Datamation lists 101 open source enterprise applications: "Until recently, few enterprises were using open source software for back office applications."..
The 451 Group has released a report about open source licensing: "There has been no shortage of lively discussion on open source software licenses with recent shifts in the top licenses...
"The Swiss government's Department for Building and Logistics (BBL) can continue to use the Microsoft licences it purchased without a public tender earlier this year, but at its own risk..."
PostgreSQL 8.4 has been released: "The release, which comes after sixteen months of development by the PostgeSQL Global Development Group, adds a number of new features such as per-column permissions...
When we think about the implications of non-compliance with F/OSS licensing the considerations tend to be around legal exposure and concern that the conditions of a reciprocal license, e.g. the GPL, may propagate into proprietary code.
 
 
 
 
 
