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Episode 0x13: Torts and 1023s

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Karen and Bradley discuss the USAmerican legal system in regard to torts, and the current delays from the USA IRS on 501(c)(3) non-profit applications (i.e., Form 1023s). Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:48) Billy Crook wrote in to make a good joke about 0x12 being the last episode available in other RSS feeds. (Don't forget the right RSS feed is at faif.us.) Karen calls tortes delicious pastries. Bradley saw a documentary called Hot Coffee, which discussed the idea of tort deform. (03:35, 05:45) Bradley mentioned that Karl Rove, George W. Bush's political operative, was involved in early tort “reform”. (06:54) Brendan Scott is a lawyer in Australia, who has published about GPL enforcement and writes a blog about legal issues related to Open Source and Free Software (11:58) Segment 1 (12:50) Bradley talked about 501(c)(3) status and Form 1023s in his interview on FLOSS weekly. (13:50) Around 2010, appli