
1. TiVoization
2. Patents
3. Internationalization
4. Affero License
3. Creative Commons and http://icommons.org/
4. Helping our society excel:
1. http://www.laptop.org
2. http://www.ltsp.org/
3. http://openmoko.com - open source handphone!  [some humour about the iphone device - http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=iphone]

    

4. Democratization of Content:
1. Real Simple Syndication, ATOM, dei.icio.us,
2. Mashups
3. PodCasts
1. PodSafe networks
2. Creative Commons for audio
3. last.fm, pandora.com

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6. The fine differences between Open Standards and FOSS.
1. With Open Standards, you can implement anything and the implementation can be either FOSS or closed or both
2. But, when a FOSS project is underway in the absence of an open standard, the success of that FOSS project will determine the need for an open standard
7. Interoperability and adherence to standards - does a gentleman's agreement help you?
1. http://www.sun.com/software/star/openoffice/
8. Open Source Architecture

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9. Resources for GPLv3:
1. A discussion on GPLv3
2. http://www.gplv3.org/
3. GPL v3 FAQ
10. The GNU/Linux timeline (another http://730x.up.md/wp-content/44218-1.png)

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    http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/23/100134488/index.htm?postversion=2007070910"

    "By 2001, Microsoft executives were coming to the conclusion that China's weak IP-enforcement laws meant its usual pricing strategies were doomed to fail. Gates argued at the time that while it was terrible that people in China pirated so much software, if they were going to pirate anybody's software he'd certainly prefer it be Microsoft's.

    Today Gates openly concedes that tolerating piracy turned out to be Microsoft's best long-term strategy. That's why Windows is used on an estimated 90% of China's 120 million PCs. "It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when there's not," Gates says. "Are you kidding? You can get the real thing, and you get the same price." Indeed, in China's back alleys, Linux often costs more than Windows because it requires more disks. And Microsoft's own prices have dropped so low it now sells a $3 package of Windows and Office to students."

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