Earlier this week, the latest round of BusyBox GPL lawsuits were announced by the SFLC. The current offenders are Best Buy, JVC, Samsung, Westinghouse and 10 others. It seems that every few months, there are a new round of violations or lawsuits announced, so it behooves every company that distributes software or products containing software to ensure they aren't ever on the list.
Read more »Complying with the GPL: How to Avoid Being Named in the Next GPL Lawsuit
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First Look at Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 1
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During the development of Ubuntu 9.10 I got used to running the development version on my netbook. I like installing updates every few days to see new improvements be added (and don’t depend on my netbook to get work done), so I installed Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" Alpha 1.
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VLC for Mac OS X needs developers
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The VideoLAN project, developers of the open source VLC multimedia player, is urgently seeking developers to work on the Mac OS X port. According to a posting on the VLX forums "there are now effectively zero active developers for MacOS" which has already led to the 64 bit releases of VLC for the Apple operating being put on hold.
Read more »Novell Moonlight 2.0 Gets Microsoft's Blessing
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The new version of Moonlight is out, and with it, an expanded patent covenant enabling any Linux user to run Novell's open source Silverlight implementation.
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Dell turns to Linux for quick-boot system
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Dell announced Thursday that it's offering a memory module called Latitude On Flash that can boot up a computer in seconds. Dell's Latitude On Flash module snaps into an internal mini-card slot and allows computers to boot in a few seconds, using the laptop's main x86 processor.
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Canonical’s Shuttleworth: We’ll Have New CEO In 2010
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The big news in the Ubuntu world this week is Mark Shuttleworth's announcement that he'll be stepping down as CEO of Canonical and transitioning the CEO crown to Canonical insider Jane Silber. Here's the news, with some thoughts on what this means for Ubuntu and Canonical.
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MuleSoft Updates Tcat Tomcat Java Server
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For some enterprise Java users, Java EE is not the right solution for their middleware server -- Apache Tomcat is.
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Amberdms gives open source accounting green light
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New Zealand software company Amberdms has released a Web-based open source accounting and billing application aimed at simplifying business and customer management.
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Better Coding Standards in JavaScript 5
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JavaScript 5 (ECMAScript 5) has just been released and it promises to bring stricter code and better coding standards to the table. To learn more about this exciting new update to the Internet's workhorse, read on.
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User and group administration in Ubuntu 9.10
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Linux is a true multi-user environment. This means that more than one user can be logged on at the same time...From both the command line and the GUI, you can do just about anything you need to keep your groups and users maintained.
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Shuttleworth steps down as Ubuntu 10.04 alpha steps up
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Canonical announced that Mark Shuttleworth will be stepping down as CEO in March to be replaced by Canonical COO Jane Silber, reports eWEEK. Meanwhile, the Ubuntu project has released its first alpha of Ubuntu 10.04 ("Lucid Lynx"), which speeds boot-time while kissing the GIMP editor goodbye.
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Android e-reader rooted, booed, and sued
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Barnes & Noble's Android-based Nook e-reader device was rooted by a site called NookDevs. Meanwhile, Intrinsyc revealed that it led the systems integration of the delayed Nook, which has has suffered from some early negative reviews, and Spring Design's lawsuit against Barnes & Noble over the Nook is moving forward.
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Google Map Saver on Linux with Wine
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Google Map Saver is a portable software program that feels more responsive and less complicated to use. The user can enter a location or point of interest and the program will download the available data from Google Maps. Then just click on the Go! button and the map of the location will be displayed, this process takes only a few seconds on a fast Internet connection.
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EeeBot With Google Android
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ASUS plans to develop an educational robot for kids called the EeeBot that uses software based on Google's Android mobile operating system.
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“GPL is Scary!! Please Buy Our Products”
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OpenLogic attempts to monetise the recent lawsuits over GPL violation, increasing the perceived "threat" in the process
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