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- The GPL Becomes A Corporate Weapon
- Ive written many times here about the open source incline. The more community support you want, the closer your license moves toward the GPL.But ever since Sun decided last year to release Java under the GPL, companies have been recognizing the offensive advantages of a license that makes all improvements...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Games, GPL, Red Hat Developer Studio, MyEclipse, Genuitec, GPL-license, game
- Blog posts 2007-03-19
- Linus Torvalds summarily rejects GPL 3
- Stephen Shankland reports that Linux keyholder Linus Torvalds isn't keen on aligning the kernal with a new, and as yet incomplete, GPL license. Torvalds said that it is "insane to require people to make their private signing keys available," referring to the anti-DRM element in the GPL 3 draft...
- Tags: Linus Torvalds, GPL
- Blog posts 2006-01-26
- Covalent launches strike against JBoss with Geronimo
- Covalent launches strike against JBoss with GeronimoJBoss is LGPL, not GPLJBoss is not licensed under the GPL like Linux BTW, but under the LGPL Lesser GPL.I am surprised Mark Brewer propagates such inaccurate statements and I would encourage him to visit our LGPL FAQ (http://www.jboss.com/opensource/lgpl/faq). The LGPL is absolutely fine...
- Tags: Java development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Development tools, Middleware, LGPL, JBoss, Covalent Technologies, GPL-license
- Discussion threads 2006-01-24
- Open source SPARC likely to use GPL license
- Open source SPARC likely to use GPL licenseDidn't Sun make fun of the GPL?A few months back, Sun was dogging the GPL. This is fairly typical of Sun which says good things about Linux when they think it's bad for Microsoft and then bad things about Linux when...
- Tags: Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL, Open source SPARC, GPL-license, open source
- Discussion threads 2005-12-14
- Scoring SCO's legal games
- Scoring SCO's legal gamesResult of text searchResult of text search can only bring copyright infringe matters - not a patent violations.Well, unfortunatelly some idiots clerks and lawyers thought that patenting content of document yes source code is just a document or data is good enough for patenting.This is the same...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Litigation, game, GPL-license, SCO Group Inc., fraud, government
- Discussion threads 2003-11-24
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- Hollywood to kids: Pay up for preschool movies
- The scene: An Irish preschool for toddlers. The children sit on the floor in a semi-circle, watching a TV screen. They squeal with delight at "The Little Mermaid," "Toy Story" and other Hollywood kids' fare. Enter a black-masked villain, carrying a fearful letter. He is not the true villain, though;...
- Tags: Villain, Hollywood, U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, Taxes, TVs, Free Trade, Tv & Home Theater, Corporate Communications, Mice, Financial Planning, Finance, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Hardware, Peripherals, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Salesforce.com: Worries emerge
- Salesforce.com: Worries emergeWhat does this mean for license holders?From the title someone is worried about Salesforce.com. Who should be worried??? If a company uses Salesforce applications and stores data on Salesforce, should they be worried?The questions above are legitimate questions to ask. I group Salesforce.com in with cloud computing companies...
- Tags: Sales force management, Salesforce.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Netkiosk Kiosk Browser (rar)
- Netkiosk Kiosk Browser is a custom version of Internet explorer and can be used at home in the office or on public Internet terminals. Netkiosk Kiosk Browser becomes your own personal kiosk browser for your units. Any basic customisation, like your own homepage, is included in any official license. This...
- Tags: Password, Web Browser, JTMKiosksystems, Netkiosk Kiosk Browser, Web Browsers, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-10-03
- File Checksum (zip)
- FileChecksum is a Java 1.4 application to compute common checksums for files: CRC32, MD5, and SHA1. Checksums are small hexadecimal "signatures" for testing whether or not files have been copied correctly, such as over a network. One person sends a file along with the checksum computed on the original computer....
- Tags: File, Keith Fenske, Checksum, FileChecksum, MD5, Web Site Development, Productivity, Programming Languages, Open Source, Java, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-10-03
- Texting? Pull Over ...
- Texting? Pull Over ...re: Texting? Pull Over ...It's scary. I went through line in a grocery store, everytime the cashier had two seconds between ringing up customers her head was down texting. I can't imagine that kind of person on the road.RE: Texting? Pull Over ...TST: None of...
- Tags: Cellular phones, stat, headset, cell phone, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Creative Commons for students
- Creative Commons for studentsminors...One thing to bear in mind is that minors cannot license or re-license their own work without their parent's consent. Students can in some cases simply pull down content from the web and re-use it -- if the use is covered by "fair use" -- which...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Creative Commons
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Perens new crusade is patent law
- Perens new crusade is patent lawBull, there is no lack of innovation.True, open source is not free to take others ideas but that is how it should be. Face it, open source is nothing but knock off copies of propriatary. Sorry but thats just how it is.As to...
- Tags: Leadership, OPEN SOURCE, Software intellectual property, New software product, new crusade, Perens, crusade, patent law, patent, innovation
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- VIDEO: iTunes, mp3 rippers paved the way for RealDVD
- VIDEO: iTunes, mp3 rippers paved the way for RealDVDRealDVDFrankly, the software is pretty cool. But, in typical Real fashion, it fails miserably in a few ways.Primarily is the playback interface. Unless I'm missing something, in full-screen mode there is NO WAY to get rid of the Real interface...
- Tags: Digital music, Corporate communications, Digital media, Consumer electronics, RealDVD, iTunes mp3 ripper, iTunes MP3, CD, ripper, Apple iTunes, DVD, MP3, video
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- VIDEO: iTunes, mp3 rippers paved the way for RealDVD
- There's another legal showdown brewing between Hollywood and the techies. RealNetworks and the motion picture studios are headed off to court over RealDVD, just-released software that allows users to rip their personal DVD collections into a PC or portable hard drive. Yeah, just like everyone's been doing with music CDs...
- Tags: Rip, CD, Video, MP3, Apple iTunes, Music, RealDVD, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Flash OwnerGuard (exe)
- Flash OwnerGuard provides a brand new DRM technology called Inline DRM which allows the protected files to be accessible within any container including your website and web navigators (Internet Explorer, AOL Explorer), Microsoft Office documents, PDF Documents, Flash Player programs, or even your own applications. With Flash OwnerGuard you can...
- Tags: FLV, Digital-rights Management, Video, Armjisoft, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Security, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-10-02
- Leave Windows Mobile al-o-o-o-o-o-ne!
- Leave Windows Mobile al-o-o-o-o-o-ne!It will come down to supportWill Google pull yet another "thanks for the free time, but it is Beta so we will not help you with it", or T-Mobile pushing it off on Google, to the same response?With the others you do have an infrastructure behind it,...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, Handhelds, Bottomline, Google Inc., mobile, phone, Leave Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Apple aims to dismiss Psystar countersuit
- Apple aims to dismiss Psystar countersuitTime will tell.....However knowing Apple I have my doubts about the suits success. Still if they do loose the case there is nothing stopping Apple from switching processors again. So far that tact hasn't hurt business any.Pagan jimTheftThis is an abstraction, you're going...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Operating systems, Processors, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Apple aims to dismiss Psystar countersuit
- Apple asked a U.S. District Court judge to dismiss Psystar's counterclaims against the company. As background, Apple launched a suit against Psystar alleging that the Mac clone maker harmed its brand. Psystar all resources fired back arguing that Apple was abusing monopoly power and launched its own...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antitrust, Apple Inc., Computer, Psystar, Productivity, Corporate Law, Desktops, Security, Business Operations, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal wave
- Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal waveStallman sounds panicIf FOSS folks believe they can compete with proprietary software, why not build their own FOSS cloud and then take the battle right to the other proprietary cloud platforms?Ever been in a restaurant kitchen ?How old is the food ? Where have...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Cable, OPEN SOURCE, Stallman, cloud computing, tidal wave, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal wave
- Stallman's recent statements regarding his dislike of "cloud computing" didn't surprise me in the least, given what I understand about his software preferences. In fact, I think this is less about Stallman's worry about the security implications of cloud computing, and more about his desire for a software ecosystems that adheres...
- Tags: Software, GPL, Cloud Computing, Stallman, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
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