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[News] Funambol, Google and the GPLv3

Funambol offers ad-supported mobile e-mail

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| In the future, however, operators may feel forced to begin offering 
| ad-supported data services, he said. For example, if a winner of the 700MHz 
| licenses currently on auction by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission 
| deploys a network and offers free ad-supported services, other operators may 
| begin to follow suit, he said.    
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/05/Funambol-offers-ad-supported-mobile-e-mail_1.html

AGPLv3, working closely with Google (Android).

Approving the AGPL: Funambol to the Rescue

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| Apparently, it was Google that did the honours for GNU GPLv3, but for obvious 
| reasons, it is less keen on getting the AGPL blessed as officially open 
| source.  
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=458


Related:

Funambol Is First Major Commercial OpenSource Company To Support AGPLv3

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| Funambol, the leading provider of mobile 2.0 messaging software powered by 
| open source, today announced it has adopted GNU AGPLv3. This makes Funambol 
| the first major commercial open source software company to adopt the license 
| that was just released by the Free Software Foundation. Funambol adopted 
| AGPLv3 because the company views it as a major open source license of the 
| future.      
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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,230442.shtml


Funambol CEO Fabrizio Capobianco: Linux Is Mobile's Future

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| LinuxInsider met with Capobianco to discuss his view on the role of open 
| source in creating Mobile 2.0 as a voice and data carrier parallel to the 
| Internet. The meeting occurred in the wake of Google's announcement earlier 
| this month that it was negotiating with wireless carriers, handset makers, 
| software developers and hardware providers to use an open source mobile 
| platform, Android.     
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/60340.html

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