"Las Vegas - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today launches its Coders' Rights Project -- a new initiative to protect programmers and developers from legal threats hampering their cutting-edge research..."
Read more »EFF Launches Coders' Rights Project at Black Hat Conference
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An Appeal in SCO v. Novell - But Not the One You Expected
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The guy who tried to intervene from prison in SCO v. Novell and was denied has filed a notice of appeal.
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Sun To Open Source Java System Web Server and Web Proxy Technologies
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Sun Microsystems last week said it will soon open source the core components of Sun Java System Web Proxy and Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 under the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) license. The Web and Proxy source code will be released later this year.
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The End of the Patry Copyright Blog
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William Patry has shuttered his blog, The Patry Copyright Blog. The archives are gone too. He tells why in a final post. It's a tragedy, nothing less. No, no one at Google made him do it. He did it for a couple of reasons, both of which resonate with me, and I think they are important to highlight. I must warn you, it's a bit depressing.
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The SCO Litigation - From Soup to Nuts
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We have a new permanent page, SCO Litigation - From Soup to Nuts a table showing the main events in all the SCO and SCO-related litigation, thanks to Erwan's creativity. Our hope is that it will help you to keep track of this very complex saga. Now that the SCO v. Novell trial is over, we could be seeing some action in the other cases, and this should help you to recall where they left off.
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How Open Source Is Your Open Source?
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In my opinion, a major problem with OSI at the moment is that it perpetuates (mainly indeliberately) that a mere license makes something Open Source. In my view, an Open Source license is really the first step in making software Open Source.
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The Victor Raisys Back Story
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Do you, by any chance, remember the name Victor Raisys? He was a technology analyst at Soundview Technology Group, who predicted difficulties for Linux when the SCO litigation began in 2003.
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SpicyIP Tidbits: A Soft War for Software Patents
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Business aptly seems to drive law; finally, the Murthys and Ramadorais of Bengalooru have spoken up.
Read more »EC proposes overhaul of patents and industrial rights
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The European Commission has proposed creating a single strategy for the protection of industrial property rights in Europe. The Commission wants to integrate its strategy for industrial property rights and encourage smaller businesses to protect rights.
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SCO and Novell Ask for More Time to Haggle About Final Judgment or Not, Interest Amount
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SCO and Novell have jointly filed an intriguing document, Joint Motion for Extension Regarding Deadlines for Proposed Final Judgment and Pre-Judgment Interest Submission [PDF], and we find out what's been going on since the trial ended early in May.
Read more »SCO Tells Customers and Partners It Will Appeal Shortly
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I'm sure you could write it yourself, knowing SCO as we do by now, but SCO's Jeff Hunsaker has sent a letter to "SCO Customers and Partners", letting them know that SCO will be filing an appeal shortly. From the wording, I'd say they intend to appeal both rulings, the August 10th and the July 16th rulings.
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Is Open Solaris in Hot Water? -- No, I Don't Think So
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I've been seeing articles implying that Sun may have trouble, now that it has been determined that the Unix copyrights belong to Novell. Here's one example, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols' "Is OpenSolaris in hot water?" -- where a number of interviewees opine more or less yes. I disagree, and I'll show you why I disagree.
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Google Code stops accepting projects under MPL
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Following GNU AGPLv3, Mozilla Public License is named as not popular enough by Google’s code hosting service.
“The search giant has said Google Code is no longer accepting projects licensed under MPL, although existing MPL-licensed code is allowed to stay.”
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"PATCH: ELF registry now at Caldera" in 2002 and LKP and GNU Tools
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Well, well. What have we here? It's a June 5, 2002 message posted by Lars Brinkhoff with that very subject line: "PATCH: ELF registry now at Caldera" in the mail archive of the binutils@sources.redhat.com mailing list for the GNU binutils project.
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Customs to search for illegal downloads on MP3 players and laptops
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MUSIC fans might soon have their iPods searched by Customs officers at airport checks - and face jail if pirated music is found on them.
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