Tuesday, September 9, 2008

DEMO: Web 3.0 and Beyond

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I have been attending DEMO on San Diego since Sunday. The presentations have been lively and the six minute limit ensures a brisk pace. Havi...
Friday, September 5, 2008

Practical Guide to GPL Compliance: Both Practical and Valuable

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The Software Freedom Law Center (“SFLC”) recently published “Practical Guide to GPL Compliance” (“Guide”). http://www.softwarefreedom.org/ne...

Jacobsen: Critical to Commercial Software and Other Copyright Licenses

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Although my earlier post focused on the effect of the Jacobsen decision for the open source industry, the case has significantly broader imp...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Major Victory for Open Source in Jacobsen Decision

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On August 13, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued its decision in the Jacobsen v. Katzer case. http://www.cafc.uscour...
Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Linuxworld: Looking to the Future of Open Source

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Linuxworld was very interesting this year. As Bob Sutor noted, we stand at a crossroads on the development of Linux and open source (see bel...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Red Hat: How to Settle a Patent Lawsuit for an Open Source Community

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In a recent post, I described at a very general level the patent litigation settlement agreement between Red Hat and Firestar and that the s...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Microsoft & Open Source: The Battleship Microsoft Continues its Turn Towards Engagement with Open Source

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EWeek had an interesting interview with Steve Ballmer that covered Microsoft's view of open source along with other topics after the Mic...