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SCO suit is not 'frivolous'

September 26, 2003 The open-source community takes the SCO suit extremely seriously, because it seriously threatens a very important part of the community. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., open-source community, open source, Linux

LinuxWorld makes mobile moves

August 7, 2008 The scope of the open-source community's annual expo ranges from supercomputers to gadgets on the go. TAGS: LinuxWorld, Xen, computing, Dawn Kawamoto, supercomputer, open-source community, gadget, open source, Linux, IBM Corp., video, Google Inc., operating system

Scott McNealy far from retired

October 17, 2007 Former Sun CEO is racking more frequent-flier miles now as chairman, traveling the world to meet with customers and tout Sun's virtues. TAGS: Scott McNealy, open-source community, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Sun Solaris, Sun Sparc, dot-com, chairman, decision, Java, CEO

Novell shakes up Linux land

November 5, 2003 The software maker's $210 million offer for SuSE Linux has many in the open-source community worried. TAGS: SuSE Linux, Novell Inc., SuSE, open-source community, Linux, open source

IT giants accused of exploiting open source

May 31, 2005 Top EU official accuses major companies that sell open-source software of treating open-source developers as subcontractors. TAGS: open-source community, software industry, open source, IBM Corp., open-source software, Sun Microsystems Inc., information technology, HP

Opening up an open-source roadblock

February 21, 2007 If the FSF succeeds in blocking a landmark deal, the biggest losers will be software consumers, policy analyst James DeLong says. TAGS: Free Software Foundation, open-source community, open source, freedom, open-source software, Novell Inc., member, intellectual property, Microsoft Corp.

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, Novell Inc., Wall Street, financial company, bank, audience, code, New York, conference, Linux

A patent commons project for open source

August 10, 2005 Open Source Development Labs plans to collate information on patents that have been donated to the open-source community. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, patent, open-source community, software patent, open source, initiative, IBM Corp., intellectual property, project, Sun Microsystems Inc., developer

Google joins open-source patent network

August 8, 2007 Membership in Open Invention Network will see it agree to cross-license open source-related patents to other members for free. TAGS: open source, Google Inc., open-source community, open-source software, Linux, member, relationship, Yahoo! Inc., IBM Corp.

Which way, open-sourcers?

September 12, 2006 Software advocate says the latest draft of the GPL license is driving a wedge between the open-source and free-software communities. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, open-source community, Linus Torvalds, provision, Richard Stallman, community, open source, Linux

OpenOffice security is questioned

August 14, 2006 French researchers pinpoint security issues, but OpenOffice.org says only bug discovered has already been fixed. TAGS: OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org, open-source community, security, Microsoft Office, researcher, bug, open source, Microsoft Corp., programming

Microsoft reaches out to Firefox developers

August 22, 2006 Invites open sourcers to participate in making sure that the browser will get along with Windows Vista. TAGS: Mozilla Corp., open source, open-source community, Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Windows Vista, offer, open-source software, Microsoft Corp., XML, Web browser, Microsoft Windows, operating system

CA opens patents to open source

September 7, 2005 Following IBM's lead, Computer Associates donates 14 of its patents to open-source projects. TAGS: Computer Associates International Inc., patent, open source, open-source community, IBM Corp.

Firm offers bounty for open-source tech support

May 9, 2006 OpenLogic will pay developers to provide high-level support for scores of open-source products. TAGS: open-source community, open source, PostgreSQL, support, developer, agreement, Microsoft Xbox, console, database

Device support 'key' to desktop Linux

April 5, 2006 Hardware makers should do more to make devices compatible with the open-source OS, experts tell LinuxWorld attendees. TAGS: desktop Linux, Novell Inc., LinuxWorld, Open Source Development Labs, Linux, hardware maker, open-source community, open source, operating system

Torvalds weighs in on Linux trademark row

August 22, 2005 Linux founder defends protection of the trademark and insists that sublicensing is a loss-making operation. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, trademark, software patent, open-source community, Linux, mailing list, intellectual property, founder, open source

Microsoft shares Windows tools via open source

May 13, 2004 The software powerhouse releases into the open-source community a series of pre-existing templates that developers can freely modify. TAGS: Jason Matusow, SourceForge, template, open source, open-source community, code, Microsoft Corp., XML, developer, Microsoft Windows

SCO warns open-source community

September 8, 2003 In an open letter, SCO Chief Executive Darl McBride tells open-source developers they need to do a better job of policing themselves and sets sights on SGI. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., SCO Group Inc., open-source community, open source, society, Linux, Linux software, letter, Unix, IBM Corp., intellectual property, developer, CEO

Microsoft has OS patents; Linux has none

December 4, 2006 ActiveGrid's Peter Yared says the Microsoft-Novell deal creates competition and is ultimately good for customers. TAGS: patent, Novell Inc., open-source community, Linux kernel, open source, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., antitrust, operating system

Microsoft dallies with open source

May 17, 2006 Software maker is working out the kinks in its interoperability efforts, software exec Bill Hilf says. TAGS: open-source community, open source, open-source software, ISV, lab, JBoss, software company, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Unix, developer
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