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Poll: Do you use open source code in your apps?
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| # Yes (73%)
| # No, for non-technical reasons (licensing,
| legal, can't find what I need, etc.) (16%)
| # No, for technical reasons (11%)
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/programming-and-development/?p=2161#ViewPollResults
New KonaKart eCommerce Software Release
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| KonaKart is a Java / JSP / XML based
| solution with easy to use java APIs and a
| SOAP Web Service interface that allow you
| to quickly integrate eCommerce
| functionality into your existing systems.
| The customizable parts of KonaKart are Open
| Source and available under the GNU LGPL.
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http://java.sys-con.com/node/1246302/print
Macraigor OCDemon Port To ARM Cortex-A8
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| The Macraigor Eclipse Ganymede/Galileo +
| GNU Tools Suite is an implementation and
| packaging of the Eclipse Ganymede/Galileo
| platform, CDT (C/C++ Development Tooling)
| 5.0.x, and DSDP (Device Software
| Development Platform) 1.0 plug-ins, and a
| program called OcdRemote that provides an
| interface between Eclipse, the GDB debugger
| and a Macraigor On-Chip Debug device.
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http://www.arm.com/iqonline/news/partnernews/26664.html
CES 2010: The Best of Times and the Worst of Times for Free Software
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| Most of the eBook Readers at CES use free
| software in locked-down devices that
| restrict customers' access to certain
| publications, prevent them from sharing,
| and violate their privacy.
| Telecommunications companies have harnessed
| Android in the battle for a larger share of
| the smartphone market and collaborated on
| applications with FOSS programmers while
| preventing customers the right to chose
| between carriers. These companies have a
| vested interest in limiting the
| functionality of the devices they sell so
| consumers buy the next model in a couple of
| years, rather than improve the one they
| already own.
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http://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/2010/jan/15/ces-2010-best-times-and-worst-times-free-software/
Why We Chose the GPL for Nexus
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| Normally we would have used a
| BSD/MIT/Apache license for software that we
| develop. This is what weâre used to, with
| most of our developers having been active
| in the Apache community for years, weâre
| all very familiar with the philosophy
| behind this license. When we announced
| that Nexus was going to be released under a
| GPL license, some of our colleagues wanted
| to know how a group of Apache participants
| decided to use the GNU Public License? When
| we started Nexus, the plan was to create a
| commercial product. We hadnât thought
| about creating Nexus as a commercial
| product built atop an open core. Once we
| got into the effort, we soon realized that
| creating a commercial-only product with a
| team full of open source developers
| wouldnât be very fun. When you develop a
| commercial product, you limit yourself to a
| small group of developers working in an
| isolated environment. It didnât take us
| long to remember that close-source
| development isnât as productive (or
| interesting) as developing a product out in
| the open, and as we like working with other
| developers, we very quickly decided to take
| the hybrid, open-core approach to Nexus.
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http://www.sonatype.com/people/2010/01/why-we-chose-the-gpl-for-nexus/
Selecting OSS Software: 10 Questions Answered for Sonatype Nexus
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| We thought for a long while before
| selecting the GNU Public License (GPL) for
| Nexus and we made it clear right from the
| start why we chose the GPL. We knew that we
| would invest heavily in Nexus. Even though
| the people involved with Sonatype are
| traditionally users of Apache style
| licenses, we didnât know how our business
| would evolve and we wanted to choose a
| license that would offer adequate
| protection for that investment. We were
| honest and upfront about it. We chose a
| more restrictive license first this allows
| us to adapt and use a less restrictive
| license in the future if we think it is
| appropriate for the community.
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http://www.sonatype.com/people/2010/01/10-questions/
Recent:
On Selling Exceptions to the GNU GPL On Selling Exceptions to the GNU GPL
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| When I co-signed the letter objecting to
| Oracle's planned purchase of MySQL 1 (along
| with the rest of Sun), some free software
| supporters were surprised that I approved
| of the practice of selling license
| exceptions which the MySQL developers have
| used. They expected me to condemn the
| practice outright. This article explains
| what I think of the practice, and why.
|
| Selling exceptions means that the copyright
| holder of the code releases it to the
| public under a free software license, then
| lets customers pay for permission to use
| the same code under different terms, for
| instance allowing its inclusion in
| proprietary applications.
|
| We must distinguish the practice of selling
| exceptions from something crucially
| different: proprietary extensions or
| proprietary versions of a free program.
| These two activities, even if practiced
| simultaneously by one company, are
| different issues. In selling exceptions,
| the same code that the exception applies to
| is available to the general public as free
| software. An extension or a modified
| version that is only available under a
| proprietary license is proprietary
| software, pure and simple, and no better
| than any other proprietary software. This
| article is concerned with cases that
| involve strictly and only the sale of
| exceptions.
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http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/selling-exceptions
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