Why Microsoft just made a big bet on bots

The Verge, here.

(Interestingly, MS fought hard against the browser replacing the desktop OS as the new platform, as every antitrust scholar knows; now MS - not alone, though - is "on the other side" and pushing hard for the bot store to replace the app store. Reactions from the incumbents at risk of being displaced or general and rather peaceful transition towards the new largely AI-fueled paradigm?).

Linux and White House together to improve open source security

CIO.com, here. 

License Compatibility and Relicensing

R. Stallman, here.

Why FRAND is bad for Free Software

FSFE, here.

The UK government embraces open source via a government-centric fork of LibreOffice

Techrepublic, here. 

It's Windows *10*, Because It's 10 Years Behind Open Source

G. Moody, here. 

Firefox Leans Towards the Vertical

G. Moody, here. 

The Antitrust Analysis of Rules and Standards for Software Platforms

D. Evans, here.

Copyleft and the GNU General Public License: A Comprehensive Tutorial and Guide

Copyleft.org, here.

Linux Foundation Does Open Source Drones

G. Moody, here.

FOSS Governance And Collaboration: From A Good Idea To Coherent Market Approach

S. Coughlan,  here.

CIA infosec guru: US govt must buy all zero-days and set them free

TheRegister, here.

When FRAND meets FOSS: Bottom Up or Top Down?

Consortiuminfo.org, here.

JDownloader2: Neues Licht in der Frage wer, wann für Open Source Software haftet

Ifross.org, hier. 

The European Union Public Licence (EUPL)

P.-E. Schmitz, here. 

Sustainability of Open Source software communities beyond a fork: How and why has the LibreOffice project evolved?

J. Gamalielsson, B. Lundell, here.

Apple, Microsoft And Free Software

Telecrunch.com, here

OFT launches market study into the supply of public sector ICT services

Press Release, here. See also Report on the findings of the call for information into the supply of ICT to the public sector, here.  

Richard Stallman on the Painful Birth of GNU

G. Moody, here. 

The Fantec decision: German court holds distributor responsible for FOSS compliance

Opensource.com, here.