Linux and Open Source

This is an interesting bit of news: The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) has been granted observer status to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Here's what the FSFE has to say about its goals in working with WIPO:For anyone involved in questions of freedom in a digital age, such as Free Software Foundation Europe, WIPO is often at the root of current threats, such as software patents, the European Copyright Directive (EUCD) and others.

November 29, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

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The downside of CEO blogging is that when you say something people don't like they are going to treat you like a blogger.

November 28, 2004 by Dana Blankenhorn

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Remember those Gartner claims from a month ago that most desktop Linux units were really just black market Windows machines?Well, now Intel is out to prove that one way or the other, by shipping explicit Linux support to "white box" makers in the Far East.

November 25, 2004 by Dana Blankenhorn

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My other Corante blog is called Mooreslore.Its original charge is "the pace of change.

November 24, 2004 by Dana Blankenhorn

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According to this piece, we might be seeing a new version of the GNU General Public License (GPL) in 2005. This new revision of the GPL is supposed to cover areas that weren't addressed by the current version of the GPL, such as patents and Web services.

November 22, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

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Regular readers of this space may remember Shelley Powers writing about doing a "fork" of Wordpress (which runs this blog) as part of her piece, No Ghost in the Machine. Forks happen all the time, she noted.

November 22, 2004 by Dana Blankenhorn

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There are many reasons why mobile Linux makes good sense.Cost is one.

November 21, 2004 by Dana Blankenhorn

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The next time someone claims the superiority of reporters ethics over those of bloggers, tell them the story of Pamela Jones Jones, a paralegal by training, runs the popular Groklaw blog. The legal fight swirling around open source is at the heart of her beat.

November 21, 2004 by Dana Blankenhorn

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That headline sounds silly, doesn't it?But it's an honest question.

November 18, 2004 by Dana Blankenhorn

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Steve Ballmer is telling Asian governments that they could face patent lawsuits for using Linux.Someday, for all countries that are entering the WTO (World Trade Organization), somebody will come and look for money owing to the rights for that intellectual property.

November 18, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

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