This spring (2020) MIT moved all its classes online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It made available licenses for various nonfree programs, but I objected to them on grounds of principle. For my class, an advanced class in computer programming, I made…

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Prosecutors say Stig Engstrom, who killed himself in 2000, was the man who shot Olof Palme in 1986.

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Celebrate the PHP anniversary with JetBrains! Follow the timeline of the pivotal moments in PHP history.

The Apache Hudi team at Uber reflects on the open source project's history as it graduates to a Top Level Project under the Apache Software Foundation.

(This June 9 story corrects to remove reference to speaking with Gupta at his office)