The Mozilla Foundation, the organisation behind the popular Firefox web browser, has announced the launch of a new public process to update the 10 year old Mozilla Public License (MPL)
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BSI to open source Scout framework
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In May, Swiss company Business Systems Integration AG (BSI) will release its Scout business application framework to the open source community. A first look at the Scout project's source code will be available to attendees at this year's EclipseCon
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Copyright infringement - inside the legal minefield
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Not only that, but aspects of this judgement are relevant to what is being suggested for ISPs in the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) that New Zealand and other countries are currrently negotiating in secret.
Read more »What Happens to BrainShare and the SCO Trial Now That Novell’s Future is Uncertain?
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With Novell's big decision perhaps just days away, questions remain about the immediate ramifications (affecting this month)
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Ex-Novell officers back SCO over copyrights
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The top two negotiators for Novell Inc. in its 1995 deal to sell the Unix computer operating system testified Wednesday their former employer believed it sold the copyrights to that software along with the entire Unix business.
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Last-Minute Filings from Judge Stewart, SCO, Novell
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My, if we think we're having trouble keeping up, how'd you like to be Judge Ted Stewart? Or Sterling Brennan, for that matter? So many filings already, and more today.
Read more »Day 1 of the Jury Trial, SCO v. Novell
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Google open sources reMail
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Following its recent acquisition by Google last month and removal from the App Store, reMail has now been released to the open source community. The iPhone OS mail client is being open sourced because the Gmail team will instead be focusing on other projects at Google
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Novell asks for further ruling on Motion in Limine No. 4
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Novell has asked the Court to rule further on their Motion in Limine No. 4 [PDF; text]. The Court had previously issued a ruling [PDF] granting that Motion, but Novell now asks for further ruling, stating that "[t]he Court addressed this issue solely in the context of SCO's covenant of
good faith claim. However, Novell's motion covered all of SCO's claims, including slander of
The Case Of Nexuiz
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The founder of the Nexuiz project with many of it’s major contributors agreed to “sell” their domain and GPLed sources to IllFonic, LLC. While the GPLed Nexuiz will remain free the “New” Nexuiz (which is developed for the consoles) will be closed source.
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Broken Laws
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More filings in Novell
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It's been a busy week heading up to the Novell trial in Utah, and I had an accident, which is why I've been offline. I am recovering now, and we'll have the more detailed reports from the hearing shortly. There were some additional filings on Friday and this morning, including some more decisions from Judge Stewart (we have 762 as text), and some more pre-trial filings from both sides.
Read more »Yarro Deal Approved
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Believe it or not, here's our first report from today's bankruptcy hearing:The bottom line is that Judge Gross found that the terms of the proposed loan are "fair, reasonable & adequate." He then signed the order. SCO plans to close on the deal on Monday
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Linux Australia Funds Important Legal Research on Free Software Compliance
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Over the past twelve months or so I've noticed an upswing in enquiries about free software compliance. For example, someone might be seeking access to source code for embedded devices with Linux and/or Busybox on them.
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Changes and Additional Documents to the Yarro Deal Filed
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There are more filings in the bankruptcy, related to the proposed Yarro deal, and because that hearing is coming up soon, on Friday, I'm posting them quickly, before even reading them myself. Specifically, there are proposed changes to the deal, so take a look.
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