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Slashdot | Microsoft Calls Today Global Anti-Piracy Day<\/a><\/p>\n

Happy with my software freedom thanks, news at 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Slashdot | Microsoft Calls Today Global Anti-Piracy Day Happy with my software freedom thanks, news at 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5a6n8-k0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":475,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/30\/microsoft-loses-in-eolas-patent-ruling-cnet-newscom\/","url_meta":{"origin":1240,"position":0},"title":"Microsoft loses in Eolas patent ruling | CNET News.com","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2005-09-30","format":false,"excerpt":"Microsoft loses in Eolas patent ruling | CNET News.com Come on Microsoft - join us in the fight against software patents. 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