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Java fully open-sourced 'by end of year'
News Once every component of Java is GPL-compliant, the software will be able to be fully integrated into Linux distributions such as Ubuntu and Fedora.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Software integration, Software engineering/development, Java, GPL, Ubuntu, SNMP, Sun Microsystems Inc., software
Stallman brands cloud computing as 'stupidity'
News Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman says the industry's latest trend will ultimately result in vendor lock-in and escalating costs for users.
Tags: Data Management, Google Inc., Richard Stallman, Cloud Computing, operating system, software, marketing, industry, Web server, Google Gmail
Debian suffers from community pains
News Developers attempting to join the Debian community have criticized the management of the Linux operating system, and questioned the platform's future.
Tags: Linux, Open source, software company, Debian, software programmer, Linux Kernel, software, system administrator, managing director, GNU
Google image search gets usage rights filtering
News Google updates its image search to let users filter by images they can reuse and repurpose, which may keep the search giant from getting into hot water with content creators.
Tags: Copyright, Spam filtering, Regulations, Data Management, Creative Commons, Google Inc., Tool, Wikipedia, photograph, image search
Study: GPL loses ground in open source development
News At the same time, Microsoft's open source software license MS-PL, is gaining in popularity, according to study by provider of services and products for open source developers.
Tags: Open source, Business applications, Market research, Apache Software Foundation, Database, GPL, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, BSD, Microsoft .NET, GNU
Gentoo finalizes 2008 release
News Developers have released the final version of 2008.0 of the Linux 'meta-distribution', moving to a newer version of the Linux kernel that brings in additional hardware drivers.
Tags: Software, Business applications, Linux, Open source, Gentoo, Linux Kernel, Mozilla Firefox, disk, desktop, GNU
Drizzle project to trim down MySQL
News The database project is aimed at trimming superfluous functionality from MySQL, creating a smaller, faster version.
Tags: Web sites, Innobase InnoDB, Database, Sun Microsystems Inc., stored procedure, co-founder, business logic, Oracle Corp., Linux, GNU
Fedora issues updates after hacker break-in
News The Red Hat-supported project has started issuing updates to its Linux distribution again, after a hiatus of several weeks caused by a network attack.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Open source, Linux, Fedora Project, Security, Red Hat Inc., Tool, operating system, Server, Linux Distribution
US govt Web site makes open source move
News White House Web site now employing open source software. Given the U.S. federal government's widespread adoption of open source, the amazing thing is that it took so long.
Tags: Open source, Government, Drupal, Open Source, Acquia, software, Open-source Software, Associated Press, White House, proprietary software
Microsoft pushes for single global patent system
News Redmond wants to see a single world patent body established to "promote innovation, enrich knowledge, and encourage competition".
Tags: Business applications, Patents, Patent, Innovation, Intellectual Property Right, intellectual property, Texas, Free Software Foundation, Patents, XML
Microsoft promise lets Mono off the hook
News The software maker is to extend its Community Promise to cover standards that underpin the .NET framework, thus clearing up some of the uncertainty surrounding the Mono project.
Tags: Open source, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Software engineering/development, Tool, Developer, C#, Microsoft .NET, Mono, blog
Samba: TomTom suit tries to undermine GPL
News Jeremy Allison, leader of the Samba project, views Microsoft's patent suit against TomTom as part of wider attempt to undermine the open source GPL software license.
Tags: Open source, Software licensing, Patents, Microsoft Corp., Patent, GPL, TomTom, software, Open-source Community, Jeremy Allison
Symbian's open source journey
Insight newsmaker How do you open up a closed codebase? Symbian research chief David Wood weighs potential and practicality, and the promise of multicore phones.
Tags: Smart phones, Open source, Software engineering/development, Software licensing, Smart Phone, Android, Plug-in, GPL, Symbian Inc., EPL
Stallman makes Taiwanese source code plea
News Free software advocate Richard Stallman has pledged to promote Taiwanese companies within the GNU community if they release their driver source code.
Tags: Open source
GPL3 could block Novell/Microsoft plans
News The next version of the GPL may contain provisions aimed at curbing a controversial deal recently signed by Linux vendor Novell with arch-rival Microsoft.
Tags: Open source, Legal
