Free Software Foundation Europe's Freedom Task Force (FTF) and GPL-Violations.org have just formed a partnership that has released a guide to reporting and fixing license violations.

Ever wondered how GPL violations and the other guys in pursue of violations of the Free Software licenses find out who is an infringer?

IT organizations that feel safe from open source licensing violations might be wise to check their code, as open source components are rapidly seeping into applications by way of offshore and in-house developers taking open source shortcuts, as well as a growing population of open source-savvy grads entering the workforce.

Another pseudo-FOSS company is suing its rivals using software patents, this time targeting Apple and Microsoft

Another look at a bad EU deal; software patents revisited; Microsoft's copyright violations remembered

A few remarks about Microsoft "Oxite" and a video about "embrace, extend, and extinguish" (EEE)

Microsoft has launched Oxite, an open source blogging platform. However, the software maker was quick to underline that the product is aimed at developers and not intended to directly compete with popular blogging software such as WordPress or Movable Type.

Rosetta Stone's trademark lawsuit against a competitor brought to mind the simmering issue of trademark violations in open source. One of the opportunities and challenges in open source is that presumably anyone can be an expert in Project X, Y, or Z. Because of this dispersed expertise, the opportunity to run afoul of trademark violations is rife.

The ScummVM developers have agreed a settlement with Atari over GPL violations in three Nintendo Wii games developed by an Atari subcontractor.