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Microsoft releases source code to open
source community
Microsoft releases source code to open
source community
05/05/2004 04:06 AMAbout 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.
What's Wrong with the Open Source
Community?
What's Wrong with the Open Source
Community?
12/02/2003 12:27 AMSlashdot Dec 1 2003 1:09PM ET
Apple And The Open Source Community
Apple And The Open Source Community
07/04/2004 06:56 PMOpen Source Community Building
Open Source Community Building
03/24/2005 05:27 AMOpen Source Community Building by Matthias
Stürmerhttp://opensource.
mit.edu/papers/sturmer.pdfAbstractBuilding an active and helpful community around an open source
project is a complex task for its leaders. Therefore investigations in
this work are intended to define the optimum starting position of an
open source project and to identify recommendable promoting actions by
project leaders to enlarge community size in a healthy way. For this
paper eight interviews with committed representatives of successful
open source projects have led to over 12 hours of conversation about
community building. Analysing the statements of these experienced
community members exposed helpful activities that led to the presently
prospering communities of their projects. Summarizing the conclusions
of this qualitative research a table with conditions for successful
open source project initialisation and a subject-level promotion
matrix of community building could be created. They include
suggestions on how to start a new open source project and how to
improve and increase the community of an already advanced open source
project.
Openwave Courts Open Source Community
Openwave Courts Open Source Community
05/31/2002 10:12 AMGoogle reaches out to open-source
community
Google reaches out to open-source
community
03/19/2005 03:28 AMThe site is aimed at providing the open-source community with software
tools developed and used internally by Google, contributing code that
external developers might find useful.
Red Hat to build open-source community
in India
Red Hat to build open-source community
in India
01/26/2004 10:18 AMComputer Weekly Jan 26 2004 2:08PM GMT
Attacks puzzle open-source community
Attacks puzzle open-source community
02/13/2004 06:56 AMZDNet UK Feb 13 2004 10:52AM GMT
Red Hat building open source community
in India
Red Hat building open source community
in India
01/24/2004 12:09 AMBANGALORE, INDIA - Linux vendor Red Hat is investing in India to build
an open source community in the country, with educational institutions
likely to be a key focus, according to the company's top executive.
More On The Corporate Gated Open Source
Community
More On The Corporate Gated Open Source
Community
04/29/2004 11:56 AMEarlier this month we joked about how the new Avalanche CIO co-op was
really
open
source with a $30,000 gate. It appears that the group doesn't see
it as a joke. That's
exactly how they
describe themselves. The interview with one of the founders also
raises some interesting points about how the group is going to avoid a
SCO-IBM situation where some of the software that goes into the co-op
is accused of having intellectual property violations. The guy from
the co-op sort of brushes that off by saying they have a top
intellectual property law firm who will review all submissions to make
sure they're safe. Considering the number of software patents showing
up these days on all sorts of minor software processes, and the fact
that I'd put IBM's lawyers up against any top IP law firm any day and
they certainly didn't expect SCO to go on this bizarre run, I doubt
that's much real protection. If anything, this may end up opening up
the companies in the co-op to more (pointless, of course) patent
lawsuits by revealing their internal software. For instance, the
first piece of software in the co-op was an internal application from
Best Buy. Before this, no one outside of Best Buy really knew what it
did, since it was all internal. Thus, there was almost no risk of
being accused of patent infringment. However, by opening it up
(admittedly to just a few companies right now) they risk someone who
has patents on some tiny process used in their software to come back
and sue them
and any of the other companies in the co-op who
downloads it. Maybe after a few of these types of lawsuits the
companies involved in the co-op will become a bit more pro-active in
fighting against bad software patents.
Free/Open Source research Community
Free/Open Source research Community
12/09/2003 01:27 PMFree/Open Source Research Communityhttp://opensource.mit.edu/h
ome.htmlFree/open source software (F/OSS) is software
for which the human-readable source code is made available to the user
of the software, who can then modify the code in order to fit the
software to the user’s needs. The source code is the set of written
instructions that define a program in its original form, and when
it’s made fully accessible programmers can read it, modify it, and
redistribute it, thereby improving and adapting the software. In this
manner the software evolves at a rate unmatched by traditional
proprietary software. For many years free/open source software has
been building momentum. Beginning amidst the technical cultures that
produced the Internet and World Wide Web, it is now causing quite a
stir in the commercial world as large software corporations are
finding themselves competing against commercially available open
source software.
This new demand for free and open source
software has piqued interest among scholars in disciplines ranging
from sociology to economics to social psychology, and has raised
questions in fields of application ranging from innovation processes
to strategic management. As an aid to these scholars, they offer the
Free / Open Source Research Community. By having visitors contribute
to our research databases, they hope to establish a community of
information exchange that will lead to a greater understanding of open
source and it's applications.
In the spirit of free and
open source software (F/OSS), they are attempting to establish a
community in which information will be freely exchanged, so that
others may further the understanding of open source and its
implications outside the realm of software development. They invite
researchers to post their papers on open source and free software
here, and to add themselves to the research directory, so that their
community can become steadily larger and more comprehensive.
IBM Tips Derby to Open-Source Community
(NewsFactor)
IBM Tips Derby to Open-Source Community
(NewsFactor)
08/03/2004 06:10 PMNewsFactor - IBM (NYSE: IBM) is providing its Cloudscape relational
database software to the
Apache Software Foundation (ASF), an open-source organization, hoping
to
spur innovation for Java applications for embedded databases.
Notebook: Open-Source Community Upbeat
at LinuxWorld
Notebook: Open-Source Community Upbeat
at LinuxWorld
08/03/2004 11:07 PMAttendees are finding plenty to appreciate at this week's LinuxWorld
show in San Francisco, including new products, desktop Linux and guys
in kilts.
IBM Donates Speech Technology to Open
Source Community
IBM Donates Speech Technology to Open
Source Community
09/13/2004 10:28 PMIBM has contributed speech technology to the Apache Software
Foundation. By releasing its source code IBM hopes to bring a quick
end to battles over competing, proprietary standards; solidifying the
industry behind VoiceXML.
Can the open source community beat
software patenters?
Can the open source community beat
software patenters?
08/10/2004 10:51 AMPatents and the threat they pose to open source and overall software
innovation are a hot topic, but patents may not be a useful weapons
against a community that works with, ardently supports, and defends
open source with money, time, and expertise.
Community News: MoviePartners' Open
Source Move
Community News: MoviePartners' Open
Source Move
05/26/2004 07:31 AMVia a link from
PHP Magazine
today, there is a special note off the newswire about the
MoviePartners leveraging open source technologies to launch two new
websites, one of which is the "oldest and largest" screenwriting
communities still in operation.
BEA Builds Beehive for Open-Source
Community (NewsFactor)
BEA Builds Beehive for Open-Source
Community (NewsFactor)
05/20/2004 03:46 PMNewsFactor - BEA Systems (Nasdaq: BEAS) is delivering software code
for its WebLogic framework, with
an eye to drawing more developers to the platform and speeding the
creation of more Java-based enterprise applications.
Kernel Changes Draw Concern from
Open-Source Community
Kernel Changes Draw Concern from
Open-Source Community
04/17/2005 11:09 AMThe Linux 2.6 kernel is getting fatter, some contend; others say new
features are optional and that their use is at the discretion of
organizations compiling their builds of the kernel.
Open-Source Community Eager for
Cloudscape Code
Open-Source Community Eager for
Cloudscape Code
08/05/2004 07:54 PMIBM's move to open-source its Java database "permits applications to
count on the functionality of a real database from the get-go," says a
member of the Apache Software Foundation.
Fedora Directory Server Now Available To
The Open Source Community
Fedora Directory Server Now Available To
The Open Source Community
06/05/2005 11:28 PMvnunet: Open Source Community Preaches
Coexistence
vnunet: Open Source Community Preaches
Coexistence
03/14/2005 05:29 PM"Open source and commercial applications will coexist in peace, Marten
Mickos, chief executive at MySQL, said in a keynote presentation at
LinuxWorld, adding that open source will help the IT industry to move
more quickly into new markets..."
Virtual Community Makes Open Source
Encyclopedia Succeed
Virtual Community Makes Open Source
Encyclopedia Succeed
12/18/2003 01:06 PMVirtual Community Makes Open Source Encyclopedia
Succeedhttp://firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_12/ciffolilli/index.html
An open source encyclopedia seems to defy all logic.
Anyone can contribute -- and anyone can change, deface or erase the
information it contains. Yet Wikipedia is successful for several
reasons. First, it's being constructed by a purpose-built virtual
community, whose members share the same goals and passions. Another
factor is the low cost associated with IT and virtual communities. In
a way, technology has virtually eliminated transaction costs for
editing and updating information. This not only stimulates development
of the community and the project, it provides a full exploitation of
massive collaboration economies. Another secret of Wikipedia's success
is its "creative construction" of information, rather than a "creative
destruction" of it. Initially, some observers expected an endless war
among reliable contributions, as well as graffiti attacks that would
deface and delay the development of the Web site. In reality, that
hasn't happened. Every change made to every article is stored;
unapproved modifications can be undone with a single click. Thus,
hackers and graffiti artists waste more of their time and effort
trying to litter a page than administrators require to correct it.
Through this mechanism of editing and undoing meaningless changes or
graffiti, an evolutionary process is fostered. Among other results,
that means only the best contributions survive.
Interview: Sudhir Gandotra on what
India's open source community needs
Interview: Sudhir Gandotra on what
India's open source community needs
04/07/2005 01:23 PMSudhir Gandotra is an open source marketeer par excellence. He is best
known for Kalculate, an accounting package for the Linux desktop, but
Gandotra has been providing support for Linux desktops for almost a
decade. In this interview he talks of various open source adoption
barriers that exist in India, his experience marketing a product that
mandates the use of a non-standard operating system, and the reasons
behind his Linux desktop for India.
CA issues million dollar challenge to
open source community
CA issues million dollar challenge to
open source community
08/07/2004 08:41 AMFree/Open Source Research Community
Online Papers
Free/Open Source Research Community
Online Papers
10/28/2003 11:08 PMFree/Open Source Research Community Online Papershttp://opensource.m
it.edu/online_papers.phpFree/open source software
(F/OSS) is software for which the human-readable source code is made
available to the user of the software, who can then modify the code in
order to fit the software to the user’s needs. The source code is
the set of written instructions that define a program in its original
form, and when it’s made fully accessible programmers can read it,
modify it, and redistribute it, thereby improving and adapting the
software. In this manner the software evolves at a rate unmatched by
traditional proprietary software.
For many years free/open
source software has been building momentum. Beginning amidst the
technical cultures that produced the Internet and World Wide Web, it
is now causing quite a stir in the commercial world as large software
corporations are finding themselves competing against commercially
available open source software.
information. This new demand for
free and open source software has piqued interest among scholars in
disciplines ranging from sociology to economics to social psychology,
and has raised questions in fields of application ranging from
innovation processes to strategic management. The online papers
archives represents the latest thinking and current happenings.
Kernel Changes Draw Concern from
Open-Source Community (Ziff Davis)
Kernel Changes Draw Concern from
Open-Source Community (Ziff Davis)
04/17/2005 02:41 PMZiff Davis - The Linux 2.6 kernel is getting fatter, some contend;
others say new features are optional and that their use is at the
discretion of organizations compiling their builds of the kernel.
AMD Joins Open Source Development Labs
and Recognizes Community Support for
AMD64
AMD Joins Open Source Development Labs
and Recognizes Community Support for
AMD64
04/22/2004 02:29 AMSun offloads four mostly useless Java
projects to the open source community
including Looking Glass and Java3D.
Sun offloads four mostly useless Java
projects to the open source community
including Looking Glass and Java3D.
06/28/2004 07:54 PMSun offloads four mostly useless Java projects to the open
source community including Looking Glass and Java3D. (See lip
service yesterday.)
Sun confirms open-source Solaris plans
Sun confirms open-source Solaris plans
06/02/2004 04:46 PMA Sun spokesman said an open-source Solaris is in the works, but he
declined to reveal any significant details about the project,
including what software license Sun would use and what components of
the operating system would be released.
Sun plans to open-source Java--someday
Sun plans to open-source Java--someday
06/04/2004 12:15 PMSun plans an open-source Java--someday
Sun plans an open-source Java--someday
06/04/2004 12:41 PMPolese opens up on open-source plans
Polese opens up on open-source plans
01/04/2005 05:25 PMIndustry vet Kim Polese reveals details of start-up SpikeSource's bid
to provide support for open-source software on corporate networks.
Open internet Why plans to control spam
could be bad news for the net
Open internet Why plans to control spam
could be bad news for the net
09/03/2004 08:25 AMBBC Sep 3 2004 12:59PM GMT
ObjectWeb plans open-source BPEL server
ObjectWeb plans open-source BPEL server
09/15/2004 09:54 AMComputer Weekly Sep 15 2004 2:18PM GMT
ObjectWeb plans open source BPEL server
ObjectWeb plans open source BPEL server
09/14/2004 02:32 PMObjectWeb will begin distributing an open source BPEL server in the
coming weeks, expanding the available options for a middleware
technology used to link several applications and data sources into a
larger business process. It will be the second open source BPEL server
released in recent weeks.
O'Reilly plans 2004 Open Source
Convention
O'Reilly plans 2004 Open Source
Convention
12/19/2003 05:09 PMNext July 26-30,in Portland, Oregon,
O'Reilly & Associates will host
their annual
O'Reilly Open Source
Convention (OSCON). Organizers are now accepting proposals for
topics of interest to the open source community and in line with the
convention's theme: "Opening the Future: Discover, Develop, Deliver."
Analysts Question Sun's Open-Source
Solaris Plans
Analysts Question Sun's Open-Source
Solaris Plans
09/21/2004 07:08 PMSun's plans to offer Solaris code to the open-source community leaves
some analysts scratching their heads.
Microsoft's Patent Plans Worry
Open-Source Supporters
Microsoft's Patent Plans Worry
Open-Source Supporters
06/05/2004 01:10 AMMicrosoft's new policy for licensing its patents has supporters of
open-source software worried that the company will use a broken
government system for protecting intellectual property to beat back
gains Linux and other competing software have made in the marketplace.
The Redmond, Wash., software maker, which holds about 4,500 patents
covering a broad spectrum of technology affecting desktops, servers,
and more, said in December that it would begin licensing patents to
meet requests from customers, partners, and regulators.
Rockbox Plans Open Source Firmware For
iRiver Gear
Rockbox Plans Open Source Firmware For
iRiver Gear
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