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AnnouncementsBrief items Mozilla and Google sign a new dealThe Mozilla Foundation has announced that Google will continue to buy its position as the default Firefox search engine for the next three years. "The specific terms of this commercial agreement are subject to traditional confidentiality requirements, and we're not at liberty to disclose them."
IFOSSLR #5 availableThe fifth issue of the International Free and Open Source Software Law Review has been published. Topics covered in this issue include interoperability, patent licensing, patents in Europe, licensing notices in web platforms, the past and future of Groklaw, and more.
Articles of interest Apache: Open Letter to the Open Document Format EcosystemThe Apache Software Foundation Blog is carrying an "open letter to the ODF ecosystem" meant to clarify the Foundation's plans for OpenOffice.org. "Our license and open development model is widely recognised as one of the best ways to ensure open standards, such as ODF, gain traction and adoption. Apache OpenOffice offers much more potential for OpenOffice.org than 'just' an end-user Microsoft Office replacement. We offer a vendor neutral space in which to collaborate whilst enabling third parties to pursue almost any for-profit or not-for-profit business model."
BT Sues Google for Patent Infringements (Wired)Wired covers the latest entrant into the wireless lawsuit game: BT. "An example patent is 'Service provision system for communications networks,' which BT was awarded in the 1990s. It essentially boils down to an app figuring out whether a phone is connected to the web via Wi-Fi or 3G, and choosing to stream at a different bandwidth. Google infringes this in Google Music and the Android Market, BT alleges." Yes, this is the same BT that once claimed to have patented the hyperlink.
Yo Amazon: Please don't hijack the web on Kindle Fire (GigaOm)GigaOm discovers the value of free platforms the hard way while playing with a Kindle Fire. "When trying to browse the Google Android Market website in the Fire's web browser, the device instead opens up Amazon's Kindle Fire application store. Since the Fire doesn't officially have access to the Android Market, I can understand the device highlighting its own app store. But to specifically hijack a browser URL and redirect it is disturbing and sets an ugly precedent."
New Books Pragmatic Guide to Sass--New from Pragmatic BookshelfPragmatic Bookshelf has released "Pragmatic Guide to Sass" by Hampton Catlin and Michael Lintorn Catlin.
Calls for Presentations Android Open Starts Call for ProposalsAndroid Open will take place April 5-6, 2012 in San Francisco, California. "While our fall event is for the entire Android ecosystem (development, business, and marketing), this spring event is a more focused technical conference for developers. The Android world moves too quickly to wait a whole year between conferences." Proposals are due January 23.
OSCON 2012 Opens Call for ProposalsThe O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) will take place July 16-20, 2012 in Portland, Oregon. Proposals are due by January 12.
Upcoming Events Announcing FUDCon LATAM 2012 in VenezuelaThe 2012 Latin American FUDCon (Fedora Users and Developers Conference) will be held in Margarita Island, Venezuela. Further details will be announced later. Bids are open for the 2012 editions of FUDCon EMEA and FUDCon APAC.
Events: December 22, 2011 to February 20, 2012The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
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