Center Offers Open Source License Defense, Legal Services

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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

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.

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

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.

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.

Official nod for Sun open-source license

Official nod for Sun open-source license 01/04/2005 08:57 PM
The Open Source Initiative's license approval committee has given a vote of support to Sun Microsystems' license.

Choosing an open source license

Choosing an open source license 07/26/2004 04:04 AM
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) lists more than 50 approved open source licenses. Each license is anywhere from slightly to vastly unlike its neighbors. All of them are written for lawyers, not mere mortal software developers. So how do you choose the most sensible an open source license for your projects?

Open source license help needed

Open source license help needed 12/17/2004 06:33 PM

Every now and then, I get an e-mail asking me to clarify the license associated with code that I've posted on this site, such as my date parsing script. I'm looking for an open source license that I can start slapping on things to ensure people that they can use it for whatever they want, but wading through the list of licenses is no fun at all. Here are the features I'm looking for:

• Minimal boiler-plate. I don't want to have to copy and paste dozens of lines of legalese in to a 30 line long example script; my ideal license would allow me to "link it in" in a single line ("(c) Simon Willison 2004, released under [X] license").
• Allows commercial use. I don't care if people make money off something I've published here.
• Encourages attribution. I don't want people feeling they have to credit me if they reuse five lines of Python I posted as an example somewhere, but I'm not averse to getting credited for more substantial contributions. I don't want to make attribution a requirement though as I'd rather people used my code and failed to attribute me than didn't use it at all.
• Is compatible with other licenses. I often get asked if people can include my code in other open source projects - whatever license I use needs not to get in the way of other people's licensing aims for their own projects.

I'm tempted to just slap a note saying "this code is in the public domain" on everything and have done, but I'm not sure if there are unpleasant side effects to doing so. The only thing I want to avoid is people explicitly claiming my work as their own.

Sun criticizes popular open-source
license

Sun criticizes popular open-source
license 04/05/2005 07:29 PM
Sun Microsystems President Jonathan Schwartz applauds the open-source software realm but takes jabs at the GPL.

Intel to stop using open-source license

Intel to stop using open-source license 03/31/2005 12:14 PM
The chipmaker says it will discontinue an open-source license used to govern some of its software.

SpamAssassin sports new open-source
license

SpamAssassin sports new open-source
license 09/22/2004 09:01 PM
Open-source spam blocker gets legal makeover with switch to Apache license. Oh, and tech upgrades.

Intel Dropping its Open Source License

Intel Dropping its Open Source License 04/01/2005 08:32 PM
Linux Magazine Apr 2 2005 12:02AM GMT

Indian president calls for open source
in defense

Indian president calls for open source
in defense 07/07/2004 01:16 PM
ZDNet Jul 7 2004 5:09PM GMT

Open-Source Backers Ready Longhorn
Defense

Open-Source Backers Ready Longhorn
Defense 04/28/2004 04:01 PM
Even though Longhorn is still two-plus years away, the open-source community can't afford to wait to build comparable technologies, advocates say.

Microsoft Tweaks Sender ID License For
Open Source

Microsoft Tweaks Sender ID License For
Open Source 08/27/2004 01:38 PM
Redmond works to make its anti-spam proposal more palatable for the open source community, but much remains unclear.

SpamAssassin switches to Apache open
source license

SpamAssassin switches to Apache open
source license 09/23/2004 11:10 AM
ZDNet Sep 23 2004 1:37PM GMT

License issues lining up for Linux, open
source

License issues lining up for Linux, open
source 02/05/2005 09:48 PM
As if the largest software company in the world as an opponent was not enough, the Linux and open source software industry is facing some of its biggest challenges in containing the proliferation of its own licenses and updating a 15-year-old GPL. Both hurdles were roundly discussed during sessions at the recent OSDL Enterprise Linux Summit, but there appeared to be no easy answers nor easy solutions to either licensing issue.

Sun license nears official "open-source"
status

Sun license nears official "open-source"
status 01/04/2005 08:25 PM
The Open Source Initiative's license approval committee has given a vote of support to Sun Microsystems' license.

France lends support to new open-source
license

France lends support to new open-source
license 07/09/2004 11:55 AM
PARIS - Researchers at three French government-funded research organizations this week revealed something they hope will increase the spread of free, open source software in the country: a new license they say is compatible with the Free Software Foundation Inc.'s GNU General Public License (GPL).

Intel Strikes a Blow for Open-Source
License Sanity

Intel Strikes a Blow for Open-Source
License Sanity 04/02/2005 09:20 AM
eWeek Apr 2 2005 12:25PM GMT

Intel withdraws open source license,
receives applause

Intel withdraws open source license,
receives applause 03/29/2005 05:30 PM
In a message posted to the OSI license-discuss email list on March 29, Intel attorney McCoy Smith wrote, "Intel has been studying internally the issue of license proliferation. One step Intel would like to take to reduce license proliferation (both internally, and externally, to Intel) is to have the "Intel Open Source License" (aka "BSD License with Export Notice") removed from future use as an approved OSI open source license."

Microsoft releases first open source
project with externally-created license

Microsoft releases first open source
project with externally-created license 04/09/2004 04:10 PM
InternetNews.com: "WiX is the first project from Microsoft to be released under the Common Public License, an externally created open source license." Slashdot readers remain skeptical, but I think the world is truly changing....

Protecting Against Open Source Legal
Risks

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

Open Source As Legal Time Bomb

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

One small step for the OSI board, one
giant leap for open source license kind

One small step for the OSI board, one
giant leap for open source license kind 04/04/2005 11:35 AM
ZDNet Apr 4 2005 3:24PM GMT

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. ...

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.

Open Source Resource Center

Open Source Resource Center 05/09/2004 07:18 AM
Open Source Resource Center
http://www.pseb.org.pk/pr ojects/osrc/

The Open Source Resource Center is a first such forum in Pakistan created by Pakistan Software Export Board (G) Ltd. at Islamabad. The Resource Center will bring together wide range of expertise related to Open Source Technologies and Resources at one place. The IT companies can access, share, and contribute the knowledge particular to the development and transformation of IT products on Open Source Technologies. The Resource Center brings together established technology vendors, startups, open source community members and enterprise IT users/customers to jointly explore new opportunities for OSS deployment and how to capitalize on them.

Open-source screening company hires
legal muscle

Open-source screening company hires
legal muscle 06/18/2004 12:55 PM
Black Duck Software has tapped an IP specialist to advise companies about the use of open-source and proprietary software.

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.

OpenMC : Open Source Multimedia Center

OpenMC : Open Source Multimedia Center 12/10/2003 04:32 AM
First release

Open Source Law Center Opens Doors

Open Source Law Center Opens Doors 02/01/2005 09:39 PM
Internet News Feb 1 2005 8:01AM GMT

iTheater: Open Source Media Center For
OSX

iTheater: Open Source Media Center For
OSX 02/05/2005 09:10 PM

OSDL members fund open-source law center

OSDL members fund open-source law center 02/01/2005 09:07 PM
The Software Freedom Law Center will be based in New York and run by Eben Moglen, a professor at Columbia University Law School. It will initially employ two full-time attorneys, a chief technical officer and administrative staffers.

Services start-up gives away open-source
bundle

Services start-up gives away open-source
bundle 03/30/2005 11:18 AM
SourceLabs releases a package of software that includes the Apache Web server, the MySQL database and PHP scripting tools.

IBM offers Cloudscape as open source
code

IBM offers Cloudscape as open source
code 08/03/2004 11:01 AM
IBM Corp. has found a new home for the Cloudscape database software it picked up in 2001 through its acquisition of Informix Corp. The company plans to announce Tuesday that it will give Cloudscape to the Apache Software Foundation, which will oversee Cloudscape as an open-source project.

BEA Offers Free Open-Source Components

BEA Offers Free Open-Source Components 05/26/2004 07:51 PM
LinuxInsider.com,CA-8 minutes ago ... and open-source controls designed to help enable developers to tap into the Web services capabilities of the Amazon, eBay, Federal Express, Google, PayPal and ...

Open-source CRM offers sweetened service

Open-source CRM offers sweetened service 09/07/2004 08:48 AM
ZDNet Sep 7 2004 12:52PM GMT

IBM offers Cloudscape as open-source
code

IBM offers Cloudscape as open-source
code 08/03/2004 05:47 PM
IBM said it will donate its Cloudscape database software code, valued at $85 million, as an open-source project, with the goal of spurring Java application development and creating business opportunities for its infrastructure software products.
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