A GPL (legal) win?
It's a pity that so much (virtual) ink about open source has to be about legalities rather than technical issues. While I find the law interesting, I don't think it's as much fun or as fascinating as the technology.
Linux and Open Source
The latest news and views on all things Linux and open source by seasoned Unix and Linux user Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, aka sjvn, has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting edge PC operating system. SJVN covers networking, Linux, open source, and operating systems.
Paula Rooney
Paula Rooney is a Boston-based writer who has followed the tech industry for more than two decades.
Latest Posts
JBoss shows how to profit in open source
As open source tools become more professional service revenue can replace license revenue naturally. JBoss, based near my home in Atlanta, is Exhibit A.
Larry Rosen denies report he's turned against GPL license
Larry Rosen (right), former general counsel for the Open Source Initiative, has not turned against the General Public License (GPL). He remains a strong open source advocate.
Good news for open source - eventually. Microsoft's draft license rejected
Microsoft's anti-interoperability license has been rejected by the European Commission. (That's the same EC that's bullying through the anti-competitive patent directive.
A devilish argument for open source
Please note. I don't believe the following. I am making a devil's advocate argument in order to stimulate discussion.
Linux contradictions between Google and EDS
Sometimes stories come across your desk, within minutes of each other, that are so contradictory you have to laugh.First we have Google, courting open source developers for its Google Code project.
Big consultants building a mystery on open source
A ZDNet story that originated with Consulting Newsbuilds an intriguing mystery.Why haven't big consulting firms pursued the open source opportunity?
BlueGlue is closed source defense for open source shops
What you need to deal with your open source management headaches may just be a big hunk of expensive, proprietary, closed source software. Thats what OpenLogic thinks because they released Version 3.
GPL, not Linux violations found by Welte
Our own Stephen Shankland has a story out illustrating the continuing confusion over the word Linux. The story is that Harald Welte, who runs the GPL Violations Project, found 13 hardware companies at CeBIT who were violating the GPL of GNU-Linux by not releasing code based on it.
The sad plight of VB6 developers
Despite pleas from its developers, Microsoft is ending free support for Visual Basic 6 this month.For the open source community, this is no great loss.