Google’s open source programs manager, Chris DiBona has asked the Open Source Initiative to delay consideration of Google’s WebM license, and in doing so has called on the OSI to be more open.
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Lawyers Love Software Patents, Developers Do Not
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The latest examples of lawyers lobbying for software patents and the latest updates about the Bilski case
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Here it is: SCO's Reply to Novell's Response to Motion for New Trial
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I know some of you wondered if SCO had given up and faced reality. Hah! Nevah happen. The full title of the document is SCO's Reply Memorandum in Support of Its Renewed Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law or, in the Alternative, for a New Trial. Wow.
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Implications of Google’s WebM license on open source selection
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Google’s WebM, an open and royalty-free media format based on the VP8 video codec, was amongst the highlights coming out of Google I/O 2010. After examining the software license, open source pundits questioned whether WebM should, in theory, be classified open source software.
Read more »Linux wins court case agains Microsoft
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A Quebec court ruled a provincial agency was wrong to install Microsoft software on its computers without allowing others, such as Linux dealers, to bid on the lucrative contract, AFP learned Friday.
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Mueller calls OIN a scam
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Florian “Floyd” Mueller of Fosspatents has found a new windmill to tilt at — the Open Invention Network.
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Google opens up Chrome's RLZ library
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In the spirit of increasing the company's transparency Google is open sourcing the Chrome RLZ library, which generates tracking tokens used by Google Chrome
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What's the Worst That the FSF Could Have Done to Apple? Nothing.
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In discussions on the implications of the recent FSF enforcement action against Apple's iTunes App Store, there's been a sort of recurring theme that's come up: what the GPL "requires" or "obligates" anyone to do. There's a strong strain of fantasy in these comments, and it's important to make clear what's actually the case here.
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SCO Agrees to Pay the Constructive Trust
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It's a start! SCO fi...na...l...ly pays the constructive trust what it owes Novell...
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Google resolves WebM licensing conflict with BSD license
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Google is adopting the BSD license for WebM in order to address a licensing conflict. When Google opened up the VP8 codec and announced the launch of the WebM project during the Google I/O conference last month, the actual license under which the code was distributed was not an official open source software license.
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Aquaria Game Source-Code Published
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Last month we reported on four indie games going open-source that were part of the pay-what-you-want "Humble Indie Bundle" after the developers experienced very favorable returns. The source-code to Aquaria has now been published with the source-code to the three other titles (Lugaru, Gish, and Penumbra Overture) already being available.
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WebM project changes to standard open source licence
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A new licence for the web video codec makes it "fully open source" says OSI board member Simon Phipps
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Swift and predictable reactions to WebM
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On May 19, Google unveiled something that many in the open source community had been expecting (and which the Free Software Foundation asked for in March): it made the VP8 video codec available to the public under a royalty-free, open source BSD-style license.
Read more »NPR to open source its Android app
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National Public Radio has announced that, following "Android's incredible trajectory", it plans to open source its NPR Android application
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Software Patents Still Fought Against by Red Hat, Brad Feld
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New evidence that Red Hat actively battles against RAND clauses; a venture capitalist opposes software patents
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