Sudden subscription fees, lost features causing users “death by a thousand cuts.”

Restrictive AI model licenses claimed as “open source” spark for clear standard.

Microsoft said its update wouldn’t install on Linux devices. It did anyway.

Schleswig-Holstein, one of Germany’s 16 states, on Wednesday confirmed plans to move tens of thousands of systems from Microsoft Windows to Linux. The announcement follows previously established plans to migrate the state government off Microsoft Office in favor of open source LibreOffice.

Copyright overhaul could effectively mandate automated content filtering.

(le nouvel accord qui paralyse encore plus les gouvernements et citoyens) The new agreement that would hamstring governments and citizens even further.

The war against persistent zombie cookies—cookies that never seem to lose your data, even when you delete them—rages on, as users learn more about the technology. While awareness is rising thanks to widespread coverage of Flash cookies and, more recently, HTML5’s storage capabilities, we have a long way to go before Internet users can avoid persistent tracking. Like all zombie wars, this one will take some time to win; and if you thought things were bad now, they’re about to get worse.

(Les législateurs Français ont-ils des doutes sur HADOPI ?) Are the French legislators who passed the country’s tough new “three strikes” Internet disconnection law having second thoughts? Le Figaro caught up last week with Jean-François Copé, a leading member of the ruling right-leaning UMP party that wrote and supported the “Création et Internet” law passed last year. Copé helped rally support for the bill after it failed its first vote in the National Assembly because most UMP deputies had actually left the chamber without voting.