{"id":2132,"date":"2010-09-18T13:30:25","date_gmt":"2010-09-18T03:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/18\/software-freedom-day\/"},"modified":"2010-09-18T13:30:25","modified_gmt":"2010-09-18T03:30:25","slug":"software-freedom-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/18\/software-freedom-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Software Freedom Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Senator Kate Lundy speaking at Software Freedom Day in Melbourne. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Senator Kate Lundy speaking at Software Freedom Day in Melbourne.<\/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-2132","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-yo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1240,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/22\/microsoft-calls-today-global-anti-piracy-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":2132,"position":0},"title":"Microsoft Calls Today Global Anti-Piracy Day","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2008-10-22","format":false,"excerpt":"Slashdot | Microsoft Calls Today Global Anti-Piracy Day Happy with my software freedom thanks, news at 11.","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":406,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2005\/05\/18\/interview-with-sybase-ceo-where-mysql-is-mentioned\/","url_meta":{"origin":2132,"position":1},"title":"Interview with Sybase CEO where MySQL is mentioned","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2005-05-18","format":false,"excerpt":"(insert disclaimer about this being my own ramblings and nothing to do with my employer) Try and Buy, or Buy and Buy? :: AO So, the Sybase CEO doesn't get it. 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