Sunday April 08, 2007 links for 2007-04-08
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I fear the dragon is asleep on its loot rather than dead. But I think Firefox and Google have indeed changed the game.
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"Either IBM *wants* to keep the GPL and AL incompatible, doesn't care, or Bob isn't paying attention. Which is it?" Third option: since they don't use the GPL for anything, maybe they just don't care & this is a hollow me-too.
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"In this talk, I explain why smaller software-focused businesses will soon be deserting Apache- and BSD-style permissive licenses for GPL[2 3] and their successors." Interestingly he doesn't mention MPL/CDDL/weak-copyleft.
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An argument from the forthcoming geek remake of "Life of Brian"
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Microsoft copying Linux again.
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"The [RIAA] asked that any owner of a copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret be able to use pretexting" OK, this comment is my copyright, so I get to be exempt from the law too, right?
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It's sad to see, but it's the inevitable consequence of trademark law in the US and many other places. In this case it's more complicated than usual, but the golden rule for FOSS naming remains: pick a name unrelated to any trademark.
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Best of luck, Marc, looking forward to meeting you.
Posted by webmink
( Apr 08 2007, 02:22:28 AM PDT )
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