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I just came across this story (http://goo.gl/EbqP) today, and given my name, and given that I fancy myself a bit of a foodie, who could resist?  (Not that I considered the deep-fried, dunked-in-sugar-syrup mess that passes for General Tso’s chicken in most fast food Chinese restaurants to be gourmet food

I recently came across the Transitive Grace Period Public License (alternate link) by Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn.  I fonud it interesting because it’s very similar — almost identical — to something I had first starting floating about ten years ago.  I called it the Temporary Proprietary License (TPL).  I’m sure this is a case of

Although I obviously had nothing to do with Google’s decision vis-a-vis China, having only started working there for a week, I was definitely glad to see it and it made me proud to be able to say that I work there.  Kudos to Google’s management team for having made (IMHO) the right decision.   Hopefully Yahoo and Microsoft will consider carefully what the ethical implications of their collusion and collaboration with the Chinese governmen