Business of Open Source

Perfectionists need not apply

Sunday, 12 April 2009 00:47 FOSSBazaar

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April 12, 2009, 8:47 am

Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier talks about how to work best in the community: "If you‚Äôre a perfectionist, or prefer to solve problems alone, you‚Äôre going to have some problems working with community projects. Individual contributors and com...

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Taking a Closer Look at Microsoft's Ms-PL Open Source License

Sunday, 12 April 2009 00:42 FOSSBazaar

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April 12, 2009, 8:42 am

CMSWire takes a look at the Ms-PL: "The rumors are true. Microsoft (news, site) has an official open source license that was approved by the Open Source Initiative...

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Linux Foundation CEO: Linux is "fastest growing platform"

Friday, 10 April 2009 03:17 FOSSBazaar

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April 10, 2009, 11:17 am

Ars Technica reports from the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, which is taking place this week: "Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin says that Linux adop...

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Linux Finds Its Face

Thursday, 09 April 2009 01:00 LinuxJournal

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April 9, 2009, 9:00 am

Way back in January, the Linux Foundation launched a search ‚Äî a global search ‚Äî to find something that was sorely missing. No, not Linus's car keys: the face of Linux. Just three months later, they have.

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Should an Open Source Licence Ever Be Patent-Agnostic?

Wednesday, 08 April 2009 18:43 LinuxJournal

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April 9, 2009, 2:43 am

Sharing lies at the heart of free software, and drives much of its incredible efficiency as a development methodology. It means that coders do not have to re-invent the wheel, but can borrow from pre-existing programs. Software patents, despite their name, are about locking down knowledge so t...

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