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more »Mozilla Asks for License Integration into Ubuntu
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more »Kenai: Sun sets up its own community website
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more »Going Live: "This Week in Django" at DjangoCon It all starts with a tweet.
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more »Ubuntu Developer Week: IRC Workshops
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more »Free Software Projects An up-to-date look at free software and its makers
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more »Open Vote Why you should take a closer look at the Open Voting Consortium
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more »Newsbeuter 1.0: RSS Feed Reader for Text Terminals and Podcasts
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