Regarding Free Software Licensing, FSF explains some more why companies should switch to GPLv3 and the Linux Foundation publishes version 1.0 of SPDX – their standard format for communicating free software license and copyright information.
I would also like to point you out to a recent evolvement in the US regarding Software Patents – read Does not compute: court says only hard math is patentable.
W3C made it now made easier to initiate new development projects (see Open Standards).
In the Other interesting links section under the title All Your BASH Are Belong to Us you will find a disturbing tale of a legal case featuring BASH scripts.
Last but not least, I would like to thank Diego J. Naranjo Barroso – FSFE's new intern – for helping me gather the articles for this week. Also I would like to thank Natalia Evdokimova again for her help with this update for the past months.
Free Software Licensing¶
the Linux Foundation: Press Release Announcing SPDX 1.0
FSF: Android GPLv2 termination worries: one more reason to upgrade to GPLv3
Free Software Business¶
Engadget: CyanogenMod founder joins Samsung Mobile, promises to make Android 'more awesome'
Computer World UK: Simon Says…: Is WebOS Android's "Stalking Horse"?
Software Patents¶
Ars Technica: Patent troll targets Apple's Disk Utility over alleged patent violation
Ars Technica: Does not compute: court says only hard math is patentable
the Register: Explaining the Chocolate Factory's Patent Panic
Business Insider: How To Get Rid Of Patent Trolls For Good
OpenSource.com: Platform wars: software patents in a new light
Ars Technica: Google, needing patents, buys Motorola wireless for $12.5 billion
Ars Technica: Does not compute: court says only hard math is patentable
Open Standards¶
W3C announces the launch of a light-weight way for non-members as well as members to initiate new development projects.
- W3C: W3C Launches Agile Track to Speed Web Innovation
- the Standards Blog: W3C Launches New “Agile” Standards Development Platform
Government and Free Software Policies¶
OSOR: DK: 25,000 hospital staff Copenhagen region to use open source office suite
Michael Geist Blog: Pushing the Limits of State Surveillance
OSOR: 'Government open source projects should work closely with community'
OSOR: RO: Interoperability requirements force Ministry to block open source
Copyright and Other Legal Act Reforms¶
Ars Technica: Need a warrant to unmask Internet users? Not if Canada gets its way
TorrentFreak: Nobody Asked for a Refrigerator Fee
Other interesting links¶
the Inquirer: The cloud is not smart enough to be reliable, says uptime specialis
the Inquirer: Linux 'is no longer the challenger', says Red Hat CEO
Ars Technica: 27,000 South Korean iPhone users suing Apple over "Locationgate"
FSFE Blogs: Can You Copyright Cultural Conciousness? I Don’t Know…
Social Science Research Network: Markets are Efficient if and Only if P = NP
XBMC: the Differences Between Plex and XBMC:
Cluster Monkey: All Your BASH Are Belong To Us
TechnoLlama: When copyright collecting societies act against artists
TechnoLlama: SCRIPTed August 2011
TechnoLlama: Why net neutrality is not a priority in developing countries
A new operating system distribution emerges based on OpenSolaris/Illumos.
Ars Technica: Microsoft wishes Linux a happy 20th birthday
hook out → I really have to write a normal blog post soon …it's been a while and I already have a stack of ideas :P