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- Taking the offensive - GPL-Violations.org
- Taking the offensive - GPL-Violations.orgWhen Talk Failshttp://asia.cnet.com/news/software/0,39037051,39221440,00.htma German court found a Dutch firm guilty of violating GPL clauses in May last year. The case was viewed by most industry observers as a landmark ruling for the open-source community.The company, a subsidiary of Sitecom Europe, had distributed a firmware containing software...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL, Gpl-violations.org
- Discussion threads 2005-03-15
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- Microsoft gives up to 1 million Xbox modders the boot from Live
- Exactly. I could not agree moreno different then many other things.In NASCAR, the team owns the car, NASCAR the rest.You are perfectlly free to do with your car whatever you wish, NASCAR just will not allow you to run it at their events.Microsoft is not stopping them from modifying their...
- Tags: Game players, Linux, Games, EULA, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, hardware functionality, hardware
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- The best protection for software assets
- Support and development."You have to reveal your invention. The rights don?t last that long."They do last too long, frankly. Software technology changes very fast. Most products are well beyond the end of their life cycle by the time a patent expires. Pretty much all of our IP stuff is way...
- Tags: asset, patent, Fight Club, software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
- The EULA ... your views
- Every EULA translated in under 15 words:By using this software, you forfeit any right not explicitly protected by law.RE: The EULA ... your viewsSo you just wanted to post to agree with what others agreed with you about? Ok....RE: The EULA ... your viewsOdd how the random sample doesn't...
- Tags: EULA
- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
- Open source is sold and FOSS is not
- I'm confusedAre you advocating breaking the GPL license by selling GPL based products by 'open source' companies?We know NT Selling software is not a violation of the GPLSelling softare is not a violation of the GPL. Not in any way, shape or form. In the words of the...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, F/OSS, GPL, software, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Europe can stick a fork where its mouth is
- Problem with your thinking...Sun owns the copyright. That means that they can rebrand the license. If you fork it, it is GPL forever. Thus you are definitely loosing out.Your argument would have made sense if Sun would have said, "hey we are going to release this under the Apache license."...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, MySQL, mouth, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Open source file-system vendor signs patent deal with Microsoft
- All these patent deals that linux vendors are signing with Microsoft, there must be something that Microsoft has going for it. Poor TomTom, wasn't smart enough to do this and keep themselves out of trouble.RE: Open source file-system vendor signs patent deal with MicrosoftAnother one bites the dust! ...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, open source, Microsoft Corp., GPL, Tuxera, software, Linux, patent, patent deal
- Discussion threads 2009-08-26
- Examine the patent that made selling Microsoft Word a crime
- counter productiveIsn't XML meant to provide a standard format for storing and transferring data? This lawsuit will just make other companies more cautious about using XML which will basically negate any attempt to make XML a standard. In my opinion, i4i never should have received a patent on...
- Tags: KARMA, Microsoft Word, patent, XML, I4i, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- Pigs are flying low: Why Microsoft open-sourced its Linux drivers
- Pigs are flying low: Why Microsoft open-sourced its Linux driversgpl2 forced them to free the source code In my opinion they need to kill virtualbox, vmware or kvm (redhat/ubuntu) so it's doesn't matter to throw some lines of code to the linux kernel via the novell proxy programmers Here is...
- Tags: Federal government, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., FCC, Linux Drivers, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-07-22
- Is Microsoft's GPL2 support really a big deal?
- Microsoft's decison to release 20,000 lines of device driver code under GPLv2 is viewed as a big deal but not that surprising given the context. After all, the only technology Microsoft fears more than Linux is VMware's bare-metal virtualization platform. The release of the three device drivers...
- Tags: Device Driver, Microsoft Corp., GPL 2, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux code
- Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux codeWSFU GPLWindows Services for UNIX has some GPL utilities in it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321712VMWARE Lower TCO, Higher ReliabilitySmart shops will skip virtualization from MS - garbage at its best. Resume generating event at its worst.RE: Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Linux Code
- Discussion threads 2009-07-20
- 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
- Codeplex the measure of Microsoft open source street cred
- Codeplex the measure of Microsoft open source street credBeing as user oriented as they areMicrosoft performed a user satisfaction survey on the quality of air. Why they even asked we don't know.The results came out, and a whopping 87% of respondents said that they would much rather have "Microsoft Air".Microsoft...
- Tags: CodePlex, Microsoft Corp., open source, Microsoft open source street, Microsoft Open Source
- Discussion threads 2009-07-08
- LinkUSB 0.2 (Mobile)
- LinkUSB for the Handspring Visor initiates a PPPconnection to a host computer running a pppdaemon. The package includes a pppd script forLinux. LinkUSB is a modified version ofLinkDirect. Full source code is included and islicensed under the GPL (http://www.gnu.org)
- Tags: Handspring Visor, Mobile, Handspring Inc., Miles Lott, LinkUSB 0.2, Handhelds, Open Source, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-07-08
- Microsoft to close the till on Microsoft Money
- Microsoft to close the till on Microsoft MoneyWell if they....stick Silverlight on it they only allow Mac to use it really. I'm sure they're looking for places to prove Silverlight.wrong thread nt.Anyone smell a cloud replacement ?ntI did not know that was even aroundQuickBooks took care of that.Give software users...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intuit Software, Microsoft Corp., software, Microsoft Money
- Discussion threads 2009-06-10
- Apache or GPL?
- Apache or GPL?Are pigs flying.This was an unbiased article and an excellent read.Name me one company that makes a LOT of moneyusing GPL'd code.Hint: $25 million a YEAR Red Hat earnings is NOT a lot of money.$9.74 billion a QUARTER Apple IS a lot of money.False Premise"On the other hand,...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL, Apache Software Foundation
- Discussion threads 2009-04-29
- Microsoft fights the 'open' fight amid the clouds
- Microsoft fights the 'open' fight amid the cloudsSounds like Microsoft is trying to pull a fast one.I don't believe any of it. Smells like Mojave but worse.New GPL, Open to everyone but M$.Not a bad idea.Actually it's most likely ...... number 4:[i]"Transparency fosters trust and accountability; decisions should be...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-26
- More on Sun vs. IBM
- More on Sun vs. IBMRip Sun's head off and suck it's guts out!If this goes ahead It will be interesting to see what IBM retains. Adding SPARC to its x86/64 & POWER line up is not really viable. I was sorry when HP axed Alpha for sucky Itanic. Thanks Carly!...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Sales force management, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris
- Discussion threads 2009-03-26
- IBM, Microsoft and open source citizenship
- IBM, Microsoft and open source citizenshipOSS must focus on M$ onlyOSS should create projects that will replace all the premium M$ products.IBM should provide the infrastructure and patent protection against M$ goons.This way everyone but M$ will florish.RE: IBM, Microsoft and open source citizenshipI think you need to re-read my...
- Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., mainframe, open source, PSI
- Discussion threads 2009-03-10
- Linux Silverlight implementation goes live
- Linux Silverlight implementation goes liveThis is the point where all ....... the Linux Fanboys should say "Thank you Microsoft".Interesting statements from Miguel de Icaza's bloghttp://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/Feb-11.html"Microsoft has continued to help us all along in creating an open source implementation of Silverlight. They have open sourced the Microsoft DLR, the Microsoft MEF...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Linux Silverlight, Linux Silverlight implementation, Microsoft Silverlight, MS HAS
- Discussion threads 2009-02-12
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