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SCO: So die already!

http://www.networkworld.com

Another shoe has dropped for the SCO Group -- this makes about a dozen -- but when will this outfit go away? First the SCO Group sues IBM for billions in a case related to alleged intellectual property infringement, and then it starts threatening Linux and Linux users. Then, after Novell says that the SCO Group does not have the rights to Unix that it needs to sue and threaten, it sues Novell.

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Created by toolbanger 14 years 17 weeks ago
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Striding Towards Codec Freedom to Remove ‘Linux Tax’ from Dell

http://techrights.org

The importance of WebM, its progress in GNU/Linux-compatible Web browsers, and Google's situation wrt MPEG-LA FUD

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Created by komrad 14 years 17 weeks ago
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Issue three of the 'International Free and Open Source Software Law Review'

http://www.ifosslr.org

The Editorial Committee is delighted to announce issue three of the 'International Free and Open Source Software Law Review' (IFOSS L. Rev.) is now available.

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Created by muffinman 14 years 17 weeks ago
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Thank you, Novell

http://blogbeebe.blogspot.com

It's been over a week since Judge Stewart ruled for Novell and against The SCO Group (or tSCOG, as it's known). The court had already concluded in August 2007 that Novell was the "owner of the UNIX and UnixWare Copyrights."

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Created by laloj 14 years 17 weeks ago
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Novell Unlikely to Get Money From SCO

http://techrights.org

SCO's bankruptcy hearing won't take place until next month; SCO deals with pocket money, so Novell is unlikely to be properly compensated

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Created by komrad 14 years 17 weeks ago
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More "Paul Murphy" Anti-Linux FUD: SCO or Son of SCO Can Still Win

http://www.groklaw.net

Were you imagining that "Paul Murphy" was going to apologize for his attacks on Groklaw or for being so wrong in his support of SCO? Or that he'd keep his promise to stop blogging if SCO lost? Or that he'd finally admit SCO has no case? Au contraire.

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Created by partytime 14 years 17 weeks ago
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Open Source vs Proprietary Code: seeking a balanced standard

http://moswl.blogspot.com

Open source is great. Code is knowledge and knowledge should not be hidden forever. ASAP it should become public for all to use and benefit from. In the past the flow of information was slow, but nowadays is fast, and the faster we share and need information, the greater the need society has for all code, which is knowledge, to become public, with no strings attached.

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Created by gurpsmad 14 years 17 weeks ago
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Marten Mickos says open source doesn't have to be fully open

http://www.networkworld.com

The term "open core" essentially means that the heart of a software project is built on, and remains, open source but added features may not be (particularly a commercial version intended for enterprise use).VC-funded software startups love this model.

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Created by FamilyGuy 14 years 16 weeks ago
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Canonical, OIN's 1st Associate Member, Commits to Freedom of Action in Open Source

http://www.groklaw.net

OIN has just announced a new associate membership program, and Canonical is the first associate member:OIN Associate Members, such as Canonical, demonstrate support and commitment to limiting the effects of patent disputes in Linux.

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Created by bythicalmeast 14 years 16 weeks ago
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Gillard to stick with web filter despite disquiet

http://www.smh.com.au

THE Prime Minister will push ahead with controversial plans for a mandatory internet filter despite acknowledging public concerns that it will interfere with ''legitimate use''.

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Created by lozz 14 years 15 weeks ago
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Open Core is the New Dual Licensing

http://redmonk.com

Which is to say an open source business model that will generate marginal revenue improvement for firms that employ it, at the cost of developer goodwill and participation. And, potentially, distribution. What open core is not is a model that will mitigate the commercial limitations of the model sufficiently to produce outsized returns similar to historical software producers.

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Created by gagan 14 years 14 weeks ago
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Freedom Defenders Look at the Glass Half Full in the Bilski Aftermath

http://techrights.org

A look at the (mostly) positive analyses resulting from the ruling where Stevens was unable to convince a majority of his peers to pull the plug on software patents

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Created by komrad 14 years 14 weeks ago
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Open Core Is Bad For You

http://www.computerworlduk.com

Apologists for the lock-in-prone "open core" model try to wrap themselves in the open source flag. Your business could suffer.

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Created by pontifex 14 years 14 weeks ago
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Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion's free culture

http://www.ted.com

"Copyright law's grip on film, music and software barely touches the fashion industry ... and fashion benefits in both innovation and sales, says Johanna Blakley.

At TEDxUSC 2010, she talks about what all creative industries can learn from fashion's free culture."

Downloads: low quality, high quality

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Created by spanky 14 years 14 weeks ago
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Sanity From the 1st Post-Bilski Decision from BPAI: In Re Proudler

http://www.groklaw.net

Look at this, will you? The first decision from the Board of Patents Appeals and Interferences post-Bilski to reference that US Supreme Court decision, in In Re Proudler [PDF], a ruling rejecting HP's application for a software patent, setting forth a rule stating, as I read it, as saying software is not patentable because it's an abstraction...

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