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- xTuple 3.3 open source ERP debuts
- xTuple is making its open source ERP platform more sophisticated and easier to use. The xTuple 3.3 release, which was announced today at the start of OpenSource World, offers support for international taxation and distribution requirements planning as well as numerous usability improvements. "We're...
- Tags: ERP, xTuple, Taxes, Free Trade, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Personal Finance, Open Source, Financial Planning, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Cfix 1.3 (Windows)
- cfix is an xUnit testing framework for C/C++, fully specialized for Win32 (32/64 bit) development. cfix requires only little effort to author unit tests, which are compiled and linked into a DLL. The testrunner application provided by cfix allows selectively running tests of one or more of such test-DLLs. Execution...
- Tags: J. Passing, Cfix, Microsoft Windows, C/C++, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools
- Software downloads 2009-03-02
- What happens with KDE with Qt license shift?
- License discussions are usually about as interesting as watching paint dry, but the news that Nokia is going to use GNU's Lesser General Public License LGPL for the upcoming release of Qt may be a big deal for KDE. Nokia announced today that it would be releasing...
- Tags: GPL, Nokia Corp., KDE, Qt, Open Source, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2009-01-14
- JFreeChart 1.0.11 (Windows)
- JFreeChart is a free 100% Java chart library which eases the developers' work by providing sets of professional quality charts. JFreeChart's is a consistent and well-documented API, supporting a wide range of chart types, flexible design that is easy to extend, and targets both server-side and client-side applications, support for...
- Tags: GPL, GNU, Adobe PDF, JPEG, Microsoft Windows, PNG, SVG, Simba Management, JFreeChart, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-12-09
- Nokia Symbian deal winners and losers
- After an expansion phase that saw the introduction of the iPhone, Android, LiMo, and JavaFX Mobile, the mobile phone platform landscape is shrinking again. Nokia today announced it plans to spend $410 million to acquire the pieces of Symbian Ltd. that it doesn't already own, and...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Eclipse, Android, Eclipse Public License, Eclipse Foundation, Open Source, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 2)
- Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 2)great post!I look forward to reading part 3, and hopefully seeing if Gutmann has the fortitude to actually acknowledge any of this.RE: Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 2)Eddie, Eddie, Eddie!!!You have waaaaaay too much time on your...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), digital-rights management, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista DRM, Part 2, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-18
- GPLv3 myth#2: You can't mix GPL software with other software
- Now that the “Final Draft†of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3) is out I thought it would be a good time to take a look at some of the least well understood provisions in the license. In part 1, we explored the notion of selling GPL software....
- Tags: Programming, Linux, Licenses, General, Community, Commercial
- Blog posts 2007-06-07
- Spark 2.5.3 (Windows)
- Spark is a full-featured instant messaging IM and groupchat client that uses the XMPP protocol. The Spark source code is governed by the GNU Lesser General Public License LGPL, which can be found in the LICENSE.html file in this distribution. Spark also contains Open Source software from third-parties. Licensing terms...
- Tags: Jive Software, Spark Source Code, Instant Messaging, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Internet, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-06-06
- Why I won't use GPLv3 software
- Why I won't use GPLv3 softwareJohn it depend on witch side of the fence you sitFor some its microsoft that a nuisance and a dinosaur that should have died long ago ....for some its savage capitalism for some its both GPLv3 is yes a bit extreme but on the...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPLv3, Free Software Foundation, GPL, LGPL, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-01
- Why I won't use GPLv3 software
- I've discussed in the past some of the problems I have with the GPLv3. I still don't understand why the FSF insists that hardware vendors allow the software on their systems to be modified. Hardware companies, in my opinion, should have the right to control the design of...
- Tags: Programming, Open Source
- Blog posts 2007-06-01
- The ripple effect of a GPL'd Java will reach far and wide
- Its official. Despite some saying it couldnt be done, not only is Sun open sourcing Java, its doing it under version 2 of the Free Software Foundations GNU General Public License (GPLv2) using an FSF-endorsed footnote known as the "classpath exception." The FSFs classpath exception gives developers a bit more...
- Tags: General, Open Source, IT Management, Software Infrastructure, Legal, Berlind
- Blog posts 2006-11-13
- Torvalds dodges GPLv3's 18-wheeler?
- Torvalds dodges GPLv3's 18-wheeler?Profound misunderstandingI'm hoping that it's just a misunderstanding and not a malicious effort to spread FUD John...First off, GPL v 3 isn't even a license yet, it's a PROPOSED license that hasn't been finalized.Second, all software currently licensed under GPL v 2 will remain licensed under GPL...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Intellectual property, TiVo Inc., Linux, GPL, GPLv3, GPL v-2, V-2, GCC, Torvalds
- Discussion threads 2006-08-11
- New LGPL should work with Java
- In all the fanfare accompanying the 2nd draft of the GNU Public License version 3, one might have overlooked the release of the 1st discussion draft of its little brother, the "Lesser" GPL, or LGPL version 3. Originally called the "Library" GPL, LGPL is important to open source developers because...
- Tags: LGPL
- Blog posts 2006-08-09
- JBoss CEO Marc Fleury comments on 'commercial open source'
- Marc Fleury, CEO of JBoss, send me an e-mail regarding my post "Commercial open source, a misonomer?." JBoss develops open source enterprise middleware, and uses the GNU Lesser General Public License.Per your article, with top-down, VC-created open source companies, I think the issue people are still waiting to see play...
- Tags: JBoss, open source
- Blog posts 2005-09-01
- Open source, altruism, and the business model problem
- Open source, altruism, and the business model problemAltruism vs. CooperationCooperation isn't always altruistic. As the "gain" of a system increases [1], it takes less and less in the way of reciprocity to justify sharing.For instance, open source is often compared to barn raisings. The problem with the...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, software movement, open source, altruism, software
- Discussion threads 2005-05-09
- Is Sun right to insist on copyright transfer?
- ZDNet blogger Joe Brockmeier has issued a stinging commentary that takes Sun to task for not practicing what it preaches. In his blog, Brockmeier takes issue with the way certain Sun officials are saying that IBM should contribute developer hours to OpenOffice based on usage while Sun doesn't necessarily...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Joe Brockmeier, open source
- Blog posts 2005-04-26
- Putting the spin on IBM
- Maybe I'm imagining it, but there seems to be a concerted effort on the part of Sun and OpenOffice.org team members lately to push the meme that IBM should be criticized for its lack of involvement with OpenOffice.org. Techworld.com quotes Sun's Simon Phipps saying "ask IBM why it uses OpenOffice...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenOffice.org, IBM Corp.
- Blog posts 2005-04-25
- Who do you trust?
- Who do you trust?Simple: ABMAnyonething but Microsoft.I trust nobody but myselfThat's what it boils down to when your a system admin. Either that, or the famous, "Trust, but verify."Whatever system you choose, you must make sure you know how to set up, use, and maintain it well. You...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, UNIX, Operating systems, software, open source, Linux
- Discussion threads 2005-04-11
- IBM and Sun: Using the system vs. beating it
- Through Technorati, I was led to a quickly sprouting tree of threads regarding my recent commentary on Sun's 1,600 patent deal, and then my colleague Dana Blankenhorn's follow-up to that. First, I think I was able to follow all of the various branches to their ends and want...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., patent
- Blog posts 2005-02-03
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