Open Source / GPL

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The State of the Union of FOSS

"Confidential White House sources have leaked to me a secretly included draft section of the President’s State of the Union address. These sources suspect that the Free Software Foundation (FSF),…

Open Source support hooks a fallacy says Linux expert

A leading US Open Source expert and 25-year veteran of the Free Software community has rejected claims from major software companies warning of hidden costs associated with the technology.

Terracotta Continues to Increase Investment in Open Source Clustering

Terracotta, Inc. announced the general availability of Open Terracotta 2.2, a powerful, open source Java clustering solution that enables developers to achieve scalable, highly available…

Liberty Alliance seeks open-source adoption

The industry organisation has created the "OpenLiberty Project" to provide tools and information for developing applications that use the Liberty Federation and Liberty Web Services standards, it…

Open Source Researcher Alerts Cisco to GPL Issue

Last week, an open-source software researcher, Armijn Hemel, a consultant with Loohuis Consulting, alerted some bloggers and other media about one of our iPhone models (WIP300) not being compliant…

Open-source database elected to update Kiwi voters

The Electoral Enrolment Centre has consolidated electoral rolls on the open-source PostgreSQL database, replacing a group of disparate databases spread around the country.

The updated New…

2007 Forecast: Open Source

If I read the runes correctly, the hopes of many of the committed followers and proponents of Open Source have been disappointed by its progress in recent times. Admittedly, the attempt by SCO to…

Open Source Leaders from Around the Globe to Meet at 2nd Annual Think Tank

The Open Source Think Tank is accepting applications to attend the second annual gathering of leading industry insiders for three days of hands-on, brainstorm-style sessions addressing the future…

Open Source Viewed as Not Obstructing Government's Activities

Judith M.S., Head of the Indonesian Internet Café or Warnet Association, has said she considered that the government's activities will not be hampered by the utilization of open source software.…

Aras Embraces Microsoft .NET Platform to Offer Open Source PLM

In lieu of its traditional software license model, the new Aras Innovator 8 Enterprise Open Source Suite is available immediately for free as a commercial open source offering. This gives…