SCO's Chapter 11 Trustee Edward Cahn bragged at Friday's bankruptcy hearing that he had won all the Daubert motions and most of the motions in limine in Utah.
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Novell Never Mentioned UnixWare in its press releases in 2003
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OSI "categorically rejects" IIPA's attack on open source
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The Open Source Initiative says the IIPA's recommendations for the US to use "Special 301" rules to blacklist countries for using open source are unjust and unbalanced
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Novell Objects to Yarro's Proposed Loan to SCO
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I'm sure this was expected. Novell opposes SCO's Trustee's Motion for PostPetition Financing to essentially have Ralph Yarro and unnamed others provide SCO a loan to keep the corpse breathing long enough to make it through trial, I suppose, and I expect we may see more oppositions filed...
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Dear Judge Stewart: A Schedule for Briefing Novell's Request for Judicial Notice
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Novell's Sterling A. Brennan of Workman Nydegger has sent a letter to Judge Stewart, asking for the opportunity to brief the issue of their Request for Judicial Notice. This letter was sent after yesterday's conference was over, and the judge has already granted the request. I know. I am too exhausted to think, after yesterday, but, to paraphrase F.
Read more »Italian entrepreneur fights proprietary file formats in Public Administrations
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As I already explained in another article file formats are extremely important: unless, at least in Public Administrations (PAs), only open file formats are used, serious amounts of public money can go to waste, important public digital documents may become unreadable and private citizens or businesses may be forced to useless expenses if they want to interact with PAs.
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US copyright lobby claims free software undermines respect for intellectual property
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The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) wants countries such as Brazil, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam to be placed on the US government's blacklist of copyright sinners for supporting open source software
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When will Microsoft sue Google over Linux?
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Microsoft once made the mistake of broad-brushing Linux as an intellectual property quagmire. It made Microsoft headlines, but few friends: lawyers didn't believe it, customers didn't want to hear it, and competitors dared it to sue.
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Tim Bray Asks Patent Lawyers to Find Something Better to Do After “Actively Damaging Society”
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Criticism of the patent system is increasing and abolishment too is being considered for what became a hindrance - not a facilitator - to science
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FOSS law journal is open to receive submissions
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The International Free and Open Source Software Law Review is seeking submissions for publication in 2010 and beyond. Potential contributors can review the author guidelines, download article templates in
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EU Data Privacy Official Slams Copyright Talks
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Leaked documents indicate international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement talks moving toward heightened enforcement role for ISPs.
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Free Software Foundation: Google should free the web from Flash and H.264
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Although Google's take-over of On2 Technologies has only just been completed, already the Free Software Foundation (FSF) is calling on the company to release On2's video codec technology as a patent free standard.
Read more »Major legal victory for open source in US
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The long running case of Jacobsen v. Katzer has been settled on terms favourable to Jacobsen, a developer of the Java Model Railroad Interface project. The case came about when Katzer incorporated Jacobsen's code into it's proprietary model trail software, after deleting the copyright notices that existed in the code.
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A Big Victory for F/OSS: Jacobsen v. Katzer is Settled
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A long running case of great significance to the legal underpinnings of free and open source/open source software (F/OSS) has just settled on terms favorable to the F/OSS developer.
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ODF Alliance Newsletter: February 2010 (PDF)
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ODF Alliance Newsletter for February 2010. Contains latest news regarding open formats, including adoption by various governments around the world.
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ODF Roundup: News from Scandinavia, OpenOffice.org 3.2, and Symphony 3.0 Beta 2
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A potpourri of news from the past week or so, starting with success stories and proceeding to releases of new software that supports OpenDocument Format (ODF)
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