12 month ago
Linkorama : Open Source Unlocks IT? - Open source is truly the best way to unlock the value of information technology, Michael Tiemann, president of the Open Source Initiative, said at the annual Gartner Open Source Summit here Sept. 20.
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13 month ago
Linkorama : Knit Discrimination - Ashlee Vance, what in the world do you have against knitters?
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13 month ago
Linkorama : OSI Prez confronts irate users over 'badgerware' - We've taken the liberty of dubbing CPAL a badgerware license in honor of Socialtext's fluffy nature. (e.d.: Mushroom! Mushroom!)
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14 month ago
Linkorama : OSI evacuation begins over 'badgeware' license - Man unsubscribes from mailing list. Register reporter writes a fluff piece. Man bites dog.
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14 month ago
Linkorama : Microsoft to Submit Shared Source Licenses to OSI - Hey, if Socialtext can do it, maybe Microsoft can to
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14 month ago
Linkorama : OSI Approves Attribution - After months of back and forth between open source vendors, the OSI and pundits in the blogosphere, it's great to see that common sense prevailed. Congrats to all those who persevered to make this happen. And now we can get back to more important issues..
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14 month ago
Linkorama : OSI approves 'badgeware' license - I was rather oddly quoted in this piece, but that is the Register style
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15 month ago
Linkorama : For Approval: Common Public Attribution License (CPAL) - Submission to OSI's License-Discuss
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15 month ago
Linkorama : Centric CRM responds to OSI hard line - Following the response by SocialText to Michael Tiemann’s announcement of a new hard line approach to the use of the term “open source”, Centric CRM has now also responded.
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15 month ago
Linkorama : CentricCRM to go open source - Word on the street is that CentricCRM will be launching a significant piece of code (Team Elements) under Larry Rosen's Open Software License early next week.
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15 month ago
Linkorama : Open source by any other name - While the company is committed to using an OSI-approved license it would prefer to have the OSI approve the CPAL. In the meantime, Mayfiled admits to be having an identity crisis:
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21 month ago
Linkorama : OSI Trademark Infringement - jbillings is using the OSI Certified mark without having their license approved. while this points to the need for a General Attribution Provision, the company isn't following the process and watering down the mark.
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Linkorama : Intalio to Release Under OSS License - Intalio's decision confirms the need for a generic attribution provision, and I urge OSI to ratify the one recommended by Socialtext."
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35 month ago
Linkorama : New Source Licenses from Microsoft - They are clearly getting closer and closer to a tipping point. Let's encourage them to go all the way! Be nice.
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