Technology
SOPA – Cutting Through the Hype
I was asked recently by a local tech startup attorney, Dave Gillespie, to comment on some of the technical details of the DNS system as they relate to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Below is an excerpt of the full article “SOPA – Cutting Through the Hype” written by Scott Brown, intellectual property attorney at The Gillespie Law Group. Much has been written about the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA) in recent months – most of it important, all of it passionate, but through all the fervent positioning, the [...]
What is Linux?
Whether you realize it or not, Linux is all around us. It is responsible for powering everything from smartphones and tablets to the world’s most powerful supercomputers. Without it, the Internet as we know it would not exist. There would be no Google, Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube. So what exactly is it? In its most basic definition, Linux is an Operating System (or OS), much like Windows or Mac OS. While Windows and Mac OS cost a lot of money, come with hundreds of pages of licensing terms, and are full [...]
