The SCO Group's copyright case may have done little to discourage enterprise Linux use, but the next generation of legal conflicts around open source have only begun, experts said Monday.
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Novell's Victory Over SCO Could Have Downside For Linux Users
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Bottom line: Novell's victory over SCO could result in one of the big questions around Linux remaining unanswered.
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MySQL Takes Another Step (Away from Open Source)
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"...it doesn't seem to fit with the spirit of open source. When I think open source I think freely available source, not source I can get once I've paid for a license. Is this just a lack on my part of really understanding open source?..."
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What's Left? - A Chart of the Summary Judgment Rulings in SCO v Novell
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"The court's rulings on the numerous summary judgment motions in SCO v. Novell are in a document that is long and complex, and I'm still reading and analyzing it myself."
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SCO says it's down but not out in Linux case
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The SCO Group acknowledged being dealt a significant blow Friday in its lawsuit against Novell, but it indicated that it may not be done fighting yet.
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SCO speaks: The SCO press statement
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"With the loopy bravado of Monty Python's Black Knight, they list all the things they didn't lose. And they are exploring their options. "To be or not to be.... That is the question." Oh, wait. They didn't say that. Here's what they did say:"
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Judge: Novell owns intellectual property in Linux case
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A federal judge's ruling Friday may help proponents of Linux open-source software sidestep a significant legal threat.
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Microsoft loses key U.S. OpenXML vote
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"INCITS' executive committee was one vote shy of approving Microsoft's OpenXML as a standard, dealing a setback to the company's efforts to compete with ODF."
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Report from Australia - the OOXML Forum
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An attendee, Lee Welburn, at the meeting yesterday in Australia regarding whether or not to approve OOXML as an ISO standard has sent me his notes. I am publishing them as is, without any editing except for making urls clickable, so keep in mind that these are notes taken live.
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BitTorrent's closed protocol: fact or fiction?
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Last year, BitTorrent Inc. acquired the company that makes uTorrent, one of the most popular BitTorrent clients available on the Windows platform. The next major version of the official BitTorrent client—which is currently in beta—is based on the closed-source uTorrent client rather than the open-source BitTorrent reference implementation.
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SCO's KIA, but what about the rest of the troopers?
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"When Judge Kimball ruled against SCO in favor of Novell and said that Novell owned Unix's IP (intellectual property), that was the end of SCO. So now, SCO's legal cases are dead -- but what about its friends and partners? "
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Microsoft submitted license for OSI approval
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Director of Source Program at Microsoft Corporation Jon Rosenberg submitted its Shared Source License called "Microsoft Community License" to Open Source Initiative for considering it as an OSI approved Open Source License.
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Tablets from the Mountain
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Late, and over a year in development, the GNU General Public License version three (GPLv3) is finally here. The GPL is important as it's the most widely used Free Software license, with around seventy percent of Free Software released under its terms.
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What's Better? Summary Judgment Rulings or a Jury Trial?
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"I was noticing on the schedule for SCO v. Novell that tomorrow is the day to file the Final Pretrial Order. Here's an example of one [PDF], and some instructions [PDF] so you know what it is. Here's Utah's form. Very clear and precise."
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Swiss Cheese - OOXML
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"Just yesterday I was sitting in the relevant meeting of SNV/UK14 (http://www.snv.ch/), that decides how Switzerland will vote. The chairman (Hans-Rudolf Thomann) explained the following rules:"
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