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Open source is about belief in codeOpen in New Window
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The code will make you free. It's free code. Build something with it. Add to it and (if it's GPL code) bring those enhancements back so can build the stack higher. read more »
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Open Source in DefenseOpen in New Window
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I’ve been meaning to write a post about open-source software in defense for a while and today my inbox achieved critical mass with the arrival of yesterday’s GCN article on the subject. read more »
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Where open source will be sucked into the downdraftOpen in New Window
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Google will survive, albeit in a much smaller form. IBM will survive, and be ready to thrive when this is over. Everything else will consolidate. Bye-bye Sun. Red Hat, find a buyer. read more »
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Changing open source terms bad move in a recessionOpen in New Window
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A lot of open source companies will merge or combine or sink in the next several months, and this was no time to stick a fork in the liferaft. read more »
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Open source in a time of recessionOpen in New Window
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We face what my late friend Russell Shaw called "a shrinking water hole." Not every company will survive the drought. But open source as a business model will survive, because it's an adaptation that read more »
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Sprint’s Xohm Network is Only Half OpenOpen in New Window
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Today marks the formal launch of Sprint’s Xohm network, and celebrants are gathered in Baltimore to show off their new WiMAX-enabled gadgets. But after chatting with an executive from Lenovo, I read more »
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Want to bypass DRM? Feds open to new DMCA ExemptionsOpen in New Window
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Nate Anderson writes that deciding whether "there are particular classes of works as to which users are, or are likely to be, adversely affected in their ability to make noninfringing uses due to the prohibition of circumvention," is the goal here. read more »
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MySQL co-founder quits job at Sun, as open source database fraysOpen in New Window
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Feeling hemmed in by the boundaries of Sun's corporate structure, MySQL co-founder David Axmark shot off a resignation letter telling Sun that he 'hates rules,' and he also 'hates breaking them.' read more »
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