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AP/Lexington Herald-Leader: Activists Urge Free Open-Source Software

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“Activists at a leftist gathering where Microsoft is viewed as a
corporate bogeyman urged developing nations Saturday to leap into
the information age with free open-source software.

“John Barlow, a lyricist for the Grateful Dead, told a gathering
inside a packed warehouse that poor nations can’t solve their
problems unless they stop paying expensive software licensing
fees….”

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