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New Linux license takes aim at DRM and Hollywood

New Linux license takes aim at DRM and HollywoodNew Linux license takes aim at DRM and HollywoodBut Linus wants DRM in the kernel! Sounds like inner subculture conflict. Either way this is bad for linux, good for the rest of us. If people can't listen to music...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Tools & Techniques, digital-rights management, Linux, software, GPL'ed, GPL'ed software, GPL, TiVo Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-01-18

TinyPEAP stumbles over GPL problems

TinyPEAP stumbles over GPL problemsGPL"According to other interpretations, I am told that the entire product must comply with GPL and release all source code if any GPL code is used."Wasn't that Microsoft's point about the GPL being a "cancer"?Carl RapsonGPL problemsWhy don't they use LGPL code? A great deal...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Free Software Foundation, GPL, GPL'ed

Discussion threads 2005-06-17

What the GPL should, and shouldn't, be

Stephen Shankland writes about the forthcoming GPL version 3. One comment posted to Shankland's piece needs addressing. The poster writes, "The key point is: software has value, and the GPL is intended to negate that value." Obviously, this person, and many others, has a very limited idea of what "value"...

Tags: Value at Risk, GPL, software

Blog posts 2005-02-14

Additional Resources

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

Reiser FS: The open source file system fallout

Reiser FS: The open source file system falloutI think M$ has something to do with this crimeWhen M$ FUD campaign failed, they might have contracted some mobsteres to frame Reiser.RE: Reiser FS: The open source file system falloutFrom the article: 'grinded to a halt'? WTF kind of grammar is that?...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, JFS, Reiser FS, open-source file system fallout, fallout

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

Sun to cut jobs

Sun to cut jobsthe volunteers must step up and help SunOSS developers should get ready to volunteer to make up for SUN's loses.The community have to pay back for SUN's generosity and GPL usage, so a healthy ecosystem shold flourish and keep the predatory M$ crooks at bay!Well that's the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, job, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-08-07

DivX Free Codec (exe)

DivX Free Codec includes DirectVobSub vsfilter, AC3Filter, and FFDSHOW. DirectVobSub is a tool for displaying subtitles. Your subtitle file should have the same filename as your video file and should be in the same folder as your video file. Then the subtitles will automatically be displayed in most players. AC3Filter...

Tags: DivXNetworks, Codec, MPEG-4, Video, DivX Free Codec, DirectVobSub, AC3Filter, FFDSHOW, Corporate Communications, Digital Video, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2007-06-09

Are open source obsessions healthy or useful?

Are open source obsessions healthy or useful?Name one..Gimp over Photoshop? No way.Open Orffice? Not a chance.Multimedia? Don't make me laugh.AutoCAD replacement? BuwahahahahaRights Management over documents? It doesn't even exist in your world.Device Drivers? No way, most of them barely handle the most...

Tags: SCOx, Microsoft Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2007-01-19

What a free Java means for Rich Internet Applications

What a free Java means for Rich Internet ApplicationsRE: Maybe the time has come for Java. Before, the problem was download timeI think you're right about the broadband Donnie, but I do still worry about the size of a Java download. You also make some great points about what might...

Tags: Programming languages, Web browsers, Java, Mozilla Firefox, rich Internet application

Discussion threads 2006-11-13

Will Sun blow up the Microsoft/Novell deal to Red Hat's benefit?

Will Sun blow up the Microsoft/Novell deal to Red Hat's benefit?Arrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh![i]Apache can be shipped with Linux distros because it's license, even though it's not GPL-compatible, is a free software license.[/i]No, Apache can be shipped with Linux distributions for the same reason that Adobe's Acrobat Reader can: [b]the GPL places no...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Corp., benefit, Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., linux distro, Red Hat Inc., distro, GPLed, Apache Software Foundation, GPL, Debian, Linux, Linux Distro

Discussion threads 2006-11-10

An early skirmish in the HD DVD wars

An early skirmish in the HD DVD warsThe real competitionis DVD, though. Why spend major money to replace your television, player, and library for barely perceptible improvements (or, in many cases, actual degradations) in viewing quality?Especially when the announced roadmap will make all of them not only obsolete but...

Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Digital media, HD-DVD

Discussion threads 2006-07-14

If Oracle can buy out Open Source, why not Microsoft?

If Oracle can buy out Open Source, why not Microsoft?One reason..M$ has it's hands full with all those lawsuits (market domination e.g.) already... They'r probably not willing to add a few more to the bulk.And second: The competition keeps M$ programmers, aware of the fact that there are products "out...

Tags: OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2006-02-27

Oracle's fiduciary duty to stop the open-source movement

Oracle's fiduciary duty to stop the open-source movementSounds too good to be true[i]An acquisition of MySQL, for example, would provide Oracle with an incredible return on its investment in just a matter of months because it would stop the loss of tens of millions of dollars in lost new business.[/i]I...

Tags: open source, Oracle Corp., MySQL, fork

Discussion threads 2006-02-17

Whatever Office Live is, it ain't the Web Office

Whatever Office Live is, it ain't the Web OfficeagogAgog is a good way of putting it.AJAX is showing promise as embodied by sites like Google Maps, Scalix, Zimbra, but I say people are seeing the 'big picture' which includes technological developments centered around Intel/AMD VT and VM.With VM, you 'retain'...

Tags: Thin clients, Agog, AJAX, thin client, FreeNX, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Live, Web

Discussion threads 2006-02-15

Stallman leads the GPL off a cliff

Stallman leads the GPL off a cliffClarification needed.Can the studios and their contractors continue to use Linux for special effects despite the antagonism between the studios and Mr. Stallman?Here's John's quote:It has been pointed out that a number of large production studios use Linux. How long do you expect that...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, OPEN SOURCE, digital-rights management, Stallman, GPL, software, Linux

Discussion threads 2006-01-27

Defender of the GPL

Defender of the GPLWow... that was so good it had to be said twice nt.What will Linus the person do in regard to Linux ?I'm really curious now. What would Linus do ? Will he or will he not move Linux to the GPL 3 when it's finalized...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Moglen, Now Let, GPL, GPL Code, TiVo Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-01-19

Online-movie pirate gets 3-month sentence

Online-movie pirate gets 3-month sentenceExampleThis is an example of the appropriate way to deal with a pirate who is distributing a copyrighted work.I use BitTorrent frequently and only for legal uses. Any attempt to harm BitTorrent by the big media tyrants must be vigorously opposed. The time to limit the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, big media, BitTorrent, piracy, media, British Telecommunications

Discussion threads 2005-11-07

Red Hat CEO urges rejection of lock-ins

Red Hat CEO urges rejection of lock-insHe's rightLock-in harms customers.Lock-in is not a tactic that will bring success long term. When customers realize, after paying outrageous amounts for licenses, that they don't fully control their own data because of proprietary lock-in there will eventually be a back-lash. And it only...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Red Hat Inc., Red Hat Enterprise Linux, DeadRat, Lock-in

Discussion threads 2005-10-26

Respecting licenses goes both ways

As one might imagine, I occasionally disagree with fellow ZDNet blogger and Microsoft employee John Carroll, on topics like software patents, DRM and other issues. However, I'm mostly in agreement with Carroll on this one. (For the record, I'm also sick of Tom Cruise.) ...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, software, John Carroll, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2005-07-30

What the GPL means

What the GPL meansHow much GPL needed to 'pollute'?Interesting choice of wording there. The GPL's purpose is not to pollute, but to free and make clean. Any source code released under the GPL must be freely available and usable by everybody. If you alter a GPL'ed project, you must release...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL

Discussion threads 2005-06-17