This day in history

2007, 2012, 2017, 2021.

#15yrsago First-ever patent-suit filed against Linux https://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071011205044141

#15yrsago HOWTO cite blogs in formal academic medical papers https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7266/

#10yrsago California AG publicly shames United Airlines on Twitter over crappy privacy policy https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2012-oct-12-la-fi-tn-californias-top-cop-to-united-airlines-mobile-privacy-policy-20121012-story.html

#10yrsago Videos from the HOPE 2004 conference: Jello Biafra, Woz, Schneier, Mitnick and more https://web.archive.org/web/20121030001822/https://www.2600.com/news/view/article/12284

#10yrsago UK surveillance bill: 19,000 letters opposing, 0 in favour https://web.archive.org/web/20121015000000*/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2012/10/uk-snoopers-charter-19000-emails-against-0-in-favour/index.htm

#10yrsago Myhrvold patents 3D printing DRM https://web.archive.org/web/20121014042712/https://www.technologyreview.com/view/429566/nathan-myhrvolds-cunning-plan-to-prevent-3-d/

#10yrsago Scanning whole books is fair use https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/court-rules-book-scanning-is-fair-use-suggesting-google-books-victory/