News Category: Open Source Practices
The H | March 11, 2010
Simon Phipps Elected as OSI Director
The Open Source Initiative have elected Simon Phipps, who recently left Oracle after serving as Sun's Chief Open Source Officer, to the board of directors...
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CNET | March 10, 2010
Sun Fended Off Apple, Microsoft Patent Threats
Steve Jobs personally threatened to sue Sun Microsystems, Jonathan Schwartz said. Sun warded off that and a Microsoft threat with its own patent portfolio...
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CNET | March 8, 2010
If Novell Gets Bought, Will Red Hat Follow?
Novell's proposed acquisition will likely drive Red Hat into the arms of VMware or Oracle, but will have minimal impact on the larger open-source commercial ecosystem...
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CNET | March 4, 2010
Is Apple Launching a Patent War?
Apple's recent lawsuit against handset maker HTC could be the beginning as the company marks its turf in the smartphone market...
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internetnews.com | March 2, 2010
Durbin to Introduce Internet Freedom Bill
Senate leader blasts tech industry for bowing to pressure from foreign governments to censor Internet content, pledges to introduce legislation to impose civil or criminal penalties on complicit tech companies...
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internetnews.com | March 2, 2010
FCC to Call for Government Data Overhaul
FCC official details broadband plan recommendations to drive civic engagement, including free online access to government documents such as court records, and a concerted push toward social media...
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LWN | March 2, 2010
How Sun's Need to Control the Code Cost Them the Company
Jeremy Allison looks back at the demise of Sun Microsystems on ZDNet. "The Solaris operating system, the Java language and virtual machine, the OpenOffice office suite - all of the really large software projects that Sun released - had strings attached that stopped any real external community...
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| March 1, 2010
FOSS Law Journal is Open to Receive Submissions
The International Free and Open Source Software Law Review (IFOSS L. Rev. or IFOSSLR) is a collaborative legal publication aiming to increase knowledge and understanding among lawyers about Free and Open Source Software issues. It is the first publication to focus specifically on this field,...
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ArsTechnica | February 27, 2010
BBC Blocks Open Source Software from iPlayer Video Service
The BBC has enabled SWF Verification for its iPlayer streaming video service. This content protection mechanism has locked out users who consume the iPlayer video content with open source software.
Adobe has publicly documented the Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) that is used by Flash for...
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CNET | February 26, 2010
Antipiracy Provision in Treaty Riles EU
EU's executive arm vows to make sure a global anti-counterfeiting treaty won't force countries to disconnect people for illegally downloading copyrighted content.
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