2006 Linux and free software timeline: April
[Posted December 19, 2006 by corbet]
In return for all
the free development work they get, it does seem to me that it's part
of Red Hat's job to shoulder risks like these -- and that Red Hat
hasn't held up its end.
AVI. Quicktime. ASF. MPEG. DVD playback. Flash. Java. These are
*not optional* in 2006, any more than the ability to read Microsoft
Word files in a word processor is optional...
-- Eric
Raymond
|
Eric Raymond takes Fedora to task for not supporting DVDs and
proprietary codecs (
rant).
OpenWRT revokes Sveasoft's license, alleging GPL violations (article).
Red Hat announces that there will be no Fedora Foundation after all,
citing the company's need to keep control over the project (announcement).
The SCO Group fails to obtain the Unix Systems Laboratories
trademark (Groklaw).
It's so hard to write a graphics driver that open-sourcing it would not
help.
-- Andrew Fear,
Nvidia software product manager
|
The Software Freedom Conservancy is launched (press
release).
The Linux Professional Institute adds Ubuntu certification (announcement).
Kaspersky Labs announces a cross-platform virus alleged to infect
both Windows and Linux systems (announcement).
The world fails to end.
Noting that at the outset of this case or prior to its filing, it
was expressed to the media and others that SCO possessed evidence
regarding the misappropriation of source code. At this point, don't
you have enough evidence to go forward in that regard or, to be
candid about it, does it constitute fishing at this point?
-- Judge
Wells
|
Kubuntu.de goes on protest demanding more resources from Canonical
(
announcement).
The wireless networking summit is held in Portland (report).
Anthony Towns is elected Debian Project Leader (results).
Python 3000 development begins (announcement).
Red Hat acquires JBoss for $350 million (press
release).
I have come to a conclusion that every new release of software is
distinctly worse than the other. Why? It's because the fat lady can't
sing. There's a natural tendency to add stuff. Suddenly
it [becomes] like a very fat person-uses most of their energy to move the
fat. We've gotten to the point where we have to completely rethink.
-- Nicholas
Negroponte
|
Debian adds support for the AMD64 architecture for the upcoming
"etch" release (announcement).
The free JMRI project is sued for patent infringement (article).
The Freespire distribution launches, being a no-cost version of
Linspire (press
release).
Scott McNealy steps down as Sun's CEO, making the way for Jonathan
Schwartz.
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