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Linux and the GPL a Hard Look at a Leftist Software Development Model. by Coral Snake Also features the complete GNU General Public License by Richard M Stallman (RMS) -- (with commentary by Coral Snake) For the last five years I have been involved with the "Free Software Movement". During my time in this movement I have been an avid user of the Linux OS from kernel 2.0 to kernel 2.4, The GIMP graphics authoring program, Open Office, and the GCC C and C++ compilers with the KDevelop IDE. I have also been a regular visitor to all the "Free...

George Soros: A chance for soft power in the Balkans By George Soros Published: May 22 2003 20:43 | Last Updated: May 22 2003 20:43      Yet the Balkans are a vital part of Europe. The US has made clear its intention to diminish its involvement in the region, so the European Union must take the lead. In the past, the EU has responded to negative developments; now it must articulate a positive vision.   Fighting in the Balkans has subsided but future peace is far from assured. Kosovo remains unresolved; the union between Serbia and Montenegro is tenuous...

Brad Moore initiated is campaign on the final filing day for candidates for statewide offices, along with four other Republican candidates. Each assumed they might be the sole candidate for the Primary election. Mr. Moore was concerned about the amount of time a state-wide campaign demanded but wanted to make sure a qualified candidate represented the Commonwealth and the Republican Party. With a background in both business and law, Mr. Moore was prepared to conduct a candidacy stressing the need for enforcing business fundamentals, e.g., fiscal responsibility, and combining that with the legal knowledge to interpret legislative guidance. After withdrawing...

FRANKFORT -- Candidates for governor and other statewide constitutional offices have raised more than $11.4 million and spent more than $6.8 million, according to new campaign finance reports. Those running for offices other than governor filed their first campaign finance reports of the season this week. Gubernatorial candidates have until Friday to file an updated batch of reports with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. The primary election is May 20. Aside from the race for governor -- which has eight candidates, four from each major party -- the race for attorney general has shaped up as the most expensive....

<p>The political arm of the Kentucky Right to Life Association, the state's leading anti-abortion group, has endorsed Republican Ernie Fletcher and Democrat Jody Richards for governor in the May 20 primary election.</p> <p>The endorsement could be a greater boost for Richards, who has trailed in fund-raising and polls in his Democratic race with Attorney General Ben Chandler and businessman Bruce Lunsford.</p>

Much was made in mid-February when a Pentagon insider leaked sketchy information about the Office of Strategic Influence (OSI), a small department created after the September 11 terrorist attacks. In the leak, the OSI was essentially described a propaganda and disinformation outlet created to distribute stories mostly to the foreign press in a way to help the U.S. and allied effort in the war on terror. Consequently press reports identified the OSI as a Immediately the OSI became the subject of huge news stories in the mainstream press, with reporters and commentators attacking the Pentagon and White House for creating...