Open-source screening company hires legal muscle

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Open Standards - Open Source. The
Business, Legal & Technical Challenges
Ahead.

Open Standards - Open Source. The
Business, Legal & Technical Challenges
Ahead. 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
The meeting comprised four panels: Business, Technical, Legal, and Social and Ethical, each of which featured an introduction of the issues and follow-up with an interactive discussion between the speakers and the audience. The aim was to capture and publish the issues discussed in order to raise the industry awareness of the benefits of Open Source.

Open Source As Legal Time Bomb

Open Source As Legal Time Bomb 03/25/2005 09:35 PM

Protecting Against Open Source Legal
Risks

Protecting Against Open Source Legal
Risks 01/08/2004 08:27 PM

New Legal Center for Open Source
Projects

New Legal Center for Open Source
Projects 02/01/2005 09:39 PM
Slashdot Feb 1 2005 5:43PM GMT

Open-source spat triggers legal threat

Open-source spat triggers legal threat 09/17/2004 06:17 PM
Company says it paid for the code that was contributed, against contract, to free Mambo publishing software.

Legal center established for open-source
projects, developers

Legal center established for open-source
projects, developers 02/01/2005 09:25 PM
SiliconValley.com Feb 1 2005 6:01AM GMT

OSDL Helps Fund New Open-Source Legal
Center

OSDL Helps Fund New Open-Source Legal
Center 02/01/2005 08:56 PM
The new Software Freedom Law Center will help open-source developers fight legal disputes over intellectual property and patent rights.

The two-edged sword: Legal computer
forensics and open source

The two-edged sword: Legal computer
forensics and open source 04/11/2005 05:34 PM
Ryan Purita of Totally Connected Security is one of the leading computer forensic experts in private practice in Canada. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, holding one of the most advanced security qualifications in the world. Working for both the prosecution and the defence in legal cases, Purita has also taught computer security to law enforcement agencies, probation officers and social workers, and is currently developing programs for the Justice Institute of British Columbia. Much of his daily work is an extension of a system administrator's activities. A good part of it involves the advanced use of open source tools, including several standard system tools. His work methods offer fresh perspectives on security, privacy issues and the relative merits of Windows and GNU/Linux -- to say nothing of a niche industry where open source is more than holding its own.

Center Offers Open Source License
Defense, Legal Services

Center Offers Open Source License
Defense, Legal Services 02/01/2005 08:57 PM
The new Software Freedom Law Center—seeded by funding from the Open Source Development Labs$#151;will offer asset stewardship, licensing, license defense and litigation support, legal support, and lawyer training.

Novell begins its metamorphosis into an
open source company

Novell begins its metamorphosis into an
open source company 12/30/2003 01:20 AM
Last issue, I talked about Novell's commitment to the open source movement. Further evidence of that commitment, if any were needed, was provided just last week when Novell joined the Open Source Development Labs, a consortium of companies (including Cisco, HP, IBM, Intel, Red Hat, and Sun) that is accelerating Linux adoption.

How your open source company can begin
government contracting

How your open source company can begin
government contracting 06/09/2004 07:25 AM
It used to be that governmental agencies enamored of the status quo -- and that's pretty much the whole government -- were not interested in open source solutions to their IT problems. Like the rest of the IT industry, though, government is now looking to open source to make its resources go further. Unlike the rest of the industry, and atypical for government, federal and state agencies are embracing open source ideas and ideals.

HP signs deal with open-source e-mail
company

HP signs deal with open-source e-mail
company 06/11/2004 07:09 PM
A longtime Microsoft partner cozies up with the open-source community.

Pharmaceutical services company opens
door to open source

Pharmaceutical services company opens
door to open source 03/28/2005 03:45 PM
EXP Pharmaceutical Services Corp. of Fremont, Calif., is finding freedom from huge licensing fees and increasing its ROI thanks to a recent migration from Windows and a proprietary software infrastructure to Linux and open source solutions.

Las Vegas Legal Video Hires Emmy Winner
as Legal Video Specialist

Las Vegas Legal Video Hires Emmy Winner
as Legal Video Specialist 06/24/2004 03:02 AM
Emmy-Winner Schwartz brings wealth of experience to upstart Las Vegas company [PRWEB Jun 24, 2004]

Company merges code-editing tools with
open-source framework

Company merges code-editing tools with
open-source framework 01/16/2004 11:05 AM
Java. It also allows developers to create and edit projects in 47 other languages, including C#, PHP, HTML, XML and COBOL. Although ...

Web design company uses open source
shopping cart to grow business

Web design company uses open source
shopping cart to grow business 09/07/2004 05:22 AM
Chris Winfield knows that his clients need low-cost custom Web site design and deployment. Winfield's company, 10e20, has found that offering those solutions is easier with open source software applications like osCommerce.

Briefly: IP firm taps legal muscle

Briefly: IP firm taps legal muscle 06/18/2004 12:55 PM
roundup Plus: Blockbuster builds up to Viacom split...Paid search predictor launched...IBM fires up hosted design apps.

Company Morphs Failed Consumer
Electronics Product into an Open Source
Educational Kit

Company Morphs Failed Consumer
Electronics Product into an Open Source
Educational Kit 03/17/2005 03:01 AM
Things don’t always work out as planned. Once Zan Oliphant, founder of Seattle area garage startup Zanware, realized he couldn’t find investors to mass-produce his company’s in-wall TCP/IP PC controller, he decided to open up the entire product for the education and hobbyist market. “Investors want to make money, but engineers like me want to make cool things – we just didn’t see eye-to-eye on that,” said Oliphant. [PRWEB Mar 17, 2005]

SearchEnterpriseLinux: MySQL CEO: Open
Source MySQL Will Rise, Legal Foes Will
Fall

SearchEnterpriseLinux: MySQL CEO: Open
Source MySQL Will Rise, Legal Foes Will
Fall 02/01/2005 09:06 PM
"None of the legal attacks on open source or Linux have been successful. None of that stuff has gone anywhere. That's the biggest story..."

NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits."

NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits." 02/17/2004 11:57 PM
As per a recent post, I love to see (and hope to one day do it myself) Open Source Software in Non-Profits. Seems http://www.nosi.net found my post: http://thelostolive.net/tlo/comments.php?id=1786_0_1_0_C And commented the release of its new guide "Choosing and Using Open Source Software: A Primer for Nonprofits." And now in their own words: ___snip____ -- From: Katrin Verclas Email: steering (a) nosi.net Hi, Kevin - NOSI actually just released a new...

Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group

Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group 05/07/2004 04:33 PM
A key leader in the open-source software movement has been appointed to the board of Open Source Risk Management, which is defending the legal standing of open-source software.

Linux company hires industry veteran

Linux company hires industry veteran 11/18/2003 05:33 PM
Enrico Pesatori, an executive who has held posts at several major computing companies, has taken over as chief executive of Linux system seller Penguin Computing, the company says.

Schipul -The Web Marketing Company Hires
Business Development Associate

Schipul -The Web Marketing Company Hires
Business Development Associate 04/06/2005 02:38 AM
Schipul’s unique approach to web marketing attracted former small business owner Jack Perry. [PRWEB Apr 6, 2005]

Do You Suffer from Open Source Phobia? -
six reasons you might relent and be
ready for an extreme makeover - OPEN
SOURCE - Magazine - Darwin Magazine

Do You Suffer from Open Source Phobia? -
six reasons you might relent and be
ready for an extreme makeover - OPEN
SOURCE - Magazine - Darwin Magazine 03/08/2004 11:20 PM
http://www.darwinmag.com/read/030104/open.html ASK A GROUP OF corporate IT leaders whether they'd rather stick their arms into a box of tarantulas or allow open source software (OSS) on their networks, and odds are most would start rolling up their sleeves. Not to do any downloading, either.

Slashdot on Open Source Ideas and Open
Source Life

Slashdot on Open Source Ideas and Open
Source Life 06/23/2004 08:27 PM
As Canada protects the patents on genes, Download Aborted wonders whether the genetic code should be considered Open Source. It's slashdotted here. And as atonement for saying something positive about the people at Microsoft — man, you folks are rough! — here's some slashdottism about the anti-Open Source think tanks that Microsoft is funding. (But I still like the Microsofties I've met. So there.)...

Source: UMass Hires Ford As Hoops Coach
(AP)

Source: UMass Hires Ford As Hoops Coach
(AP) 03/24/2005 07:51 PM
AP - Eastern Kentucky's Travis Ford has been chosen as the next basketball coach of Massachusetts, a university source told The Associated Press.

Open source opportunity, open source
risk

Open source opportunity, open source
risk 09/22/2004 10:44 AM
I've been traveling more than usual lately, and while on the road I've been working my way through the ITConversations audio archive. It's full of gems, and one of them is Doug Kaye's interview with Philip Greenspun. While discussing the ArsDigita flameout, Greenspun offers insightful perspectives on the opportunity, and the risk, of open source as a business model. ...

Open source process for open source
development

Open source process for open source
development 04/05/2005 11:50 AM

Sun has given every possible indication that Open Solaris will be run as a true open source project. The latest indication is the make-up of the board of directors: Casper Dik, Roy Fielding, Al Hopper, Simon Phipps, and Rich Teer. (via Simon Phipps - congrats Simon!)

Oil Prices Soar as Russian Company Faces
New Legal Curbs

Oil Prices Soar as Russian Company Faces
New Legal Curbs 07/28/2004 04:41 PM
The game of brinksmanship between Yukos and the Kremlin escalated as the company warned it may stop exporting oil.

From open source to open services to
open information

From open source to open services to
open information 03/29/2005 12:00 PM
My March 21 entry about upcoming.org turned out to be an odd juxtaposition because, on the same day, a new events database called EVDB was announced and shown at PC Forum. It's due out shortly in public beta but I haven't seen it, so for now I only know what you can also learn from reading, among others: Dan Farber, Ross Mayfield, Om Malik, David Weinberger, and Paul Kedrosky (whose recent archive is missing this morning, yikes). The consensus seems to be that EVDB will be a Web-2.0-style, Wiki-style, RSS-friendly, Flickr-and-del.icio.us-like thingy. Sounds promising! I'll certainly check it out when it's public. ...

Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb)

Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb) 04/08/2005 04:56 AM
TechWeb - The software vendor will add to the 20 products it now offers for source-code inspection under its Shared Source Initiative.

Microsoft releases source code to open
source community

Microsoft releases source code to open
source community 05/05/2004 04:06 AM
About a month ago, Microsoft posted some of its source code to SourceForge. SourceForge is a, if not the, major distribution point for open source software. Microsoft's code was put there under the terms of the Common Public License, which allows modification, addition, redistribution - in short, it allows most of the rights and privileges that we associate with open source software.

Open source process for closed source
development

Open source process for closed source
development 04/05/2005 11:50 AM

IBM Adopts Open Development Internally: "Following on the success of its Eclipse open-source development platform, IBM has quietly been using a form of open-source development internally to create technology the company will sell commercially.

IBM calls its model Community Source, which it defines as a collaborative, internal, open-source-style environment for developing and testing new technology.

Danny Sabbah, vice president of strategy and technology for the IBM Software Group, in Armonk, N.Y., said IBM is using its Community Source model across 100 projects and 2,000 developers in the company. These projects span the IBM Software Group, Systems Group, Research and Global Services, he said."

Very interesting. I'd like to learn more about that. What parts of the so called open source development process have they built into the Community Source model? I've found that most developers have different definitions of the open source development process (via Ross Gardler).

Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source

Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source 02/13/2004 02:37 PM
What should Microsoft do, now that a chunk of its NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 source code have leaked onto the Web? Our guest columnist says Microsoft should make lemonade out of lemons and just open source the whole enchilada.

Pingtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With
New Open Source Business Model.

Pingtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With
New Open Source Business Model. 02/18/2004 10:41 PM
Pi ngtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With New Open Source Business Model. Interesting.

Open source hackers release open fixes
for MSFT vulnerabilityware

Open source hackers release open fixes
for MSFT vulnerabilityware 12/19/2003 11:45 AM
MSFT's apparent incapacity for patching MSIE vulnerabilities hasn't deterred open-source hackers, who have released a free software patch for a well-known Explorer vulnerability.

Update: Andrew sez, "...it contains buffer overflow exploits that are wide open for hax0r5 to take advantage of. In addition, it redirects weird URL requests to -it's own website-."

Update: Yoz points out that the patch has been patched. Link (via /.)

Open-Xchange Server 5 Blends
Proprietary, Open-Source Perks

Open-Xchange Server 5 Blends
Proprietary, Open-Source Perks 04/12/2005 08:07 PM
Accessible through common Web browsers, the collaboration platform lets users share e-mail, calendar, tasks, threaded discussions and documents originating from both proprietary and open-source systems.

When Open Source doesn't open and source
doesn't matter

When Open Source doesn't open and source
doesn't matter 07/20/2004 11:14 AM
One frustration too many: time for a rant. When a bug in Mozilla (keyboard focus is on the previously selected window) has remained unfixed for at least 18 to 24 months, when XFree86 mouse interaction with PS/2 or GPM remains hazardous and makes a system unusable and that bug has been fobbed off to the kernel developers and not dealt with for at least two years - when there are more examples like this that make using Open Source software a pain, what do you do?

Are you one of the few people with the time and money and expertise sufficient to delve into the source yourself to fix the problem?

Do we have it "too good" and these niggles are, by comparison to the rest of the world's computer users (Windows), absolute peanuts?

More Than Open Data at the 2004 O'Reilly
Open Source Convention

More Than Open Data at the 2004 O'Reilly
Open Source Convention 08/09/2004 12:52 AM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Aug 9 2004 5:11AM GMT
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