To comply with the GPL, Palm has released the source code packages for its Linux-based WebOS used by the new Palm Pre, which has been on sale in the US since the beginning of June.
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Of Open Standards, Interoperability and Open Source
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One of the key moments in the rise of open source was when Massachusetts announced that it was adopting an open standards policy for documents.
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Canola Project’s GPLv3 Permissions are Worth a Look
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There was an interesting announcement from Eduardo Lima of the Canola project in his speech in Mozilla Maemo Danish Weekend yesterday in Brazil.
Read more »MS v Linux: Sparks of the Tom Tom Fire stubbornly refuse to die
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In course of the last decade, every once in a while Microsoft has been known to have accused Linux of infringing one of its patents or another. Despite the said multiple claims for years that elements of the open-source operating system violate its patents, Microsoft had restricted itself till 2009 to supporting legal action against Linux.
Read more »ODF Comes Before OOXML
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ODF gains further momentum and Microsoft's smears against it gain momentum also
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EFF Launches TOSBack - A 'Terms of Service' Tracker for Facebook, Google, eBay, and More
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New Tool Documents Changes in Policy on the Internet's Biggest Websites
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SCO's Proposed Buyer and Mail Issues
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Here's Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols on ComputerWorld on SCO rising from the dead. We'll see. The plan hasn't been approved, y'all. As for who is the actual buyer, it's reportedly Eric LeBlan. See updates to our last article
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SCO vs. Linux: New investor rescues SCO from bankruptcy
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In yet another bizarre twist in the interminable legal dispute over source code allegedly illegally copied from UNIX System V into Linux, the SCO Group, which claims ownership of the disputed code, has secured a last-gasp reprieve from the threat of liquidation.
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New Zealand push for unlimited software patenting
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Dear Free Software Supporters,
The New Zealand government has proposed allowing unlimited software
patenting. They are accepting comments until July 2nd, but
participation from the people who will be harmed seems very low.
The details of how to participate can be found on swpat.org:
http://en.swpat.org/wiki/New_Zealand
Microsoft and ODF: “Not Just Beer”
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Guess what conference is attended by pro-Microsoft folks who have been publicly attacking ODF along with friends at Microsoft?
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In Fedora, Tomboy and Banshee Depend on Winforms
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Banshee brings Winforms with it after all (not part of ECMA reference)
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IBM Replies to SCO's Opposition to Motion to Convert
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IBM has filed a Reply to SCO's Response to Motions to Convert the Debtors' Chapter 11 Cases [PDF], just as Novell did earlier today. Here's the SCO Response IBM here replies to, and here's the original IBM Motion SCO is opposing. IBM's Introduction section will give you the flavor in the very first sentence...
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Novell Replies to SCO's Opposition to Novell's Motion to Convert
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Novell has filed a Reply [PDF] to SCO's Opposition to Novell's Motion for Conversion. Novell does not mince words. It suggests that the court check SCO's math, not to mention SCO's 22 pages of its "history" of UNIX and its litigation prospects.
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ODF News and Microsoft’s Acts Against It
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Bits and pieces about the road to document interoperability and those standing in its way
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Groklaw's Annotated Version of SCO's Response to Motions to Convert/Dismiss
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I thought it would be fun to carefully respond to each inaccurate or misleading statement we see in SCO's Response [PDF] to the motions to convert or dismiss The US Trustee's Office, Novell and SUSE, and IBM all filed such motions in the SCO Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and there will be a hearing on the motions on June 15th. I hope some of you plan to attend.
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