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- Could the Linux Foundation get too big?
- Could the Linux Foundation get too big?Just HOW open is your source?Here are the 3 licensing principles that open source SHOULD embrace for the future.1. All Operating System software should be GPLed. This levels the playing field for all involved. There is no need to keep OS functionality to yourself.2....
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPLed, Linux Foundation
- Discussion threads 2009-02-23
- 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
- Microsoft's moves towards detente
- Microsoft continues with moves that make it easier for open source projects to use its technology. On Tuesday, Microsoft published the Microsoft Open Specification Promise the link to the actual promise document can be found here which guarantees that Microsoft will never sue anyone for using patents related to critical...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., open source
- Blog posts 2006-09-14
- Will Sun's 1600 patents suck the life out of Linux?
- Will Sun's 1600 patents suck the life out of Linux?I'll correct you about Gentoo...Gentoo (More acurately, the Portage tool they create) doesn't facilitate the voilation of GPL and non-GPL source code. The Portage tool Portaris for OpenSolaris simplifies and automates the downloading and compiling of preexisting open-source software packages...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Well Let, Portage, GPLed, Gentoo, software, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-01-27
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- Broadcom goes open source and hell freezes over
- Does this mean...that Broadcom hardware drivers are going to be open source? Great. Just great. If you thought Broadcom network drivers suck bad now, just wait until they get released to the community...Fail to seewhat mechanism would make them "suck more"?If all that changes is that Broadcom...
- Tags: Telephony, Linux Mint, Broadcom Corp., wireless card, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Mono-mania: It's risky business
- M$ must give away its patentsIf M$ want to have its technolgies adopted by FOSS it must give up all its patents and GPLed the code.Until then we must stay away from any code that resembles M$ technologies and support Stallman and FSF in their fight against software tirany.RE: Mono-mania:...
- Tags: .NET, C#, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Development tools, Operating systems, Programming languages, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mono, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- 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
- I for one welcome no overlords
- GPLed software is not legally free.Only software distributed with no license at all is legally free. The GPL is admirably, artfully, and life-givingly crafted to compel specific downstream-of-distribution behaviors through legal encumbrance. Legally encumbered software is not legally free software. Period.We will know that the free software movement--where "GPLed" is...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Digital rights management (DRM), OPEN SOURCE, Free Open-Source Software, GPLed software, Stallman, software, F/OSS, FLOSS
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- That's one way to get Silverlight on a mobile device: Port it to Moblin Linux
- Now I could at least accept that.I'm still a bit wary of an MS plugin becoming an internet standard. BUT at LEAST they are doing this as a first party and not some half baked, always behind the times attempt like Moonlight and Mono. If they had first class support...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, .NET, Development tools, mobile, mobile device, Microsoft Silverlight, Moblin, Linux, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.
- Richard M. Stallman RMS the founder of the Free Software Foundation, has labeled prominent Open Source software developer Miguel De Icaza a "Traitor" for joining the Board of Directors of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation as well as for his creation of the Microsoft .NET-compatible Mono software development...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Free Software Foundation, GNOME, Microsoft Corp., Richard Stallman, Miguel De Icaza, Mono Framework, Genie, Linux, Open Source, C#, Tools & Techniques, UNIX, .Net, Operating Systems, Software, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- Report: Skype founders sue eBay; could complicate Skype sale
- should have GPLed the codeand no suit was necessaryRE: Report: Skype founders sue eBay; could complicate Skype saleits funny CPP has part in Skype and you can't even get a local number with skype in Canada without a 3rd party....like c'mon!! Living in Canada sucks no Zune pass no Zune...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- Is Microsoft stalling on its GPL Linux drivers?
- Can't we all just get along?[nt]He has no right to be upsetThis is code that is being released [b]for free[/b] to the Open Source community. It will be released on MS's timeline and not some arbitrary timeline specified by someone who is on record as hating MS. No other open...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, GPL v2, kernel, Microsoft Corp., open source, open-source community, GPL, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- Falling profits forced Microsoft's open source hand
- Falling profits forced Microsoft's open source handDana, your dreaming. nt.StillFirst of all, I think everyone has seen earnings drop since November of last year. I don't think Microsoft's market share in relation to Linux has changed much over the last year. If someone can show me numbers...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, open source, software, Dana, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-24
- Is Microsoft's GPL2 support really a big deal?
- Is Microsoft's GPL2 support really a big deal?Doesn't this prove that MS patent claims against Linux were a scam?If it really violated their patents, why would they release code for it?RE: Is Microsoft's GPL2 support really a big deal?Microsoft is simply acknowledging that which most "pundits" such as Ms Rooney...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., GPL 2, Linux, big deal, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V
- Discussion threads 2009-07-21
- Can open source police open source?
- Can open source police open source?we need an international lawthat will allow the governments to go afer the GPL violators and use the proceeds to reimburse the authors.*sigh*There's plenty of people who are "here today, gone tomorrow" ripping off all sorts of code, be it open source or proprietary, not...
- Tags: UNIX, GPL, open source, BSD
- Discussion threads 2009-06-23
- Black Duck calls Microsoft open source mainstream
- Black Duck calls Microsoft open source mainstreamI don't know about you.......but Codeplex seems to have a long way to go to be as big or important as Sourceforge. 9,000 projects vs 230,000. I think I read that Google Code had around 50,000 a while back and they started off after...
- Tags: Java development tools, Stillborn, Silverlight.net, CodePlex, Microsoft Corp., SourceForge, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-05-20
- Can open source refuse to do business?
- Can open source refuse to do business?Could you ....do the same thing if your stuff was proprietary? I don't think this question applies just to open source. A license is a license.Probably illegalMy guess would be it would run afoul of all sorts of anti-competitive clauses in a whole bunch...
- Tags: open source, iText
- Discussion threads 2009-05-20
- Microsoft, Linux Foundation issue joint letter opposing proposed software-licensing principles
- Microsoft, Linux Foundation issue joint letter opposing proposed software-licensing principlesTranslationWe linux and MS know most of our software is crap, and if you make us warranty it, we're screwed.I find this very interesting!The amazing thing about software, if written correctly, is that you CAN guarantee it will do the same...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., software, operating system, hardware
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- 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
- Linux Foundation: Let's kill Microsoft's FAT
- Linux Foundation: Let's kill Microsoft's FATFrom the word on the street, it sounds like MS settled for close to zero tomake this go away and avoid having any patents invalidated. Microsoft quickly realized how thin the ice was that they were on.Great Spin!Microsoft set out to cross license IP with...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Linux, TomTom
- Discussion threads 2009-03-31
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