Yesterday, we reported that Darl McBride said that the plan for a reorganization is to spin off the "Unix assets" and leave him behind as CEO of the remnants of the company, that is, of the litigation. There are more details in the Daily Herald today, and apparently that is only one possibility...
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Copyright, Technology, and Access to the Law: An Opinionated Primer
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Recently, the state of Oregon has used copyright law to threaten people who were publishing its laws online. Can they really do that? More to the point, why would they? This essay will put the Oregon fracas in historical context, and explain the public policies at stake.
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XML standards key in government - Steve Pepper
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As the representative for Norway in the recent OOXML ratification process, Steve Pepper has become an outspoken critic of the IEC/ISO process. Pepper is also a passionate advocate of XML, open standards and Topic Maps.
Read more »Scary licence questions follow…
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I have, at several points over the past few years, been interested in finding out quite how the GPL applies when one has runtime dynamic linking in the mix. As such, I would like to set a little scenario up and then solicit responses from you as to how things might go. I have yet to receive any useful answers which consider all the aspects.
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First Report on Bankruptcy Hearing: SCO Wins Extension
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I don't have details yet, but here's the first report from today's bankruptcy court hearing on SCO's motion to extend its exclusive right to file a reorganization plan, which Novell had filed objections to:
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When Can a Judge Change His Mind?
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An anonymous poster told us about a recent order from Judge Kimball in another case, unrelated to SCO, but one that references his own decision in SCO v. Novell. So I took a look at the order, and it answers a question I've had, namely, what if, at trial, a judge were to realize he'd made a mistake on an earlier ruling on summary judgment motions? Is it too late to fix it?
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Day 2 of the Trial: The Darl - transcript of his testimony, with line #s
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Let's continue with our look at the trial testimony in the SCO v. Novell litigation. This is day 2, April 30, when our star witness of the day is Darl McBride. That day, the Chris Sontag testimony had finished up, which I've shown you already, and after him, Novell called Darl to the stand. After him, there were two other witnesses but we'll look at their testimony separately.
Read more »RMS: Foolish and unfriendly Debian
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RMS (speaking in context of the Debian GFDL policy) : «Debian's policy is foolish and unfriendly to us. So we do not cater to it. If they don't like the results, they should change the policy. [...] Debian's policy starts from good motives, but they were too rigid in carrying them out, and reached a foolish conclusion.
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Despite ISO and Microsoft Apologists, ODF Rises in Europe
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Initiatives in Europe push open standards further; Patrick Durusau tries to bury Microsoft's foul behaviour
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ISO process slammed
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SA, Venezuela, India and Brazil have successfully stalled the publication of Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) format by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO).
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Book review: Patent Failure
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Patent Failure examines the current state of the American patent system based on the way it has traditionally been treated–as a type of property system. Using the yardstick of property rights and the economics they influence, Bessen and Meurer analyze the costs and benefits of patents to innovators.
Read more »Red Hat looks out for OSS community with patent settlement
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Red Hat announced today that it has settled a patent dispute with Firestar and DataTern over two patents, including one that covers object-relational database mapping—a technique that is used in Hibernate, a component of the JBoss middleware stack.
Read more »More Bills and a Hearing Schedule as SCO's Money Flies the Coop
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Lots of filings in the bankruptcy, but not many that matter. The SCO enablers want their money, and I would guess they'd like it sooner rather than later, all things considered. Mesirow has filed another bill, and so has Berger Singerman, and Tanner has an Order that it can expand its role on SCO's behalf. We have also the hearing schedule for the June 17 hearing.
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Red Hat settles 2 patent lawsuits filed against it
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Business software maker Red Hat Inc said on Wednesday that it has settled two of three pending patent lawsuits that the company has been fighting.
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Red Hat Makes History With Patent Settlement - Compatible with GPLv3
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You've probably been wondering why I've been quiet, when there is news about a patent settlement between Red Hat and Firestar and DataTern in the JBoss litigation. It's because I wanted to be positive I was correct that this is the first known settlement involving patents that is harmonious with GPLv3. It is.
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