“@jonhickman @martin_eve LOOKS REFABLE. If you can get a laptop down there it'll count for your research environment” < my patio has IMPACT

Time away from academia today to build a patio. I am now exhausted.

Labour backs plans to return railway network to public control http://gu.com/p/38y7v

These Tory women are narcissists, not feminists http://gu.com/p/38kyq

Petition by @carolinelucas for tax justice. You should sign this. http://bit.ly/ryPCrR

Jeremy Richards - "T.S. Eliot's Lost Hip Hop Poem" - http://www.rattle.com/rattle27/richardsj.htm

Free school gets just 37 applications for next year http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jun/28/free-school-37-applications

The part of the open access debate that is, irritatingly, ignored http://bit.ly/MsQlNx #OA #Open_Access

"Republicans, Leukemia Team Up To Repeal Health Care Law" Go The Onion! http://onion.com/9sSP93

Just registered for @the_blochian's China Mieville conference. Hurrah!

"Why Cameron can piss off today of all days" by @PlashingVole - http://plashingvole.blogspot.com/2012/06/why-cameron-can-piss-off-today-of-all.html

Thank you everyone for the kind words and congratulations!

Submitted my Ph.D! (in memory of my grandfather, John Gray [10/02/1920 - 14/06/2012]) http://bit.ly/NF83sX #PhDchat

Reprieve—Arkansas execution laws held to be unconstitutional - http://www.reprieve.org.uk/blog/2012_06_27_arkansas_execution_law_unconstitutional/

What this 'racism is hardwired' story says about the Daily Mail http://m.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/27/what-racism-hardwired-headline-daily-mail?cat=commentisfree&type=article

"There was a period of remorse and apology for banks, and I think that period needs to be over" - Barclays' Bob Diamond http://bit.ly/LEH0Dh

Graphing the history of philosophy http://foucaultnews.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/2115

Utilitarian Biopolitics: Bentham, Foucault and Modern Power (2012) - http://foucaultnews.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/utilitarian-biopolitics-bentham-foucault-and-modern-power-2012/

Some comments on "Operation High Roller" - http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2012/06/some-comments-on-operation-high-roller.html

Fine. Good riddance. http://bit.ly/Le7erw

Awesome robot that will beat you 100% of the time at Rock, Paper, Scissors. http://bit.ly/KM8Qfg

On Orbitz, Mac Users Offered Pricier Hotels First http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/06/26/1327249/on-orbitz-mac-users-offered-pricier-hotels-first?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Now I have a slide called "Critical Dystopia and the Necropolis", you'll all want to come to my talk at Brighton Uni on Monday on 2666.

Osborne backs down on rise in fuel duty. So more money that the government doesn't have, then.

I've got to say that the part I like least about writing conference papers is making the slides/presentations. Tedious compared to writing.

Special fast-track courts for "Olympic Offences". I live in a dystopian novel. http://bit.ly/Ly6LmE

Osborne has to borrow more due to his tax cuts for the wealthy http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jun/26/uk-government-borrowing-higher-expected

Haha, excellent! "Arithmetic for Beginners" http://bit.ly/L9tP8u

NHS hospital to be declared bankrupt and dissolved. Welcome to the future. http://bbc.in/LwMXBS

Ask Slashdot: Jobs For Geeks In the Business/Financial World? - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/8jsD4dpx57Q/ask-slashdot-jobs-for-geeks-in-the-businessfinancial-world < some great scathing responses here!

Our epistemic gap: actually, we need to re-think "unemployment", "underemployment" and "benefits" entirely http://bit.ly/LuJNPh #benefits #

If society functions with only a proportion working, perhaps we need to accept that and either job-share or pay people who aren't working.

When there are no jobs and a gross top-loading of wages, we need *more* benefit entitlement. Everybody should be entitled to a decent life.

Fantastic video (from a man): misogynist harassment is not OK anywhere, including online. http://bit.ly/LtTAo7

International Pynchon Week 2013 Conference: Website and CFP http://bit.ly/MPtA4G #IPW2013 #Pynchon

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped." http://bit.ly/MtuQIO #1982

Another great source for free images to use in blogging http://bit.ly/OeabxZ #resources

I've #justsponsored Vicky F on @JustGiving. Support her and Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research @ http://www.justgiving.com/Vickyyyf?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socspon&utm_content=Vickyyyf&utm_campaign=post-sponsor-tweet

"A woman committed suicide after splitting from her straight male lover." Stop labelling gay people. http://bit.ly/MG77ax

Does anybody else get spam from the "International Journal of Humanities and Social Science"? I'm getting their CFP call almost every day.

Cameron suggests cutting housing benefit for under 25s. Implies that everyone under 25 will have family help - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18567855

Top Tory donor linked to Jimmy Carr tax scheme - http://gu.com/p/38gqq

Wikipedia As a "War Zone," Rather Than a Collaboration - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/OHAqYOycrqM/wikipedia-as-a-war-zone-rather-than-a-collaboration

Drug shortages posing threat to health of seriously ill patients - http://gu.com/p/38gn9

Opponents of gay marriages say it will 'open the door to polygamy and incest' - http://gu.com/p/38gmq < FFS

Posner Dismisses Apple/Motorola Case, With Prejudice - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/-olgNKSM4Eo/posner-dismisses-applemotorola-case-with-prejudice

I despair. Adidas selling trainers complete with shackles. http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/b0c12210-b658-11e1-9f68-123138165f92

The ace @qui_oui assaults the mad "academia, it's so easy!" article (that critiqued my piece) http://bit.ly/O5fShp

Oh Nick Clegg. "No 10 insists Cameron did know about Gove plan" http://bbc.in/PHcDdi

I'm guessing RBOS are thinking that cutting 1000 IT jobs at start of last year wasn't such a great move http://bit.ly/O5dast

Oh god. I just saw the "Science: It's a Girl Thing" video. Truly appalling gender stereotyping. We definitely need some parodies.

Thesis copies ready to go!

(they didn't burn any books in the end!)

Excellent campaign. In an effort to highlight conservative tax hypocrisy, library organized "book burning party" http://bit.ly/MOSbmC

Ubuntu Lays Plans For Getting Past UEFI SecureBoot http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/06/22/1233232/ubuntu-lays-plans-for-getting-past-uefi-secureboot?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Interview With Mozilla's Ryan Merkley: Tracking the Trackers - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/V-9nDyXPKvQ/interview-with-mozillas-ryan-merkley-tracking-the-trackers

Oh ho ho, very droll. Those Guardian pranksters have an article page for "Live Coverage of Glastonbury 2012" http://bit.ly/O2DhjL

Ouch. Every time I see the contraction "The Wasteland" a mark dies.

Not quite sure what to do today. Oh wait. Marking.

“@MsTick68 Theresa May is in contempt of court. Our Home Secretary. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/9345345/Theresa-May-accused-of-unacceptable-and-regrettable-behaviour-by-judge.html”

Pynchonesque Post Horn signs planted all around the "world" by Penguin! http://bit.ly/MEI1VK (the world = the USA in this case)

Jimmy Carr row: No 10 set to shelve plan to publish ministers' tax returns - http://gu.com/p/38fgy < how very surprising

You know that sugar-low 7 hours into marking when you just want to stop? That.

The #tobyswisdom hashtag is great. Backstory: Toby Young put out an idiotic tweet to @OwenJones84. Now hundreds taking the piss in return!

Things I hate with #marking: when all the students answer the same question. Especially when it's the red herring "easy" one.

The Open Access strategy wars http://bjoern.brembs.net/news.php?item.855.11

Last ever UK death sentence conviction quashed http://bbc.in/KP02GW

Wow. Just marked the most incredible first year essay on poetic metre and formal innovation in The Waste Land. Closed text exam, too.

MARKING.

G4S chief predicts mass police privatisation - http://gu.com/p/38f3d < what could possibly go wrong?

Return of O-levels: Michael Gove to get rid of GCSEs in exams shakeup http://gu.com/p/38f5h

“@Left4Liberty An Innocent Man’s Tortured Days on Texas’s Death Row #L4L #P2 http://bit.ly/Mg4kCk” < a must read

Open government… http://plashingvole.blogspot.com/2012/06/open-government.html

Belief In Hell Predicts a Country's Crime Rates Better Than Other Factors - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/OqMmf7HT4k8/belief-in-hell-predicts-a-countrys-crime-rates-better-than-other-factors

Want to Abolish Software Patents? Tell Us. - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/06/want-abolish-software-patents-tell-us

There's an awesome trailer for the Pynchon books launched in e-book form, including epic power guitar chords. http://bit.ly/NNFXla

Trystero street art campaign launched for Thomas Pynchon’s digital books | Death and Taxes - http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/184714/trystero-street-art-campaign-launched-for-thomas-pynchons-digital-books/ (via Dave Monroe)

“@glynmoody Alma Swan's fab response to #dailymail #openaccess #FUD - http://bit.ly/NdN7N4 spot on (v @petersuber)”

“@mweller Reviewing about 30 papers for a Mock REF exercise. Just what is being mocked is not clear, I suspect it's me”

Lots of friendly familiar names listed for the Teaching Post-Millennial Lit conference. Looking forward to it!

“@d_mainwaring “@Stephen_Curry First look at the Finch Report on #openaccess - it's complicated: http://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2012/06/18/the-finch-report-on-open-access/””

UK Mass Surveillance Bill: The Return of a Bad Idea - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/06/uk-mass-surveillance-bill-return-bad-idea

Does art-from-science really add anything? | Jon Butterworth http://gu.com/p/38chk

FunnyJunk sues The Oatmeal and the cancer charity Oatmeal donated to. http://bit.ly/MATmJR See also: http://scr.bi/OJVzmv

She is right that there are lots of plus sides to working in academia, but the environment is becoming corrosive, fuelled by REF etc.

"Academia, stressful? Not for me!" Oh, OK, let's disregard the mass evidence on the basis of singular anecdote, then. http://bit.ly/Lgf4TX

“@dkernohan @martin_eve I saw pictures of $tediouscelebrity in a daring low-cut license that left little to the imagination.” #mailoa

Are you kidding? "Why the young should welcome austerity". Niall Ferguson piece on BBC. Is the answer: "because my generation didn't"?

Torvalds Slams NVIDIA's Linux Support - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/HXMSWhGOoio/torvalds-slams-nvidias-linux-support

Benefits for striking low-paid workers to be docked http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jun/17/benefits-striking-low-paid-workers-docked

docopt, a python docstring and options parser, looks amazing - https://github.com/docopt/docopt

Now you've read that bizarre story retweet: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/opus.asp

“@HallyMk1 essayed: On academic labour, and reclaiming academic time and space http://bit.ly/MyVxO0 #lovehe #ucu”

Ask Slashdot: What's Your Take On HTTPS Snooping? - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/16K4kxI_M9U/ask-slashdot-whats-your-take-on-https-snooping

US-CERT Discloses Security Flaw In 64-Bit Intel Chips - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ExsXDAw6gAU/us-cert-discloses-security-flaw-in-64-bit-intel-chips

How Long Before VPNs Become Illegal? - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/1B__WPUgjAA/

Is the Gates Foundation “galvanizing” education research? http://www.universityaffairs.ca/speculative-diction/is-the-gates-foundation-galvanizing-education-research/

The closed future RT @davewiner: Google proposes to run all .cloud domains, and Amazon plans to keep .search for itself http://135.blork.ly/

Hmm. 21st-C. fiction conference seems to have scheduled the only two papers on David Foster Wallace (me + another) at exactly the same time.

Librarians: fancy working barefoot in tropical environment? This is the job for you. Must be "untamed by civilization" http://bit.ly/OQXZQc

Indexing my Zombies in the Academy chapter. Terms include: FXP, Botnet, Commodity Fetishism and Plato.

Tony Blair avoids attempted citizen's arrest in Hong Kong http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jun/14/tony-blair-avoids-citizens-arrest

Thine appraisal is now due. - http://plashingvole.blogspot.com/2012/06/thine-appraisal-is-now-due.html

Hurrah! I have a Crossref membership agreement form to sign.

All Online Activities To Be Recorded By UK ISPs - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/R_964va_DNQ/online-activities-to-be-recorded-by-uk-isps

The myth of the expert - http://sarahthorneycroft.com/blog/2012/06/15/the-myth-of-the-expert/

Great idea Osborne. Please help out those starving banks. Struggling so hard to pay their bonuses. Those wealth creators have it so hard.

Foucault - Wrong-Doing, Truth-Telling - http://foucaultnews.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/2050/

Icann criticised over 'commercial landgrab' of internet - http://gu.com/p/38a7q

Mandatory work scheme does not improve job chances, research finds - http://gu.com/p/38a3t

Linus Torvalds Awarded the Millenial Technology Prize - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/iq_pRdWudeM/linus-torvalds-awarded-the-millenial-technology-prize

The University and the Cloud: a health-warning - http://www.richard-hall.org/2012/06/13/the-university-and-the-cloud-a-health-warning/

What they didn't tell you about the transit of Venus http://gu.com/p/389a6

Phew. Thesis has gone off to printers!

“@ppetej Golden Dawn says it will throw immigrants out of hospitals and kindergartens http://is.gd/oUrLdM”

'Now cross the Andes.' In praise of the impossible stage direction http://gu.com/p/389vp < door imperceptibly ajar - Beckett

After Long Resistance, Pynchon Allows Novels to Be Sold as E-Books - http://NYTimes.com - http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/after-long-resistance-pynchon-allows-novels-to-be-sold-as-e-books/

“@kfitz Reposting IG Farben Haus adventures for the afternoon crowd: http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/blog/pynchonesque/”

“@hackernewsbot Newegg refuses to repair defective laptop because user installed Linux... http://consumerist.com/2012/06/newegg-installing-linux-on-your-computer-is-basically-the-same-as-breaking-it.html”

News from Salford University – please circulate - http://markcarrigan.net/2012/06/12/news-from-salford-university-please-circulate via @mark_carrigan

Famous 'Uncanny Valley' Essay Translated, Published In Full - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/3OpojgZ_Xo8/famous-uncanny-valley-essay-translated-published-in-full

Michael Gove's curriculum attacked by expert who advised him. Pollard calls the reforms "fatally flawed" http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jun/12/michael-gove-curriculum-attacked-adviser

If you think you should be thanked in my Ph.D. thesis and might have been forgotten, now would be a good time to speak...

The only thing holding back Orbit now is Waiting for CrossRef, the lesser known Beckett play.

Giles Fraser on the homophobia of the CoE: "I am ashamed" http://bit.ly/KAsVQs

Another Adorno-against-Wittgenstein moment http://bit.ly/L2lmro #Adorno #Wittgenstein

I didn't really expect to find Dialectic of Enlightenment classified under "Gardening" http://bit.ly/LxTN70

Should students be given the power to decide how unis are run? http://gu.com/p/387xx < accountability needed, but students not best placed

“@nicklebygirl Oh this is great - a random module generator! Very amusing.
http://www.theory.org.uk/random.htm HT @MaxDunbar1 #highered #phdchat”

Heterotopias: an exhibition - http://foucaultnews.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/heterotopias-an-exhibition/

Microsoft in trouble over Azure launch featuring lyrics: 'The words MICRO and SOFT don't apply to my penis.' http://bit.ly/LUE54G

Follow @amcgettigan, @HallyMk1 and @dkernohan for tweets on the BIS HE report.

Interesting how Gordon Brown is referred to as "Mr. Brown" & not "Dr. Brown" (he has a Ph.D. in history); avoiding image of academic?

“@andyy “@partiels I confess: I'd never seen that infamous Tiananmen Tank Man picture uncropped. ASTOUNDING.

http://i.minus.com/iHHVQwK8L6s3u.jpg””

Sigh. Mis-reference to wrong Eagleton book in chapter I wanted to cite. Email to author it is :/

Wonder what excuse Greater Anglia have for my train's cancellation and now delay on next. "It was raining a bit"?

Professor wants to boost publisher income http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-patent-prevents-students-from-sharing-books-120610/

I welcome measures proven to improve grammar and spelling. Gove's poetry by rote won't, though. If it's decent poetry, it will subvert this.

Taxes Lead Angry Birds Maker Rovio To Consider Move To Ireland. Greedy bastards - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/WKpQrVqelTg/taxes-lead-angry-birds-maker-rovio-to-consider-move-to-ireland

A caution on the use of the term "treasure" for the Foucault archives, calling for research use, not restricted access. http://bit.ly/LcBCTP

It is unfortunate for my inner state that the word "uroboros" fits so well to the tune of "mana mana".

A fantastic, if depressing, post from @HallyMk1 on doing and undoing academic labour http://bit.ly/MwBKzx

Beckett and Brain Science: Free London Symposium - http://www.apieceofmonologue.com/2012/06/beckett-brain-science-birkbeck.html

Doing final check of my bibliography. Remember, even if using Zotero: garbage in, garbage out. Only as gd as yr metadata #phdchat #phdadvice

An HTTP Status Code For Censorship? - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/LrnivsqyDeE/an-http-status-code-for-censorship

Evaluating the Harmful Effects of Closed Source Software - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/MdL2LlKNXMs/evaluating-the-harmful-effects-of-closed-source-software

(although I've now seriously irritated my spouse by doing most of the script, which I know by heart, on the journey home)

Although I think you have to go very badly wrong to screw up that Orton play, I highly recommend this production!

Off to see Orton's What the Butler Saw at the Vaudeville theatre now. Can't wait! "We might even get necrophilia too, as a sort of bonus!"

Can't remember who I was talking about this with, but CM9 Nightlies for SGS2 are now usable. In fact, they're great!

Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis – review - "Amis should have a nice lie down on a darkened room" http://gu.com/p/384ka

Enjoying a bit of dub/funk from @mountain_oflove http://bit.ly/LBccjO

Decided to take a break from proofreading my thesis today to... finish proofreading Orbit's first issue.

You gotta fight. For your right. To library. http://bit.ly/L2cMr2

Is this a picture of Thomas Pynchon aged 51? http://bit.ly/KnG691 #biography #Pynchon

Open Access Victory in Successful Access2Research Petition https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/06/open-access-victory-successful-access2research-petition

Government want to appoint their austerity candidate to chief of police. He has no experience of policing. http://bit.ly/KMYOLg

Back to the 1950s #2 (on the A-Level) - http://isread.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/back-to-the-1950s-2/

Why we need the GPL: (Intel Builds On Top of Android, But Hedges On Open-Sourcing Improvements) http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/06/07/1713259/intel-builds-on-top-of-android-but-hedges-on-open-sourcing-improvements?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Didn't think I'd say this, but Microsoft's on{x} actually looks very cool http://bit.ly/L6L0J1

America: you should be angry. Really, angry. http://read.bi/L5t1lM

Three easy rules for staying in business when you're an academic publisher http://bjoern.brembs.net/news.php?item.853.11

Right-wing, male Greek politician physically assaults two female, left-wingers on live television http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/07/greek-golden-dawn-mp-assaults-females-tv

Sussex Symposium on the Leveson Inquiry, 11th June, Brighton http://doctoralschool.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/sussex-symposium-on-the-leveson-inquiry-11th-june-brighton/

Follow @HallyMk1 today, by the way, for live tweets from an exciting alt-HE conference.

Read "Negativity & Revolution: Adorno and Political Activism" book collection this morning. First 2/3rd great, the rest, so-so.

Ha! Stuxnet contains GPL code, so copyright holders have asked the US government to release the source code. http://bit.ly/LrfTsj

Oh ROFL. BBC News total ignorance claims IPv6 has now been "enabled". Only since 1998... http://bbc.in/LpIPkq

Metadata handling for Open Access Journal PDFs http://bit.ly/Lx7QrL #metadata #OA #Technology

The Guardian start trolling along the 2 cultures line http://bit.ly/L82i6z

Unemployed bussed in to steward river pageant. "The kind of thing we do so well", I suspect. http://gu.com/p/384he

Researchers Find Methods For Bypassing Google's Bouncer Android Security - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/anWM4NSSs10/researchers-find-methods-for-bypassing-googles-bouncer-android-security

I have just had a really thorough read of our doctoral handbook to check my thesis compliance. This is what bank holidays are for.

"Will the jubilee concert live up to the excitement of Sunday's action where some boats came down river in the rain?" http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/jun/04/queen-diamond-jubilee-concert

“@situationniste “@badcoverversion Lesson for many academics: complex sentence structures do not necessarily indicate complex thought.””

“@CameronNeylon #OAMonday #3 and the 25k mark has been reached. First reflections on lessons so far: http://cameronneylon.net/blog/25000-signatures-and-still-rolling-implications-of-the-white-house-petition/ #openaccess”

This is how we treat the most vulnerable in the UK: "the most demeaning and soul-destroying experience of my life." http://bit.ly/KEdcUx

“@Review31 Review of "Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, & the Future of the Academy", LA Review of Books: http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?type=&id=673&fulltext=1&media=”

Leaked documents reveal UK fight to dilute EU green energy targets http://gu.com/p/3844y

Phew. Hid from jubilee by doing 6 hours worth of solid bibliography and thesis tidy-up. #phdchat

I hate being pedantic and [sic]ing things where it's just extremely uncommon usage, but fear if I don't I'll be picked up on it. #phdchat

George Osborne demands massive cuts to windfarm subsidies
http://gu.com/p/383pg

War and Nookd — eBook Regex Gone Haywire - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/XJ_1W0V2euQ/war-and-nookd-ebook-regex-gone-haywire

Fun #phdchat tweet of the day. To merely *cite* all the literature in my field of study (Thomas Pynchon) would take 90,000 words.

They're closing ATMs as a result of Olympic exclusivity for Visa. I totally despair. http://bit.ly/JRls5w

For you joobilee lovers, I did some work on my site ;) http://bit.ly/JE8aYP @HallyMk1

Those in the UK who want to see the Transit of Venus, you'll need to be up at 5am or so. http://bit.ly/KQPByp

Excellent! Just won a book from the great @ContinuumLit! I plumped for Timothy O'Leary's "Foucault and Fiction" http://bit.ly/KlyDuP

Why do parents allow their children to just scream? They're not scared in this instance, they're just having a screaming competition.

I'll assume it's for some complex legal reason that Google's "World Wonders" project contains NO wonders from Africa... http://bit.ly/LMJ0Xz

On the other hand, this isn't so great. Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/q3e_9jdp90w/red-hat-will-pay-microsoft-to-get-past-uefi-restrictions

Hurrah! Sense, for once! No Copyrights on APIs: Judge Defends Interoperability and Innovation - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/05/no-copyrights-apis-judge-defends-interoperability-and-innovation