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Why Apache is not the bottom of the open source incline

Why Apache is not the bottom of the open source inclineWith Apache, you can permit anybody to contribute, no questions asked, nothing to sign, and STILL sell proprietary versions to clients. With GPL, you have to make third party contributors sign everything over to you, which they often resent, and...

Tags: Java development tools, Tony, open source, Eclipse, Apache Software Foundation, EPL, GPL

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

IBM passes open source license baton to Eclipse

IBM passes open source license baton to EclipseWhy not drop BOTH of them?If you really want to reduce the number of open-source licenses, why not go with a "more established" OS license? You don't have to go GPL, but there is Apache and BSD. What does EPL give you that...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Java development tools, Eclipse, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-16

Google says no to license proliferation

In August, Google launched a free project hosting service on Google Code. One of the unique features of this service is that it only supports 7 licenses (compared to over 50 listed at opensource.org). The stated intent of this restriction was to cut down on the proliferation of open source...

Tags: CPL, EPL, Greg Stein

Blog posts 2006-11-02

EPL Streamlines and Accelerates Development With IBM Rational ClearQuest and IBM Rational ClearCase

Looking to rapidly respond to customer needs, lower costs, and gain a competitive advantage, EPL began a J2EE development initiative to update and ultimately phase out their aging legacy mainframe systems. Disparate tools for version control and change management made it difficult for the company's J2EE and legacy mainframe developers...

Tags: IBM Corp., EPL, Mainframes, Asset Management, J2Ee, Servers, Hardware, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development

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ThermalLabel SDK for .NET 2.0 (Windows)

Neodynamic ThermalLabel SDK for .NET is a lightweight class library DLL that lets you to design barcode labels and print them to Zebra Thermal Printers ZPL or EPL by writing just pure .NET code in VB.NET or C#. ThermalLabel SDK can be used for designing and printing from simple to...

Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, Microsoft Windows, U.S. Postal Service, Neodynamic, PDF417, .Net, Application Servers, RSS, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Development Tools, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Development Tools

Software downloads 2009-07-22

IBM passes open source license baton to Eclipse

IBM and the Eclipse Foundation have taken a stand against license proliferation by announcing today that the Common Public License CPL has been officially superseded by the Eclipse Public License EPL. The CPL will no longer be considered an active open source license, but there's an easy migration path for...

Tags: Google Inc., License, Eclipse, IBM Corp., Section 7, Eclipse Public License 1.0, Open Source, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-04-16

More on Symbian

More on SymbianMore Pablum? No Thank You.Don't underestimate the intelligence of your readership.With articles like yesterday's you shot from the hip and now ask questions later.We understand that you are getting up to speed with learning Linux, Java and such, which is fine especially given you were readily open to...

Tags: Smart phones, INTERNET, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Handhelds, Wood, Symbian Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

WebLogic Event Server: A Lightweight, Modular Application Server for Event Processing

This paper describes WebLogic Event Server WL EvS, an application server designed for hosting event-driven applications that require low latency and deterministic behavior. WL EvS is based on a modular architecture in which both server components and applications are represented as modules. The application programming model supports applications that are...

Tags: BEA WebLogic, Application Server, WL EvS, WL EvS Application, Application Servers, Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

White papers 2008-07-04

Nokia Symbian deal winners and losers

After an expansion phase that saw the introduction of the iPhone, Android, LiMo, and JavaFX Mobile, the mobile phone platform landscape is shrinking again. Nokia today announced it plans to spend $410 million to acquire the pieces of Symbian Ltd. that it doesn't already own, and...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Eclipse, Android, Eclipse Public License, Eclipse Foundation, Open Source, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-06-24

Android will be 100% open source, says Google

Contrary to some reports, everything that makes Android "Android", including all the core platform components and libraries needed to port Android to new devices will be open sourced under commonly used, industry standard licenses, says Google. [ See also: Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform ]...

Tags: Google Inc., Apache Software Foundation, Android, Open Source, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-06-02

Misys-Allscripts deal is all about SaaS

Misys-Allscripts deal is all about SaaSMisys SaaSDana -- First, the components that have been open sourced by Misys, also known as the Braid Project on Sourceforge, are licensed under the Apache 2.0 license not the EPL. Second, although Misys offers a hosted EMR product called MyWay (2007 CCHIT Certified) which...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), OPEN SOURCE, Misys, Misys SaaS, CCHIT-certified EMR, software-as-a-service

Discussion threads 2008-03-18

XMF 2 (Windows)

XMF is a state of the art dynamic programming language that provides an excellent basis for the construction of a broad range of applications including: Data Intelligence, DSLs and Software and System modeling. XMF has strong Java integration and allows applications to be architected using mixins of conventional Java and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Ceteva, XMF 2, XMF, DSL, Programming Languages, Research & Development, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Java, Open Source, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Business Operations, Networking

Software downloads 2008-03-11

Misys walks the open source walk

Misys walks the open source walkMaybe you should have posted this one to the other blogThis does seem to be more of an open source story than a medical tech story. It's both, of course, but the emphasis appears to be on the former.RE: Misys walks the open source...

Tags: Open Source Development, open source, Misys, middleware, Apache Software Foundation, health care

Discussion threads 2008-02-08

An Experiment of Controlling Gigabit Wide Area Ethernet by GMPLS Supporting Layer-2 Switching Capability

High speed and large capacity Ethernet technologies have been developed as represented by Gigabit Ethernet GE and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GE). Currently, due to the growth of Ethernet technologies, Ethernet has been deployed in Wide Area Network WAN as well as Local Area Network LAN. Therefore Wide Area Ethernet is...

Tags: Optical Society Of America, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2008-01-22

Fairleigh Dickinson Strengthens Business Continuity Plans

Fairleigh Dickinson University FDU offers a wide range of academic programs through their campuses. They were looking to do backups across their campuses, including their central data center in Teaneck, which serves as the hub for most services for the three campuses. They wanted to be able to do remote...

Tags: Business Continuity Planning, Verizon Communications Inc., Business Continuity, Verizon Business, Fairleigh Dickinson, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Backups, It Services, Data Centers, Business Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations

Case studies 2007-07-01

GPLv3 myth#2: You can't mix GPL software with other software

Now that the “Final Draft” of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3) is out I thought it would be a good time to take a look at some of the least well understood provisions in the license. In part 1, we explored the notion of selling GPL software....

Tags: Programming, Linux, Licenses, General, Community, Commercial

Blog posts 2007-06-07

The CDDL example

The CDDL exampleNow, if we could just replace the GPL with this or the FreeBSD licence...then maybe development would extend from the community to the commercial much further with respect to Linux etc.Communism, sorry, socialism never worked in Mother Russia and it sure doesn't do a damn thing for open...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., convergence, CDDL, GPL, LGPL

Discussion threads 2007-05-31

New GPLv3 draft takes aim at Microsoft/Novell but loosens crypto restrictions

The Free Software Foundation FSF released the long-awaited third draft of the GNU General Public License GPL today. The draft was due out quite a bit earlier but was delayed after the Novell/Microsoft patent deal:We offer our apologies to the community for the delay in releasing Draft 3. Our original...

Tags: GPL, GPL-covered program, Novell Inc., agreement, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2007-03-28

MyEclipse and JBoss spar over open source purity

Genuitec CEO Maher Masri doesnt like what Red Hat employees such as Gavin King are saying about his companies use of open source in their MyEclipse product. Masri writes:I truly believe many people who wear the open source badge completely miss the intent and spirit behind it. And, in the...

Tags: Java development tools, Middleware, Genuitec, JBoss, open source, GPL, Lesser GNU Public License, Red Hat Inc.

Blog posts 2007-03-19

Oracle cozies up to Spring developers by making EJB runtime open source under Eclipse

Oracle cozies up to Spring developers by making EJB runtime open source under EclipseI might be misreading[i]If Java and GlassFish are not allowing developers to access what they need of open source technology with ease, and if Oracle is now a top-tier member of Eclipse as it has now become,...

Tags: Programming languages, OPEN SOURCE, EJB, Oracle Corp., Java, Eclipse

Discussion threads 2007-03-06