Sad news on the "information wants to be free" front. Time zone data may not be the most sexy thing, and probably is something most people don't ever think about, but there is a data base of worldwide timezeons.
The full story is on Stephen Colebourne's blog.
The short story is that a company called Astrolabe has filed suit against the open source timezone project claiming copyright infringement.
First off, I didn't know you could copyright facts (see 1st question), but what is really insulting is that this company offers free products: a free birth chart (aka horoscope).
Really?
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