A draft ISP Copyright Code of Practice, aimed at clarifying sanctions against illicit downloaders of copyright works, has been released for public comment — and internet industry sources are already critical of the effort.
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Could Psystar Defeating Apple Have Broader Consequences?
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Several months ago, a small company called Psystar began selling computers pre-installed with OS X, which violates Apple's license agreement. After some time, Apple sued Psystar and Psystar counter-sued Apple. Psystar’s counter-suit was thrown out, but, recently, they have been granted the chance to revise their arguments...
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Combining GPL and Proprietary Software
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The vast majority of questions I get about combining GPL and proprietary software concern embedded systems, since Linux is a component of so many consumer products these days. It's impressive, for instance, to look at Sony's web site where they fulfill their GPL obligation, and see the dozens of TV models and many other products that contain Linux.
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Help Fight This Patent-Encumbered IETF Standard
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I've written numerous times about the importance of writing to governments about their hare-brained schemes, but this one is rather different. In this case, it's the normally sane Internet Engineering Task Force that wants to do something really daft.
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Unravel open source licenses
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With various licenses governing open source software (OSS), organizations must ensure they better manage the source codes of these applications upon deployment, in order to stay within the licensing requirements.
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Microsoft is Trying to ‘Bastardise’ ODF
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Microsoft's Doug Mahugh wants to 'extend' OpenDocument format (ODF) the Microsoft way, reveals public posting
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GIMP Plugin Removed by Software Patents, Resurrected
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A missing plugin (killed by software patents) is found on the Web Archive
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My solution for Linux adoption
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I understand, fully, the issue. Which “standards” are the best? Do you go with what Fedora is doing or Ubuntu? What about Mandriva or SuSE? I have an idea.
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Red Hat Enlists Community Help To Fight Patent Trolls
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"Back in 2007, IP Innovation filed a lawsuit against Red Hat and Novell. IP Innovation is a subsidiary of Acacia Technologies. You may have heard of them — they're reported to be the most litigious patent troll in the USA
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Defending Linux.
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Everyone knows patent trolls are constantly hard at work, thanks to the potentially deep and tasty pockets of companies like Red Hat, which has continued to prove not only the success of the open source development model, but that you can build a stellar business based on that model.
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Are you sure you want to use GPL?
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When I started using Linux I was totally sold to the concept of Open Source. I still am, but my view changed. The first code I released under an Open Source license was GPL licensed and I continued to do so for some time. The last code under the GPL license I actively developed was Zine until a few days before the release when I relicensed it under the modified BSD license.
Read more »Fun and games with the GPL
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Where the GPL falls down is at the boundary between open-source and closed-source software. Even the simplest programs rely on system libraries to run, and if those libraries were under the GPL, any software using them would have to be as well.
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ACTA: An Attack on Common Sense?
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Any reasonable person picked up from the 70s and dropped in the 00s would be stunned by how completely copyright ideology has infected the legislative process.
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IP for sale: Is open source buying?
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The Chicago Tribune suggests that increasing volumes of intellectual property are now being sold at to shore up balance sheets. So who in the open-source world is buying?
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Confirmed: Microsoft OOXML a Security Hazard
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