Debian provides a useful guide for understanding patents
Nina Paley's "Rantifesto" gets it wrong on free software
The pluses and minuses of Google Plus
KDE whacked with automated banhammer in the name of "positive user experiences"
KDE users burned by Facebook
Another GPL court challenge in Germany
Yet another lawsuit: HP sues Oracle to support Itanium
Adobe cuts off Linux's AIR supply
Stick a feather in OpenOffice.org: More details on the suite's hand-off to Apache