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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements Creative Commons retires two licenses Lawrence Lessig has sent out a message stating that the Creative Commons organization has decided to retire the Developing Nations and Sampling licenses. "The Developing Nations license is in conflict with the growing 'Open Access Publishing' movement. While the license frees creative work in the developing nations, it does not free work in any way elsewhere. This means these licenses do not meet the minimum standards of the Open Access Movement. Because this movement is so important to the spread of science and knowledge, we no longer believe it correct to promote a stand alone version of this license." There are similar motivations for the retirement of the Sampling license.
Final call GPLv3 draft released The final draft of version 3 of the GNU General Public License is now available. The changes from the previous draft are relatively small. GPLv3 will be compatible with version 2 of the Apache License thanks to a few tweaks and a more nuanced interpretation of the Apache License text. The term "user product" has been more precisely defined in a way which avoids references to U.S. law; it has been made clear that "user product" is a very broad category. And there is a term that you can have a contractor work on private changes to GPLv3-licensed software without being considered to have distributed that software. The "grandfather clause" which excludes the Microsoft/Novell deal from some of the new patent language is still present. See the rationale document [PDF] for more information on these changes. If something seems wrong, now is the last chance to file comments with the FSF.
First draft of the Affero GPL version 3 The first draft of version 3 of the Affero GPL has been released for discussion. This version is essentially GPLv3 with an additional term: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, if you modify the Program, your modified version must give all users interacting with it remotely through a computer network (if your version supports such interaction) an opportunity to receive the Corresponding Source of your version by providing access to copy the Corresponding Source from a network server at no charge."
Commercial announcements Atmel introduces an AVR32 Application processor for embedded Linux designs Atmel Corporation has announced the AT32AP7001 processor. "Atmel(R) Corporation announced today the AT32AP7001, a member of the AVR(R)32 AP7 family of Application Processors optimized for cost constrained, Linux(R)-based embedded designs. The device is packaged in a 30 x 30mm VQFP for easy integration into a four-layer PCB design. Examples of applications for the AT32AP7001 include printers, fax machines, surveillance cameras, audio processing and industrial control equipment. The new device is built to run the popular Linux operating system in an embedded setting. Atmel provides a free port and support of the OS and tool chain."
Capgemini and Novell enter broad mixed-source partnership Novell, Inc. has announced a partnership with Capgemini. "Capgemini and Novell today announced a broad partnership that will deliver new solutions to enterprise customers using a combination of open source and proprietary software. Under terms of the agreement, Capgemini will enhance its open source consulting practice with Novell capabilities, specifically centered on the deployment of IT solutions using SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise from Novell(R) along with mixed-source applications and management tools. As a result, customers can deploy a Linux* platform across their entire desktop-to-data center infrastructures with the confidence that comes from working with a global consulting leader."
Sun extends compilers and tools to multi-core processors Sun Microsystems, Inc. has announced multi-core and multi-threading support in its compiler and tools technologies on Solaris and Linux. "Sun(TM) Studio 12 software, which includes a NetBeans(TM)-based integrated development environment (IDE), simplifies the development of applications on the newest multi-core SPARC(R) and x86/64 processor-based systems. In addition, Sun Studio 12 provides C, C++ and Fortran compilers and an advanced suite of static and dynamic tools for memory debugging, application profiling and multi-core optimizations, as well as libraries targeting the high performance market."
VariCAD releases VariCAD 2007 2.01 VariCAD has released version 2.01 of its 3D/2D mechanical CAD system for Linux and Windows. "The new VariCAD 2007 2.01 brings many useful improvements, which include: completely new tools for 3D shells, 3D pipelines and 3D wires; a substantially improved 3D editing function allowing more complex editing, significantly improved STEP file import; new 3D checking functions and an extended tutorial and quick demonstration with new Flash examples".
Xandros signs up with Microsoft Xandros and Microsoft have announced a deal involving systems management interoperability, sharing office documents, joint sales, and, inevitably, patents. "Through the agreement, Microsoft will make available patent covenants for Xandros customers. These covenants will provide customers with confidence that the Xandros technologies they use and deploy in their environments are compliant with Microsoft's intellectual property. By putting a framework in place to share intellectual property, Xandros and Microsoft can speed the development of interoperable solutions."
New Books bash Cookbook - O'Reilly's Latest Release O'Reilly has published the book bash Cookbook by Carl Albing, JP Vossen, and Cameron Newham.
Manage It! New from Pragmatic Bookshelf Pragmatic Bookshelf has published the book Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management by Johanna Rothman.
Contests and Awards Andrew S. Tanenbaum to Receive IEEE Medal The IEEE will be rewarding Andrew S. Tanenbaum with the 2007 IEEE James H. Mulligan Jr. Education Medal. "Known by Some as the "Grandfather of Linux," over a Million Students Worldwide Have Studied Tanenbaum's Textbooks The IEEE has named Dr. Andrew S. Tanenbaum as the recipient of its 2007 IEEE James H. Mulligan Jr. Education Medal, in recognition of over three decades worth of his contributions to the field of computer science."
Calls for Presentations BCS'07 Call For Papers A call for papers has gone out for the BCS'07 information security & hacking conference. The event will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia on October 30 and 31, 2007. Submissions are due by June 30.
Upcoming Events 64 Studio music workshops in the UK this summer Two 64 Studio workshops have been announced. They will take place in conjunction with Debian Day in Edinburgh, Scotland on June 16 and LugRadio Live in Wolverhampton, UK on July 8.
Events: June 14, 2007 to August 13, 2007 The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
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