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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements A call to action on OASIS patent policyA large group of prominent free software and related personalities (Perens, Stallman, Lessig, O'Reilly, Moglen, Kapor, van Rossum, Raymond, Behlendorf, etc.) has signed a letter calling for resistance to the patent-friendly policy adopted by OASIS, a consortium for electronic business standards. "We ask you to stand with us in opposition to the OASIS patent policy. Do not implement OASIS standards that aren't open. Demand that OASIS revise its policies. If you are an OASIS member, do not participate in any working group that allows encumbered standards that cannot be implemented in open source and free software." Click below for the full text.
German Bundestag supports software patent restartThe NoSoftwarePatents site reports that the German Bundestag has voted unanimously in favor of a restart of the patent directive process in Europe. An English translation of the resolution is available in PDF format.
The EFF guide to EULAsThe EFF has put out an advisory on some of the worst terms often found in software end user license agreements. "Many people treat EULAs with the same reverence they do the tags on mattresses that say, 'Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.' They scoff at the idea that anyone could enforce such a bizarre rule. Increasingly, however, we are seeing consumers and software developers threatened with lawsuits for engaging in the digital equivalent of ripping tags off a mattress."
New funding for free software in the UKThe UK Association for Free Software has announced the availability of new grants. "A new grants fund is available to free software projects in the UK from money raised by the UK Free Software Network (UKFSN), the free software Internet Service Provider set up by Jason Clifford in 2003, and donations to UK's Association for Free Software (AFFS), a national membership organisation for supporters of free software. The total amount available in the first round is 1,500 GBP."
Commercial announcements Arabella Supports Embedded Planets EP885 and EP8248 BoardsArabella Software has announced that it will offer Linux support and a free Linux reference design for the Embedded Planet EP885 and EP8248 processor boards.
Go Daddy to Issue SSL Certificates to Open Source Projects 'Free of Charge'The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has announced that it will issue its Turbo SSL Certificate to bona-fide open source software projects at no cost. "The Turbo SSL certificates which Go Daddy will issue to open source projects -- a $29.95 value -- are issued within minutes, have 99% browser recognition, and provide 128-bit Web server security -- the highest level of encryption available on the market today."
IBM Unveils New Development CentersIBM has announced the opening of new development centers. "IBM today announced it will open more than a dozen new development centers in China, Brazil and Russia in an effort to accelerate innovation around the adoption of open standards based solutions in emerging markets."
Mandrakesoft reports first quarter resultsMandrakesoft has announced their first quarter results for the period of October-December, 2004. Here are the numbers: "A consolidated revenue of 1.44MEUR (1.88MUSD), an operating income of 0.31MEUR (0.41MUSD) and a net income of 1.03MEUR (1.35MUSD)."
New Mexico Software partners with NextDay NetworkNew Mexico Software, Inc. has announced a partnership with NextDay Network. "Dick Govatski, CEO of New Mexico Software, said, "NextDay Network is a major national retailer of software products that makes innovative use of online Internet marketing and distribution tools. We are delighted that they will be selling our products.""
Storage Standard NFS Draws BackingSoftware developers at the University of Michigan have received backing from PolyServe, Inc. to help create an industry-standard implementation of Network File System Version 4 (NFSv4) for Linux.
Novell's first-quarter resultsNovell has announced its first quarter results. "During the first fiscal quarter 2005, Novell recognized revenue of $15 million associated with its SUSE LINUX business, including $7 million of recognized revenue from subscriptions to SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server. Sales of subscriptions to SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server totaled 21,000 units in the quarter."
SCO Group to be delistedThe SCO Group has put out a press release informing the world that it is being kicked out of the NASDAQ market for failure to comply with the reporting requirements. SCO is appealing the decision. "The Company has been unable to file its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004 because it continues to examine certain matters related to the issuance of shares of the Company's common stock pursuant to its equity compensation plans. The Company is working to resolve these matters as soon as possible and expects to file its Form 10-K upon completion of its analysis."
VA Linux Issues a Manifesto on its Stance with Open Source CommunityVA Linux Systems Japan K.K. has Issued a manifesto that clarifies the company's stance on open-source software and the relation to the community. "This manifesto, entitled "VA Linux: Statement of Our Commitments on Open Source Software", states how the company views Open Source and how it is going to take part in it."
LinuxWorld Announcements for February 17Here are the LinuxWorld announcements for Thursday, February 17, 2005:
Resources New Audio Libre article: 'Pluggin' away'A new article on LADSPA plugins is available on linuxaudio.org. "A new PDF article on the work of Steve Harris is now available, covering in particular LADSPA plugins and Jamin."
The LDP Weekly NewsThe February 23, 2005 edition of the Linux Documentation Project Weekly News is online with lots of new documentation releases.
Contests and Awards KDE-Look Announces the Winner of T-Shirt Contest (KDE.News)KDE.News has announced the winner of the KDE-Look T-Shirt Contest. "The community has spoken and the winner of the First Annual KDE-Look T-Shirt Contest with 24 out of 81 votes is Nenad Grujicic with his entry Green."
OpenOffice.org 2.0 splashscreen competition winner announcedLWN readers have, doubtless, been sitting on the edge of their chairs waiting to hear who would be the winner of the OOo splash screen competition. The envelope has been opened, and the victor is Brendan Whelan; his entry can be seen over here, along with an interview.
Upcoming Events Escape the Java Trap @ Fosdem 2005The Fosdem organization has offered the developers of various projects around GNU classpath the opportunity to meet face to face in their own developer room. Click below for a schedule.
Mozilla at FOSDEM 2005 (MozillaZine)MozillaZine announces the Mozilla project coverage at FOSDEM 2005. "Talks will cover topics such as Mozilla Europe, Mozilla 2.0, XulRunner, Bugzilla, Camino and localisation. Speakers include Axel Hecht, Gervase Markham, Hisham El-Emam, Robert Kaiser, Ludovic Hirlimann and Tristan Nitot."
GUADEC-es 2005 (GnomeDesktop)GnomeDesktop has the announcement for GUADEC-es 2005. "The second edition of the GUADEC-es (International conference for Spanish speaking GNOME users and developers) will be held this year in A Corunha (Galicia, north-west of Spain), on 19-21 May. The conference, organized by the Gnome Hispano association, was placed strategically close in time to the VI Guadec in Stuttgart, trying to make it easy for Spanish speaking people coming from outside Europe to attend to both events."
The Linux Professionals' Association AGMThe LPA has announced its next AGM gathering. "The Linux Professionals' Association (LPA) will be having its AGM on Friday 4 March 2005. The LPA is a South African organisation which has traditionally championed OSS, specifically in the business sphere. Formed in 1996 by what was then the majority of Linux/OSS based businesses in Johannesburg, the Association has come a long way."
March 10 is Python Meetup DayMarch 10 has been declared Python Meetup Day. "7:00pm on the second Thursday of each month is the default time for Python meetup groups all over the world. Thats March 10 for next month. I suppose its supposed to make you feel warm and fuzzy, knowing that there are little groups of true believers congregating at the same time, all over the world."
Events: February 24 - April 21, 2005
Web sites TuxScout - Job Site for Linux/Open Source ProfessionalsTuxScout is a new job site dedicated to the Linux and Open Source community. Besides a fully featured search engine for both job seekers and employers, the site offers a forum section to discuss job hunting issues, a resources section with articles on resume writing, interviewing, and more.
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