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Why are vendors waiting for the SFLC lawsuit?

Why are vendors waiting for the SFLC lawsuit?They are hosed.They have no leg to stand on, and obviously, they are using GPLed software with proprietary methods that they don't want to disclose. Since the long term relief is simply that they must stop using BusyBox or release the full...

Tags: SFLC

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Embedded market keeping SFLC busy as in BusyBox

As in the previous suits, the defendants ignored attempts by the SFLC to settle the problems privately. Previous suits settled soon after being filed. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Bell Microproducts Inc., Suit, BusyBox, Embedded Linux, Linux, Internet, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-11

Do the Busybox cases change anything?

Do the Busybox cases change anything?About rightIf you're looking at free software as a starting point for closed source development, then stay away from GPLed code, but if your interest is in using the software or in selling support contracts, then there's no problem.I've long thought that controversies over license...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, BusyBox, software

Discussion threads 2008-06-04

Busybox takes another step up GPL protection ladder

The Software Freedom Law Center, acting on behalf of Busybox, has won a second settlement of GPL infringement charges and now faces Verizon's lawyers. Pictured is the Busybox logo with a hint for last-minute Santas who have very small children. They will prefer the box to whatever...

Tags: GPL, Router, Settlement, Verizon Communications Inc., Busybox, Litigation, Routers & Switches, Open Source, Network Technology, Networking, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-19

Lawsuit asserts violation of GPL

The Software Freedom Law Center will file its first lawsuit alleging violation of the GPL General Public License. The suit is against Monsoon Multimedia on behalf of the open-source BusyBox project. BusyBox is accusing Monsoon of failing to fulfill the license's copyleft obligations by including BusyBox in the firmware...

Tags: GPL, Lawsuit, BusyBox, Open Source, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-09-21

Additional Resources

TomTom surrenders to Microsoft in patent fight

With TomTom unwilling to go beyond what is in Microsoft's press release, it seems pretty clear the company has surrendered to the company's patent demands. A TomTom spokesman confirmed to me just now that TomTom will not post a release on the settlement to its own Web...

Tags: Patent, TomTom, Microsoft Corp., Software Freedom Law Center, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-30

Free Software Foundation calls Cisco a leech, in court

Free Software Foundation calls Cisco a leech, in courtDavid RavicherSurely, you mean Dan Ravicher? Unless he has a secret brother whom he's hired to work with him at SFLC.This is a test case ...Cisco understands the ramifications of what they're doing. There have been numerous rumors that Cisco plans to...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Katzer, GPL, Cisco Systems Inc., Free Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2008-12-12

Hackers boot Linux on iPhone

Hackers boot Linux on iPhoneWhy should anyone care?The iPhone / iPod Touch is about convergence of UI with hardware.Yes it's nice you can run linux on the iPhone, but turning your iPhone into a busybox brick with SSH somehow doesn't get me excited.RE: Hackers boot Linux on iPhoneWhat a wonderful...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Apple iPhone, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

Parted Magic LiveUSB 3 (Windows)

Optimized at approximately 45MB, the Parted Magic OS employs core programs of GParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful programs (e.g. Partition Image, TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, ddrescue, etc.) and an excellent set of documentation to benefit the user. An extensive collection of fileystem...

Tags: Partedmagic, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Internet

Software downloads 2008-10-02

Parted Magic PXE 3 (Windows)

Optimized at approximately 45MB, the Parted Magic OS employs core programs of GParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful programs (e.g. Partition Image, TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, ddrescue) and an excellent set of documentation to benefit the user. An extensive collection of fileystem tools...

Tags: Partedmagic, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Internet

Software downloads 2008-10-02

Will VMWare go open source without legal pressure?

Will VMWare go open source without legal pressure?If You Use The Code, Play By The Rules. Period.VMWare doesn't have much choice in the matter; the GPL makes it very clear that if you use code released under the GPL, the ONLY permission one has to use the code requires compliance...

Tags: open source, GPL Code, vmkernel, GPL, VMware Inc., Linux

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

News to know: Vista tweaks; Firefox 3; Life streaming for business; Office

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: 10 top tweaks for Windows Vista. Gallery right. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to show off a corporate Facebook-like prototype About those Windows XP 'upgrades' from Vista ... Dennis Howlett: CIO perspective:...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-12

Calling out lawyers on their own FUD

Last week I did a little legal snark, suggesting that the BusyBox settlements do not, as attorney Edward Walsh wrote, add to the legal risks run by enterprises using open source. Now the Software Freedom Law Center has weighed in on this, and they agree with me....

Tags: Edward Walsh, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-10

News to know: Windows 7; Firefox 3.0; Yahoo; SOA; Nokia

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7: To wait or not to wait? That is the question Microsoft continues paring back the Windows Live family Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 2 available from FTP servers ...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Camcorder, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-05

Do the Busybox cases change anything?

The GPL violation cases known collectively as the BusyBox cases never went to court, but they do seem to have settled the question of whether the license is enforceable. It is. So why is Edward Walsh, an attorney at Wolf Greenfield in Boston, trying to...

Tags: Software, GPL, Open-source Software, Compliance, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-04

News to know: IE 8; 50W dual-core PC; Oracle; NetSuite; Dell snafu

Notable headlines: George Ou: Hitting 50W peak on a dual-core desktop computer Mary Jo Foley: Internal Microsoft IE 8 build passes the Acid standards test. MSDN blog. Opera: Acid or no, its Microsoft antitrust complaint goes forward Adrian Kingsley Hughes: First...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Dual-core, Oracle Corp., PC, NetSuite Inc., Health Care, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, Keyboards, E-health, Business Structures, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Processors, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Finance, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Semiconductors, Components

Blog posts 2007-12-20

Just don't call it trolling, Verizon

Just don't call it trolling, VerizonHmm..So that's why Verizon support technicians clam up the second you mention you use Linux.It's quite possible......that Verizon is right on this and that the Busybox developers and SFLC have overreached. I'm not at all sure I'd like a precedent that holds the unwitting...

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., DD-WRT, GPLv2, source code

Discussion threads 2007-12-07

Just don't call it trolling, Verizon

The Software Freedom Law Center has sued Verizon on behalf of Busybox. Busybox wrote a Linux application, under the GPL, which Verizon used in a wireless router it provides users of its FIOS service, which promises faster speed in exchange for cutting users' copper and tieing them...

Tags: GPL, Router, Verizon Communications Inc., Software Freedom Law Center, SPLC, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-07

Will open source desktops succumb to bloat?

Will open source desktops succumb to bloat?No, I don't believe it willMainly because we don't really need to run all the life support applications that a Windows machine needs. And the ones we do, well we can re-nice those so they don't interfere with daily operations. CRON is easy to...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Cron, open source, Windows Machine, desktop, open source desktop, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-10-04

NASLite-2 CDD 2.06 (Windows)

NASLite is a Network Attached Storage NAS server operating system designed to transform a basic computer into a dedicated file server. It is intended primarily for use in a small business or home office network. Utilizing highly optimized versions of Samba, uCLibc, BusyBox, and various other Linux tools, it is...

Tags: Operating System, Monitoring, ServerElements, NASLite, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), File Servers, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Open Source, Software, Storage, Hardware, Enterprise Software

Software downloads 2007-09-29