At CeBIT Open Source 2009 Martin Michlmayr, past Debian project lead, presented his current projects FOSSology and FOSSBazaar, and spoke about the role his employer Hewlett-Packard is giving him in the governance project and how the FOSSBazaar work group is organized within the Linux Foundation.

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux and open source software, today announced that its Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) governance workgroup, called FOSSBazaar, has nearly doubled its membership since launching in January.

The Linux Foundation has announced that compliance and IP management specialist Palamida has become its newest member. Palamida will collaborate on and contribute to the non-profit organisation's new Open Compliance Program

OpenLogic, Inc., a provider of enterprise open source software solutions encompassing hundreds of open source packages, today announced Open Source Fulfillment Center, an OpenLogic service that helps companies ensure compliance with open source licenses and avoid lawsuits such as happened with fourteen well known consumer electronics manufacturers this week who are alleged to have violated terms o

BT has joined FossBazaar, an enterprise open source community and workgroup of the Linux Foundation.

OpenLogic provides the kind of support for open source software that many companies have come to expect with commercial software, as summed up by one of OpenLogic's bloggers:

"What we consistently hear is that companies need and want the same services for open source software that they get from proprietary software. Hence the rise of open source companies…."

The Linux Foundation, the non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting Linux, has announced that rPath, a systems management specialist, has become its newest member

The Eclipse Foundation has announced the creation of a new SOA Industry Working Group, whose founding members include the Engineering Group from Italy, Germany company itemis, French firm Obeo and Sopera

OpenLogic Inc., a provider of enterprise open source software, wants other open source software developers to shake hands over a partnership program that will give it control over an alliance of support services for other vendors' products.