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May 13 2008 |
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 Sun to Acquire MySQL |
January 16, 2008- Sun has agreed to acquire MySQL, a leading open source supplier of database software. | |
| Red Hat and Novell Sued on Open Source Patent Issue |
October 17, 2007- According to news reports, IP Innovation and Technology Licensing Corporation sued Red Hat and Novell on patents related to the Linux user interface. The complaint can be found here. | |
| SFLC Files Suit to Enforce GPL |
September 20, 2007- According to news reports, the Software Freedom Law Center has filed suit against a consumer electronics company for use of GPL code in an embedded system without compliance with the GPL. The complaint can be found here. | |
| Draft GNU AGPL |
August 14, 2007- The Free Software Foundation has released a discussion draft of the GNU Affero General Public License (GNU AGPL). The AGPL differs from the GPL in that it provides that users who interact with the software over a network can receive the source for that program. The text of the draft can be found here. | |
| Judge: Novell Owns Unix Copyrights |
August 10, 2007- A federal district court judge in Utah ruled that Novell, not the SCO Group, is the rightful owner of the copyrights covering the Unix operating system. This is a potentially fatal blow to the SCO complaint against IBM, as it means that SCO may not own what SCO says IBM misappropriated. Here is a copy of the 102 page decision in pdf format. | |
| GPLv3 Final |
June 29, 2007- The Free Software Foundation has released the final official text of GPLv3 and LGPLv3.
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| Supreme Court Overturns KSR Patent Case |
April 30, 2007- This case was particularly troubling to the open source software movement as it implied that incremental improvements might receive patent protection. The text of the case can be found here. | |
| Compatibility between GPLv3 and Apache |
April 12, 2007- Questions remain on the compatibility of the latest draft of the GPL and other licenses, as this article points out in its discussion of Apache v2. | |
| GPLv3 new draft released |
March 28, 2007- The latest discussion draft (draft 3) of GPL v3 was released -- you can find it here; discussion materials can be found here. | |
| GPLv3 Soon? |
March 20, 2007- According to reports, there may be a new interim draft of GPLv3 very soon (March, 2007?). Apparently the Novell-Microsoft deal sent the drafters back to revisit whether or not GPLv3 would preclude such activity.
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| SCO v IBM down to 326 lines? |
March 20, 2007- According to one analysis of the SCO-IBM hearing earlier in March, evidence presented by SCO adds up to a total of 326 lines of code found exclusively in header files and similar items. | |
| Microsoft to release source for FoxPro |
March 19, 2007- Microsoft is reportedly releasing its Foxpro database under its Shared Source license in the near future.
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| Simple Public License Proposed |
March 16, 2007- According to discussions on open-source email discussion groups, the Simple Public License is proposed as a less complex alternative to the GPL 2.0 while addressing the same concerns. A draft of the license can be found here; an annotated version here.
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| University Use of Open Source |
March 6, 2007- Here's an interesting article on the use of open source in the university setting. | Posted In: |
| Compensation in the FOSS community |
March 2, 2007- This article discusses the pros and cons of compensating individuals for work on open source projects. | Posted In: |
| Open Source in Startups |
March 1, 2007- An interesting article on use of open source in startups. | Posted In: |
| MP3 Patent Suit Costs Microsoft $1.5B |
February 22, 2007- According to various news articles, Microsoft has been ordered to pay $1.5 billion for violation of MP3 patents held by Alcatel-Lucent. | |
| Blackboard patent pledge |
February 1, 2007- Blackboard, an e-learning system provider, announced a "patent pledge" for open source and "home-grown" course management systems | |
| Sun Considering GPLv3 for Solaris |
January 16, 2007- According to reports, Sun is considering releasing Solaris under GPLv3.
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