http://www.mixx.com Mixx of items from the gpl collection en-us The purpose of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) is probably obvious from its name -- but what does promoting free software mean in terms of everyday activity? Examining the roles of the organization shows how complex the FSF's advocacy role has become. Sat Aug 30 13:10:13 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1963398/behind_the_doors_of_the_free_software_foundation thingy_1963398 s_lockyer http://www.linux.com/feature/145946 Hello, this is the Open Flash Chart project.Open Flash Chart, is open source. It is free to use and you get the source code to fiddle with! Mon Aug 18 09:20:36 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1847794/open_flash_chart_home thingy_1847794 beijngblog http://teethgrinder.co.uk/open-flash-chart/index.php A federal appeals court has ruled that violating copyleft licenses is copyright infrigement. This strengthens copyleft licenses such as the GPL and Creative Commons licenses. Thu Aug 14 11:54:05 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/1818200/us_court_of_appeals_violating_copyleft_copyright_infringement thingy_1818200 s_lockyer http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080813-court-violating-copyleft-copyright-infringement.html Generally for open source programs, there are two main licenses that most developers take into consideration. These licenses are the Gnu General Public License, and the BSD license. This article will explain the fundamentals of each license, and will help Sat Jul 05 13:52:48 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/752211/bsd_or_gpl_choosing_an_open_source_license thingy_752211 sudhirmangla http://tips.developersvoice.com/bsd-or-gpl-choosing-an-open-source-license.html Linux kernel developers are getting tougher on Nvidia and a few other holdouts that have refused to release open source drivers. Thu Jun 26 08:13:44 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/494240/developers_criticize_nvidia_other_holdouts_for_hindering_linux_desktop_zdnet_com thingy_494240 AmitT http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2587 "Having created this monster called OOXML, Microsoft then used bribery, threats, blackmail, and vicious smear campaigns to force OOXML into fast track acceptance" Mon Jun 23 00:17:25 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/449313/odf_msooxml_synopsis_uk_action_status_microsoft_rand_gpl_exclusion thingy_449313 CyberPhoenix http://boycottnovell.com/2008/06/22/odf-ooxml-synopsis/ Back in May 2006, Sun released Java as open source but it still contained about 5 percent proprietary, non-free code. Now the IcedTea project the rigorous Java Test Compatibility Kit. Sat Jun 21 16:50:03 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/444448/java_is_finally_free_and_open thingy_444448 s_lockyer http://www.osnews.com/story/19892/Java_Is_Finally_Free_and_Open "Mobile open source player Funambol is certainly giving us plenty to watch these days with its Affero GPL licensing, its use of ad-supported mobile phone access to email and general bet on mobile open source software" Tue Jun 17 00:39:05 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/418617/funambol_agpl_d_ad_supported_mobile_open_source thingy_418617 CyberPhoenix http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/06/12/funambol-agpld-ad-supported-mobile-open-source/ "Pentaho Corp. has released its Linux-compatible, open source business intelligence (BI) software under a GNU General Public License Version 2 (GPLv2) license" Sun Jun 15 00:21:26 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/410031/business_intelligence_software_goes_gpl thingy_410031 CyberPhoenix http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3047618529.html "current version 2 alpha release of the Pentaho BI Platform, as well as future versions, will be distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2 (GPLv2)" Sat Jun 07 01:00:21 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/376883/pentaho_releases_business_intelligence_platform_under_gpl_license thingy_376883 CyberPhoenix http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/103804/index.html