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Software emancipation: An open letter to Linus Torvalds

[After years of watching the software industry twist itself in knots trying to differentiate "open" vs. "free" and having to re-invent code simply because it had the wrong comments at the top, I think it's time to put an end to the madness. This promoted me to write the following...

Tags: Software, Linus Torvalds, GPLv2, RSS, Internet, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-01-21

Just don't call it trolling, Verizon

Just don't call it trolling, VerizonHmm..So that's why Verizon support technicians clam up the second you mention you use Linux.It's quite possible......that Verizon is right on this and that the Busybox developers and SFLC have overreached. I'm not at all sure I'd like a precedent that holds the unwitting...

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., DD-WRT, GPLv2, source code

Discussion threads 2007-12-07

NetBeans 6 will likely use GPLv2

NetBeans 6 will likely use GPLv2Netbeans is a good productI had been using Eclipse for Java development as it allowed me to also work on my older perl scripts.But the more I used Netbeans, the more I liked it. The Swing GUI editor has saved me hours of work....

Tags: Java development tools, Sun NetBeans, GPLv2, NetBeans 6, Swing GUI editor

Discussion threads 2007-08-21

Free, as in responsible

Consider this comment by Krehbiel on last Thursdays blog about my inability to see a driving vision behind recent Linux kernel development: What you may refer to as "Linux," what Richard Stallman wants labelled "the GNU/Linux system," is even more...

Tags: General, Linux

Blog posts 2007-05-01

MySQL sticks with current GPL for now

MySQL sticks with current GPL for nowThe beginning of the end of Linux.:-)there will be those that move to GPLv3 and...those that will stay with GPLv2. no big deal either way. it won't kill linux or f/oss. you'll never have 100% from the community agreeing. that's what it's all about...choice.gnu/linux...giving...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Microsoft Corp., GPL, GPLv3, Linux, Microsoft Windows NT, GPLv2, MySQL

Discussion threads 2007-01-04

FSF rebuts anti-GPLv3 claims

FSF rebuts anti-GPLv3 claimsWho needs to listen?FSF says everyone need to listen to them and participate but from what I see it is Stallman that is refusing to listen to anyone.There should not be any ambiguityIf the GPL3 is not sufficiently clear to remove the possibility of such "misunderstandings", it...

Tags: GPLv3, GPLv2, Free Software Foundation, OSS, Bill Gates, Richard Stallman, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-09-27

Can you have a GPLv2-only license?

Can you have a GPLv2-only license?I Enjoyed Both PostsYou should do more blogging.Although Linux isn't the only very recognizable GPLed products-The GiMP http://www.gimp.org/Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/Inkscape http://www.inkscape.org/The Gnome office Suit http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/ Abi Word and GnumericCinePaint FilmGimp http://cinepaint.movieeditor.com/Jashaka http://www.jahshaka.org/and though tri-licensed under the MPL/LGPL/GPL...http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/http://www.nvu.com/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird.htmlAre all more visible and have probably a higher user...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, F/OSS, licence, GPLv2, Free Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2006-01-24

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LWUIT vs. JavaFX Mobile

The light-weight user interface toolkit for Java ME LWUIT has been released as open source under the GPLv2+classpath exception license. LWUIT is a library that helps content developers in creating rich and consistent Java ME applications. LWUIT supports visual components, theming, transitions, animation, and more. Sounds similar to JavaFX doesn't...

Tags: Developer, Phone, Mobile, LWUIT, JavaFX Mobile, Programming Languages, Java, Telecom & Utilities, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-08-15

Postgres Plus (zip)

Postgres Plus is a distribution of PostgreSQL that contains the following additional features integrated in a convenient installation package: Postgres Studio for administration, Procedural Language Debugger, Geospatial extensions, GridSQL Parallel Query, MySQL Migration utility, Slony-II for replication, and pgmemcached for application scaling. The package contains both BSD and GPLv2 licensed...

Tags: EnterpriseDB, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-06-24

I swear, this is not another Unixfication post

Photo: Jeff Bonwick and Linus Torvalds I was resolved not to write another Unixfication story until I had more concrete news of Sun and Linus actually working together, and filed it away under "Maybe". Like many of the speculative peices I write, it...

Tags: OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-05-18

Novell to Sun: Here's an offer you can't refuse

Novell to Sun: Here's an offer you can't refusewell can we trust Novell to anything now sincethey made deal with MS ......Don't think so. Well even if thay you be very nice to have a unix-fication under a mother distro .....im worry that MS goes up with dirty...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Virtualization, OPEN SOURCE, toughie, Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., NOVELL HAS

Discussion threads 2008-05-12

Novell to Sun: Here's an offer you can't refuse

Last week, I blogged about the possible future of a unified UNIX GPLv3 operating system "mother distro" comprising the merged source code of the Solaris and Linux kernels (and presumably, the source code of other vendors as well) and related GNU stack with associated tools and applications. ...

Tags: Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., SCO Group Inc., GPLv3, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-05-12

OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants to be when it grows up

What would Ubuntu be like if it were an OS for grown-ups? This week at its CommunityOne event in San Francisco, Sun will release its May 2008 build of OpenSolaris (2008.05) the Open Source operating system based on the source code of the...

Tags: Ubuntu, OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris 10, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., BSD, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-05-05

Reiser FS: The open source file system fallout

Yesterday, the Open Source community took an emotional hit when veteran Linux programmer Hans Reiser was convicted of first degree murder in the suspicious disappearing of his wife, Nina. While I won't go into the details of the case, as this has been covered extensively in the press, I would...

Tags: File System, ReiserFS, Zetabyte File System, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-04-29

Will the GPL be overtaken by AGPL?

Will the GPL be overtaken by AGPL?I can see both sides. I think it should be up to the individual developer.In a way, Google IS distributing the software, since customers are using it, even though it runs on the cloud. But, on the other hand, the business friendly ability to...

Tags: Linux, GPL, Google Inc., AGPL, server, software, open source

Discussion threads 2008-03-17

Microsoft OSP is a pie crust promise

Microsoft OSP is a pie crust promiseMS only has our best interest in mind.NOT!Keep it simple stupid is a good standard, MS standard is anything but simple.Let's see if I get this straightThe main gist of the paper is that OSP is not GPL and this, therefore, proves that...

Tags: MS Only, Microsoft Corp., GPL, OOXML

Discussion threads 2008-03-14

"First among equals" undermines community, says Linus

"First among equals" undermines community, says LinusSugarCRM and Proprietary Open SourceLinus has put it beautifully, as ever. Not a point of view that Mr. Stallman would approve of no doubt, but I suspect Linus is OK with that, as am I. Another good example of an Open Source project with...

Tags: Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating systems, Linus T., Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Linus, Joe Average

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

Simple Groupware (zip)

Simple Groupware is an open source enterprise application offering email, calendaring, contacts, tasks, document management, synchronization with Outlook and cell phones, full-text search and many more. Simple Groupware combines standards like RSS, iCalendar, vCard, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, CIFS, CSV, WebDAV, LDAP and SyncML under one platform. Unlike other groupware software,...

Tags: Thomas Bley, Simple Groupware, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2008-02-05

Software emancipation: An open letter to Linus Torvalds

Software emancipation: An open letter to Linus TorvaldsGPL IS politicalThe basic problem is that the GPL IS political with a big agenda behind it that puts it squarely at odds with commercial software houses. This creates a confrontation where one does not need to exist. This despite the fact that...

Tags: Linus Torvalds, software, GPL, GPL IS, open source, Free Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2008-01-21

Lanier's attack on open source religion

Lanier's attack on open source religionWrongnessDo you mean "wrong" as in mistaken, or "wrong" as in immoral? I believe the former, but the belief of Richard Stallman and others that the free software model, as defined by Stallman, is the only legitimate development model has had many positive effects;...

Tags: open source, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2007-12-31