Has FOSS lost the battle against patents
Software patents are a fact of life. Their abolition isn't achievable, writes the author of the FOSSPatents blog.
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FSF sides with Google over Oracle
That legal strategy might have worked under GPLv3 but that license has not been accepted by the industry specifically because of that patent clause.
Defaults set policy on Google Code and CodePlex forges
The license options Google offers Code users by default do not include the AGPL, which it now loudly claims to support. Codeplex does something similar.
Oracle suit overwhelms Ubuntu launch
Something tells me users are going to be learning some interesting Italian gestures to use in reference to their software. You know which ones.
VMOps rebranding as Cloud.com
VMOps, a two year old cloud software company which lets companies create the equivalent of the Amazon Elastic Computing service (EC2) with commodity hardware, is rebranding itself as Cloud.Com.
Open source and the Google cloud
It's Google's world, open source just lives in it. If Google were seeking to aggressively capitalize on its advantages, the pushback would be fiercer and everyone's growth, including Google's, slower.
Copyright assignment in the wake of myOracle
Civil law is there to help prevent the injustice of having your love and support sold out. A refusal to consider protecting the rights of the weaker party tends to confirm an intent to exploit.
What does Europe have against GPLv3?
GPLv3 is about 3 times longer, is full of technical details, is complex (even for a lawyer) and as it is officially valid in English only it may not be the most persuasive license for a German or French administration.
If you liked Microsoft CodePlex you will love MySpace FoxForge
Would Facebook have overtaken MySpace had Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. not bought its parent company, Intermix, in 2005, with a prediction that MySpace would drive traffic to other Fox sites.
Alfresco agonistes
Alfresco's agonistes, which is common with all enterprise open source companies, is maintaining open source credibility while bringing in enough cash to keep the doors open.
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