Ghost Piracy: Work-From-Home Software Piracy Worries BSA
Over the past decades, the Software Alliance (BSA) has helped major software companies including Adobe, Autodesk, IBM, and Microsoft, to fight against under-licensed businesses. This has resulted in raids and audits at companies worldwide, with computers carefully inspected to see if the businesses have paid their dues. The BSA often relies on tips from insiders, who can earn serious cash if their information pays off. In addition,...
Publishers & Internet Archive Both Seek Piracy Lawsuit Win Without Full Trial
In the summer of 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Internet Archive (IA). The publishers described IA’s ‘Open Library’ as an “unlicensed aggregator and pirate site” that makes illegally scanned books available to the public, causing serious damage to authors and publishing companies alike. In support of the publishers, the Copyright Alliance...
How I use LibreOffice keyboard shortcuts
How I use LibreOffice keyboard shortcuts Jim Hall Wed, 06/15/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like I have used word processing software for as long as I can remember. When word processors moved from direct formatting to leveraging styles to change how text appears on the page, that was a big boost to my writing. LibreOffice provides a wide variety of styles that you can use to create all kinds of...
A beginner’s guide to cloud-native open source communities
A beginner’s guide to cloud-native open source communities Anita Ihuman Wed, 06/15/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like Some people think the cloud-native ecosystem has a high barrier to entry. At first glance, that looks like a logical assumption. Some of the technologies used in cloud-native projects are complex and challenging, if you’re not familiar with them, so you might think you...
