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Free Software Foundation Hauls Cisco to Court for Open Source License Violations December 12, 2008 
The Free Software Foundation filed a lawsuit against Cisco Systems on Thursday, alleging the networking giant is in violation of numerous open source licenses. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court of Manhattan by the Boston-based nonprofit open source software group.
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The Rocky Legal Landscape of Virtual Worlds, Part 2: Patents November 19, 2008 
A patent represents a grant from the United States government to an individual for the exclusive right to make, use, import, sell, and offer to sell an invention. In order to obtain a patent, an inventor must prove that the invention is new, useful, and not merely an obvious improvement over what was already known.
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The Linux Licensing Labyrinth November 18, 2008 
It's a small wonder that the Linux operating system remains vibrant in multiple industries and is poised to make a dash for more consumers' desktops, considering how often misunderstandings get in the way of its advancement. For instance, Linux was not immediately recognized as a real OS in the way that consumers and business owners viewed the Apple computer or IBM PC in the early days of computing.
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Android: The Good, the Bad and That Pesky Kill Switch October 16, 2008 
Google's first Android phone has finally made its way into long-waiting hands. The T-Mobile G1 device, expected to be in stores within the coming week, is drawing mixed reviews from early users. The closest thing to a sweeping overview might be that it is a powerful device with a few flaws but plenty of positives and potential, some of which isn't yet achieved.
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Free Software Shouldn't Mean You Can't Make a Buck September 18, 2008
Richard Stallman, the founder of the GNU Project, speaks at great lengths about preserving the ideological purity of free software, and in his vision of the future, computer software development is modeled after mathematics and science research, where all research and development is open.
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Open Source Software: Your Company's Legal Risks September 04, 2008 
On Aug. 13, 2008, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision in the much-watched case Jacobsen v. Katzer, No. 2008-1001, which turned on whether violating an open source licensing agreement should be considered copyright infringement. It is important for companies to be aware of the implications of this decision.
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Microsoft Pumps Another $100M Into Novell Deal August 20, 2008 
Microsoft is bumping up its monetary investment in its controversial partnership with Novell. Styling the deal as a so-called incremental investment increase, Microsoft will buy up to $100 million in Suse Linux Enterprise Server support certificates. The certificates are sold and exchanged for IT support from Novell for its Suse Linux Enterprise Server.
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Open Source Wins Landmark Legal Validation August 14, 2008 
Open source developers now have newly clarified protection, thanks to an appeals court ruling over the validity of their licenses. A judge with U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Wednesday that programmers who "engage in open source licensing" and copyright their work do "have the right to control the modification and distribution" of their products.
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Microsoft Feathers Apache's Nest July 28, 2008 
In a somewhat surprising move from a company that rattled sabers with what seemed like the entire open source software world last year, Microsoft has become a sponsor of the open source Apache Software Foundation and has opened up some of its protocols for use by OSS developers. Microsoft's Sam Ramji, director of the company's Open Source Software Lab, made the announcement at OSCON.
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Linuxy Declarations of Independence June 30, 2008 
Well, the Fourth of July is just a few days away, and all good citizens of the nation we call America must naturally be thinking of the birth of this great land. Not content to be just great, our founding fathers wanted independence as well, and that value is still held dear today.
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Packing It In: The Evolution of Online Video and Audio Tech, Part 2 June 29, 2008 
The choice of particular audio-video compression technology is of vital interest to commercial and not-for-profit organizations involved in producing and delivering digital multimedia products and services. New York-based Paltalk's choice is a case in point. "Our codec choice proved to be wise indeed," Paltalk founder and Chief Technical Officer Perry Scherer told LinuxInsider.
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Alfresco CEO John Powell on the Value of Free June 25, 2008 
Is it possible to make money by giving something away for free? John Powell, CEO of Alfresco Software, believes that the open source software market is worth $60 billion. The value doesn't accrue from the revenue that it generates. Rather, that value is rooted in the cost savings for his customers. Looked at from this angle, open source is the largest tech industry, Powell believes.
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Creative Collaboration: The Open Source Filmmaking Experiment June 24, 2008 
Once an expensive, difficult and inaccessible profession to break into, filmmaking has now opened up to the masses. With the digital revolution, anyone with a digital video camera and access to basic editing software can make a film. Along with this accessibility has come a new wave of collaborative, open source filmmaking, where writers, videographers, musicians and producers share their work on a film project.
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Microsoft Opens Arms a Little Wider With 14,000 Pages of Tech Specs April 09, 2008 
Microsoft is continuing to make good on its promises of openness. The Redmond software behemoth posted an additional 14,000 pages of preliminary versions of technical documentation of Microsoft protocols that should help third-party developers -- including open source developers -- build more interoperable applications.
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SCO's Plan to Rise From the Ashes Flickers Out April 04, 2008 
SCO, the company everyone in the Unix and Linux worlds loves to hate, has lost its latest angel investor. Private equity firm Steven Norris Capital Partners had filed a memorandum of understanding tentatively offering $5 million in stock and a $95 million loan the long-moribund SCO would use to pay off creditors and come back to life.
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Red Hat Roars in Q4 March 28, 2008 
Red Hat saw its stock move briskly higher Friday as investors digested a strong earnings performance and an optimistic outlook. The company posted record software license sales and issued guidance that topped Wall Street estimates for 2009. For its fourth quarter, Red Hat saw revenue of $141.5 million, a 27 percent increase over the year before.
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