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SCO’s Chapter 7 and Novell’s Response to It

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SOME TIME ago we wrote about SCO and Chapter 7. SCO is at the stage where saying "goodbye" to it would be reasonable.

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Trademarks: Open Source Friendly (TM)

http://www.pcworld.com

Keir Thomas calls trademarks a menace to open source, but I couldn't disagree more. When used properly, like copyright, trademarks are a handy tool to protect and promote open source projects.

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Request for transcript of oral argument in SCO v Novell appeal denied

http://www.groklaw.net

Wayne Gray filed a motion requesting either a transcript or an audio recording of the oral argument from last week in the appeal of SCO v. Novell. It was denied within 24 hours, without any responses from anyone having to be filed.

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Created by FFlover 15 years 19 weeks ago
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Ubuntu Logo Stolen?

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Got this news from Ubuntu forum that HMR Group use a logo that looks like Ubuntu's. Here see the screenshot and decide (click the picture for bigger size). So what do you think?

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Created by giantrobot 15 years 19 weeks ago
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Working to Rule

http://tuxdeluxe.org

Office 2007 SP2 contains Microsoft's first native implementation of the file format Open Document Format (ODF). The devil, as always, is in the details.

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Microsoft, Linux Foundation issue joint letter opposing proposed software-licensing principles

http://blogs.zdnet.com

Truth can, indeed, be stranger than fiction — as is evidenced by a May 14 letter on software-licensing policies that was signed by both Microsoft and Linux Foundation officials.

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Created by jeff2007 15 years 19 weeks ago
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Patents Roundup: Microsoft, Patent Ambush, Moral Issues, and Europe’s Back Door

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The latest news about patents with emphasis on software

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Created by komrad 15 years 19 weeks ago
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Trademarks and Open Source

http://blogs.opennms.org

Slashdot pointed me to a post on open source software and trademarks on a PC World blog that concludes “Trademarking is almost totally incompatible with the essential freedom offered by open source.”

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Created by mark 15 years 19 weeks ago
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Obama vows antitrust crackdown

http://money.cnn.com

Justice Department official reverses Bush administration report that limited government's ability to pursue antitrust violations.

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Created by peacemaker 15 years 19 weeks ago
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ODF with no excuse

http://standardsandfreedom.net

Reports start to appear in the press about the ODF support quality enabled by the Service Pack 2 inside Microsoft Office 2007. I could say that I’m not surprised,
but I somewhat had also expected the contrary. Unfortunately it seems we have here a poor implementation of ODF. If further reports confirm it (and I have no serious doubt they will),

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Created by docsmartz 15 years 20 weeks ago
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Killing Spurious Patents Before They Kill Us

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Another roundup of patent news serves as an alarm to Free software defenders

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Created by komrad 15 years 20 weeks ago
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Contracts - California law on witness testimony

http://www.groklaw.net

does California law allow a court to look at parol evidence in a contract dispute? That's a big part of what the parties argued about in appeals court in SCO v. Novell.

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Created by Noog 15 years 20 weeks ago
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Could Adobe be open-sourcing Flash?

http://blogs.computerworld.com

Over the years, Adobe has become more Linux friendly. First, Adobe released an excellent version of its Flash Player for Linux, and, more recently, the company launched a version of AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) for Linux. Now, however, with Strobe, its just announced Flash framework, Adobe looks like it may be getting more open-source friendly as well.

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Created by gitikaru 15 years 20 weeks ago
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Novell Still Validates Software Patents by Applying for More

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A discussion commences with Novell's attitude towards software patents and proceeds to the situation in Europe and elsewhere

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Created by komrad 15 years 20 weeks ago
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IBM and Novell Move to Convert SCO BK to Chapter 7

http://www.groklaw.net

Well, well...IBM and Novell have each filed motions in the SCO bankruptcy to convert the SCO Chapter 11 cases to Chapter 7. That makes three such motions. Here's the US Trustee's motion, if you are new. We're working on text versions.

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