Business of Open Source

TomTom/Microsoft: A Wake-Up Call for GPLv3 Migration

Tuesday, 21 April 2009 15:59 FOSSBazaar

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April 21, 2009, 11:59 pm

Bradley M. Kuhn of the SFLC argues that the recent Microsoft/TomTom settlement should act as a wake-up call and prompt GPLv3 migrations: "Fortunately, the GPLv3 clarifies this issue, and improves the situation.

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9 of the Best Free Linux Project Management Software

Monday, 20 April 2009 23:33 FOSSBazaar

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April 21, 2009, 7:33 am

LinuxLinks looks at 9 project management solutions for Linux: "Project management tools encompass many different types of software such as scheduling, resource allocation, collaboration software, quality...

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Community Engagement and Contributor Agreements

Monday, 20 April 2009 23:27 FOSSBazaar

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April 21, 2009, 7:27 am

There has been a lot of interesting discussion about the need and downsides of requiring copyright assignment for contributions recently, with input from Dave Neary,...

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Five Ideas To Get FOSS Into Governments

Monday, 20 April 2009 03:05 FOSSBazaar

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April 20, 2009, 11:05 am

Simon Phipps of Sun has posted five ideas to get FOSS into governments: "Why is it so hard to get governments (especially local government) to use open source software? Here are some ideas discussed during my keynote in...

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CPL and EPL: One Small Step Towards Reducing License Proliferation

Monday, 20 April 2009 02:58 FOSSBazaar

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April 20, 2009, 10:58 am

Eclipse and IBM have taken a step to reduce license proliferation: "License proliferation has been a hot topic amongst the open source community for the past couple of years. I...

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