Topics for this podcast:
*Jacobsen v. Katzer and open source impact
*Intel, Nokia team up for MeeGo open source OS
*Open source continues in embedded space
*MongoDB and the advent of the NoSQL databases
*Copyrights, complexities, control and conflict
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Matt Asay joins Canonical. Paula Hunter joins the CodePlex Foundation. And more.
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# Matt Asay joined Canonical as chief operating officer.
# Paula Hunter was named executive director of the CodePlex Foundation.
# Actuate recorded $6.5m in BIRT-related business for Q4; annual BIRT-related business of $18.2m up 18%.
# Glyn Moody outlined The Great Oracle Experiment.
# The Symbian Foundation …
[Read more]Oracle’s plans for Sun’s OSS. The UK’s updated OSS strategy. And more.
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Oracle’s plans for Sun’s OSS
# Oracle’s MySQL strategy slide.
# eWeek reported that database thought leaders are divided on Oracle MySQL.
# Savio Rodrigues and Computerworld on Oracle’s plans for MySQL, other open source assets.
# Zack Urlocker is leaving Oracle/Sun/MySQL.
…[Read more]Eclipse adds OSGi server. VMware-Zimbra deal due today? And more.
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For the latest on Oracle’s acquisition of MySQL via Sun, see Everything you always wanted to know about MySQL but were afraid to ask
# VMware’s SpringSource proposed that its dm Server OSGi-based app server become an Eclipse.org community project, while SAP proposed the Graphiti project.
# All …
[Read more]Some weeks ago Luke Kaines stated his observation that “requiring copyright attribution is a greater sin than providing commercial add-ons”.
His perspective was based on the theory that requiring copyright assignment restricts the developer community, a theory that was apparently repeated by Dave Neary during the recent OSBC event (I missed that session due to our CAOS client lunch).
Daniel Chalef of KnowledgeTree provided some evidence of Dave’s perspective and also the contrary view that the assignment of copyright is critical not just for vendor-dominated projects but also for community projects such as The Mozilla Foundation, The …
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