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Sugar sweet for GPLv3: The big news today is that SugarCRM has bowed to community pressure and will release the next version of its CRM software under an OSI-approved license.The bigger news may be the identity of the license, GPLv3.Currently Sugar uses a version of the Mozilla Public License, adding a non-standard "attribution" requirement...; Tags: Strategy, Software Licensing, resellers, Legal, General, Enterprise Policy, Applications, GPL; Blog posts 2007-07-26
Optaros EOS will take the licensing question seriously: Optaros has launched its Enterprise Open Source Directory.It is a very good thing, better than a plate of Martha Stewart bran muffins. That is partly because it has listing criteria, including only those projects which are truly enterprise class.But in doing this it also includes projects like SugarCRM whose open...; Tags: support, Standards, Software Licensing, Legal, General, Enterprise Policy, content, Applications; Blog posts 2007-07-19
Does open source make business decisions political?: Of all the relationships changed by open source, perhaps the most nagging is that between business and politics.There's another taste of that in today's news, word the BBC is looking to make an open source version of its iPlayer.The BBC had made a business decision to work with Microsoft in...; Tags: politics, Microsoft, Legal, Government, General, Enterprise Policy, Applications; Blog posts 2007-07-16
VARs still have Long Reach in small business market: In the real world of small business, costs matter more than license terms.These are Michael Whitehead's customers at The Long Reach in Ottawa, Canada."All businesses really care is can I get something that's cost effective, which does the job, which is priced to suit my business, and do I have someone...; Tags: Strategy, Software Licensing, resellers, mass market, marketing, Legal, General, Enterprise Policy, Database Management, business models, Applications; Blog posts 2007-07-13
BBC takes political hits for rejecting open source: The BBC wants to put its shows on the Web, and made a deal with Microsoft for the technology required to do that. (That's the Tardis, from Dr. Who, one of many fine BBC programs.)This has the BBC in political hot water. Boingboing says it's a DRM issue, but the country's Open...; Tags: video, Microsoft, mass market, Legal, Internet, Implementations, Government, General, Enterprise Policy, Applications; Blog posts 2007-06-27

Xandros deal is Microsoft water torture strategy: Long-time readers of this blog may remember how two years ago I sat down to lunch with Marc Fleury, then running JBoss.Fleury was celebrating because he'd signed a re-sale agreement with Microsoft. The deal was superior to one IBM offered, he told me, in that it did not interfere with his...; Tags: Strategy, resellers, Patents, Microsoft, management, Linux Server OS, Linux Desktop OS, Linux, Legal, Enterprise Policy, Distributions; Blog posts 2007-06-05
Microsoft forces hard questions on open source: A Microsoft spokesperson "confirmed it has no immediate plans to sue" over patents. In a statement mailed to ZDNet UK, Microsoft confirmed it would not litigate for now.No immediate plans. For now.Open source is getting played.Microsoft is holding a sword over the head of all open source users, and all...; Tags: Development, Enterprise Policy, General, Legal, Linux, management, mass market, Microsoft, Patents, Strategy; Blog posts 2007-05-24
What's the best defense for open source?: The OSBC is in San Francisco this week, worrying over defending against Microsoft patent claims.Our own Ed Burnette was intrigued by hints in Jonathan Schwartz' blog this week that Sun Microsystems might help defend Ubuntu and Red Hat, if push came to shove.Interesting given that Sun isn't even a member...; Tags: Applications, Distributions, documentation, Enterprise Policy, Events, Implementations, Legal, Microsoft, Patents, Strategy, Sun Microsystems; Blog posts 2007-05-23
Open source needs lobbyists: A decade ago, when the Web had just been spun, the computer industry learned the hard way how it needed lobbyists to keep competition alive. (Why the movie? Read on.)Chief among these companies was Microsoft, which stepped up to the plate for the industry, hired lots of warm bodies (often...; Tags: telecom, politics, Microsoft, marketing, Legal, Government, General, Enterprise Policy; Blog posts 2007-04-18
Can open source processes close doors to speech?: Jimmy Wales and Tim O'Reilly have begun an interesting experiment.(Picture from TheAllINeed.)They want to create a bloggers code of conduct, through Wikia, aimed at drawing a line against abuse and flame wars.While they insist this is voluntary, in fact it can easily become mandatory, once blog hosts like Typepad and...; Tags: politics, mass market, Legal, General, Enterprise Policy, content; Blog posts 2007-04-12
An army of lawyer ants face GPL Version 3 decision: The folks at eWeek report that Sun will release OpenSolaris under GPL v. 3 when that license becomes final, probably some time this spring. The current version of the draft is dated September, and runs to about 4,400 words, as against 2,500 for the current Version 2 license, which came...; Tags: General, Linux, Software Licensing, Enterprise Policy, Legal, Strategy, Linux Desktop OS, Linux Server OS, publishing, digital-rights management, Version 3; Blog posts 2007-01-17
SCO bankruptcy called imminent: Groklaw reports, quoting documents filed by Novell, that SCOs bankruptcy is "inevitable" and "imminent."Novell was replying PDF to SCOs opposition to its motion for summary judgement, which could end the case. Pamela Jones of Groklaw also says the documents hint Microsoft and Sun were actually buying SCOSource licenses, and that...; Tags: General, Linux, Software Licensing, Enterprise Policy, Legal, Patents, Microsoft, management, Novell Inc., SCO Group Inc.; Blog posts 2007-01-09
Trust is key in open source: The key to making an open source business model work lies is one word. Trust. (Image from Paul English.) Trust is a two-way street. Vendors have to trust that their community is giving them an honest shot at profit. The community must trust that the vendor is going to stay...; Tags: open source, management, Development, Software Licensing, Applications, General, Legal, Enterprise Policy; Blog posts 2006-11-30
Vendor opacity and open source: One of the great games of IBM, back in the day, was to be opaque. The company kept its strategy to itself, announcing moves without offering real direction, and so an enormous "IBM-ology" industry emerged to explain, speculate, and advise customers. Microsoft adopted this into its DNA quite early. The...; Tags: General, Development, Linux, Enterprise Policy, Legal, Strategy, Microsoft; Blog posts 2006-11-21
Ballmer a patent troll?: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmers latest may just be a good cop, bad cop act. Or he may be serious about turning his company into the worlds largest patent troll. The idea was that Microsofts deal with Novell makes its SUSE the only "legitimate" Linux, the only Linux whose users Microsoft...; Tags: General, Implementations, Linux, Software Licensing, Enterprise Policy, Legal, Patents, Microsoft; Blog posts 2006-11-20
Control is the real open source advantage: In all the blah-de-blah over the moves by Oracle and Microsoft into open source a very important point is missing, namely the motivation of enterprises in moving toward open source.Its not the cost savings. Its not the community. Its not the name of the vendor. Its control. When you are...; Tags: open source; Blog posts 2006-11-16
Open source as a bargaining chip: The big moves by Oracle and Microsoft, along with the newly-announced decision by Adobe to open source some code, has customers of all sizes asking the same question.Is this real? Or is open source just being used as a bargaining chip? Is this a sea change in software company attitudes,...; Tags: General, Software Licensing, Enterprise Policy, Legal, Strategy, Standards, Distributions; Blog posts 2006-11-08

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July 4th, 2008: A trip down memory lane: A 1 question civics quiz Today American's celebrate the Declaration of Independence, the legal foundation of the USA and, after the failure of the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution of the United States. I revere the Constitution as a magnificent piece of political engineering. But it...; Tags: U.S., President, Storage, Hardware, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-07-04
Viacom vs YouTube exposes Google's data retention policy: Viacom vs YouTube exposes Google's data retention policyDon't trust GoogleGoogle has more information about more people, all over the world, than any government agency anywhere in the world. People worry about the Bush administration, but they should be worrying about Google.Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely.If you don't...; Tags: Absolute Power, Google Inc., Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube (and its users): EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube and its usersViacom's Data DragnetIt seems to me that their is no justification for allowing this data dragnet.Whether dynamic or static, IP addresses can be traced back to many of the original users through data from Internet service providers. The Whitter article cited...; Tags: Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc., IP address; Discussion threads 2008-07-03