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The Calyx Institute is founded by Nick Merrill after 6 years under an, ultimately, illegal gag order from the FBI. He was the owner of a small ISP and had been issued a "National Security Letter" from the FBI requesting information about one of his customers. The letter also included a gag order threatening him with prison if he did not observe it. Turns out the "NSF" was not issued after a judge had reviewed evidence and the FBI was way beyond the limits the Patriot Act had established. Nick has now made it his mission in life to make user privacy the focus of a new ISP. The Tor Project and others are signed on to change the way we access the internet and telecommunications services with end-to-end encryption. "Calyx will use all legal and technical means available to protect the privacy and integrity of user data," he says.

Not directly FOSS related but of interest to our readers I think - Scott

A recent slashdot article outlined some of the DRM that can be found in the new Microsoft stab at relevancy - Windows 7. Unfortunately, Peter Bright, the author of the ars technica piece doesn't see a thing wrong with it. Peter goes on to excoriate the slashdot piece just like any good Redmond apologist would but it was the last paragraph of the article that snatched me by the nether regions:

Well, helios is at it again, in an even, measured, and reasonable tone. WOW! Is that even possible? This time when confronted with proprietary software FUD, from private individuals, he asks some very pointed questions for them to answer about who they are and why are they so invested in the "product". Excellent links to sources about EULA's and their effects on users rights.