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Banks 'should give back to open-source community'

 April 26, 2006 The Street is making increasing use of open source, but the financial world should contribute more code, experts say. TAGS: competitive advantage, open-source community, open source, Wall Street, Novell Inc., financial company, bank, audience, conference, code, New York, Linux

Novell brands its own open-source religion

 May 9, 2006 To perk up revenue from open-source software, Novell readies an open-source identity-management package and desktop Linux suite. TAGS: Novell Inc., identity management, open source, open-source software, Linux, Novell NetWare, SuSE, IBM Corp., code, brand, project, operating system, server, Microsoft Corp.

So much for the 'new and improved' GPL

 April 30, 2007 James V. DeLong says the Free Software Foundation's intellectual hostility toward copy protection threatens to create new problems. TAGS: GPLv3, anti-DRM, Free Software Foundation, digital-rights management, provision, GPL, open-source community, code, Linux, information technology, open source, movie

'Second Life' software becomes open-source

 January 8, 2007 Outsiders will be able to modify the viewer software; Linden Lab plans to follow suit with the server software, too. TAGS: Second Life, server software, open source, Linux kernel, GPL, virtual worlds, code, project, open-source software, Linux, agreement, server

Open-source firm offers to protect customers from lawsuits

 October 17, 2006 Software seller OpenLogic says it will indemnify buyers against legal action connected with its open-source products. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., open-source software, legal action, open source, enterprise, lawsuit, IBM Corp., intellectual property, code, Unix, London, Linux

Key bugs in core Linux code squashed

 August 3, 2005 Serious bugs in the latest Linux kernel have been fixed, a sign that the open-source OS is maturing. TAGS: Coverity, defect, Linux kernel, Linux, analysis, bug, code, file system, operating system, security, networking, programming, open source, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft mulls opening of Office code

 January 16, 2004 The purveyor of proprietary software is looking to expand its Shared Source Initiative to Office, which lets companies see source code underlying Office, server applications and more. TAGS: Jason Matusow, source code, expansion, Microsoft Office, code, open source, government, Microsoft Corp., XML, server, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Attempted attack on Linux kernel foiled

 November 6, 2003 An unknown intruder tries to insert a Trojan horse program into the code of the next Linux kernel--an attempt that raises questions about the security of open-source development methods. TAGS: Concurrent Versions System, Linux kernel, intruder, kernel, Linux, security flaw, Linus Torvalds, source code, open source, trojan horse, mailing list, code, database, security, developer, Microsoft Corp.

Study: Few bugs in MySQL database

 February 4, 2005 The open-source database has only 97 flaws and has been well-coded, an analysis finds. TAGS: Coverity, MySQL, MySQL Database, analysis, open source, flaw, bug, code, database, Linux, security, Microsoft Corp.

Intel to open code for booting up PCs, servers

 June 1, 2004 The chip giant will work with CollabNet to release open-source code designed to make the boot-up process for PCs and servers more predictable and faster. TAGS: BIOS, CollabNet Inc., Richmond, Intel, firmware, hardware maker, Phoenix Technologies, C, code, server, project, open source, PC, Linux
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