TAPR introduces open-source hardware license, OSI skeptical
The Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) organization is sponsoring a new open-source license intended for hardware components. Authored by lawyer John Ackermann, the Open Hardware License (OHL) is…
Reiser Hearing Postponed Until March
Hans Reiser wanted a speedy preliminary hearing on charges that he murdered his wife Nina Reiser, but owing to his attorney's busy schedule, will have to wait at least until March 9 for the…
Where the heck is Debian Etch?
Last September, some of the Debian Linux distribution's leadership wanted to make sure that Etch, the next version of Debian, arrived on its December 4th due date. So, the "Dunc-Tank" group…
Why Union Bank scrapped AIX for Red Hat
As Linux establishes itself as a mainstream operating system, and open source tools and applications prove their enterprise readiness, a growing number of organizations are talking publicly about…
Open-source Alfresco shifts to GPL
Alfresco, a start-up that commercializes open-source software for helping customers keep track of their digital documents, has adopted the General Public License in an effort to attract outside…
Big Debian Linux Payday For HP
Who said you can't make money by supporting free community-based Linux distributions?
HP is making $25 million by supporting the free Debian GNU/Linux distribution in what may ultimately…
Pentaho Announces General Availability of Pentaho AJAX
Pentaho Corp., creator of the world’s most popular open source business intelligence (BI) suite, today announced General Availability of Pentaho’s new Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)…
OpenSource medical spelling word list released
OpenMedSpel is a open source medical spelling word list that is released under a GPL license. OpenMedSpel was derived from the word lists complied for MedSpel, a shareware medical spelling tool…
NTFS driver for Linux finishes beta phase
Version 1.0 of NTFS-3g, a free NTFS driver for Linux, has been released. Project manager Szabolcs Szakacsits has declared the driver ready for productive use after the release candidate published…
Sister Judith: "We don’t know what OS God uses, but we use Linux"
Sister Judith, the director of the Vatican website, discusses the challenges of building a site for one of the world's oldest organizations.
Sister Judith: "We don’t know what OS God uses,…