VMware - under new management from Microsoft - relicenses SpringSource dm Server to avoid the GPL
Read more »Microsoft-manned VMware Still Against the GPL
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Justice Sotomayor Grants Novell's Request to Extend Time to File Petition for Writ of Certiorari
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The Supreme Court's docket shows that Novell requested an extension of time to file its petition for a writ of certiorari in the SCO v. Novell case, and Judge Sonia Sotomayor has just granted that request.
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The Microsoft-Linux Story As Told in the Comes Exhibits
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As we are working on the data in the Comes v. Microsoft exhibits, describing the contents or transcribing each so as to make them keyword searchable, we are coming across some interesting materials regarding Microsoft's view of Linux. As far back as 1999, Bill Gates was asking his executives if there was a way to make things harder for Linux. For example, here's Comes Exhibit 3020...
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SUSE Motion to Lift Stay Denied. Natch.
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Hot off the presses, the bankruptcy court has denied SUSE's motion to lift the stay so as to complete the arbitration. What? This surprises you?
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Demystifying Open Source
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In 2008, the open source community saw the year end with a headline-catching lawsuit, the Free Software Foundation files suit against Cisco for General Public License (GPL) violations. Not to be outdone, 2009 also ended with a bang.
Read more »The Disney Ptex library has been released as open source under the BSD license
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The Disney Ptex library is now available to the public community of texture artists, lighters and modelers.
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Obama Supports $675K File Sharing Verdict
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The Obama administration is backing $675,000 in damages a Massachusetts student must pay the Recording Industry Association of America for file sharing 30 songs.
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Adding up the explanations for ACTA's "shameful secret"
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Why is an intellectual property treaty being negotiated in the name of the US public kept quiet as a matter of national security and treated as "some shameful secret"?
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The Importance of Legal Innovation
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As we continue to innovate at the technical level it is equally important to discuss innovative legal concepts to allow the unfettered deployment and development of free and open source software.
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LCA 2010: Allison warns of patent traps in Mono
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Patents are the only threat that Microsoft can brandish against free and open source software and that is exactly why people should be wary of the Mono project, free software advocate and Samba hacker Jeremy Allison told a packed auditorium at the 11th LCA today.
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Novell's Reply in Support of Motion to Set Aside Judgment
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Novell has filed its Reply to SCO's Opposition to Novell's Motion to Set Aside Judgment...
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'Monstrous' $2m download fine slashed
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Websites fade to black in censorship protest
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Hundreds of websites joined an Australia Day "internet blackout" today to protest against the Government's web censorship agenda
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Patents the biggest threat to free software: Tridge
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Samba developer and open source legend Andrew Tridgell says the open source community is poor at fighting patent attacks, but says things could improve with some changes in strategy. He offered his tips for effectively fighting patent holders making claims against open source projects at the recent Linux.conf.au.
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One acronym to rule them all
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Mastering the Internet programme: British government is implementing a massive programme of surveillance for total spying on all Internet activity.
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