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3% of open source software ever created use Apache Commons libraries
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| TOP 5 most reused components from Apache
| Commons
|
| * Logging: Wrapper around a variety of
| logging API implementations.
| * Collections: Extends or augments the
| Java Collections Framework.
| * Lang: Provides extra functionality
| for classes in java.lang.
| * BeanUtils: Easy-to-use wrappers
| around the Java reflection and
| introspection APIs.
| * Httpclient: HttpClient is a HTTP/1.1
| compliant HTTP agent implementation
| based on HttpCore (Httpclient is now an
| independent project)
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https://fossbazaar.org/content/3-open-source-software-ever-created-use-apache-commons-libraries
Binary Analysis Tool checks component licenses
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| More details about the release, including
| limitations of the tool and a demonstration
| video, are available on the project web site.
| The Binary Analysis Tool is available to
| download from the project's web site and is
| released under the Apache license.
| Documentation is also provided. The project is
| sponsored by the Linux Foundation, the NLnet
| Foundation, Opendawn and Loohuis Consulting.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Binary-Analysis-Tool-checks-component-licenses-979191.html
Recent:
SFLC: Microsoft violated the GPL
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| Microsoft violated the General Public License v2 (GPLv2) when it distributed
| its Hyper-V Linux Integration Components (LinuxIC) without providing source
| code, says the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC).
|
| The violation was rectified when Microsoft contributed more than 20,000 lines
| of source code to the Linux community last week. The drivers are designed to
| improve the performance of the Linux operating system when it is virtualized
| on the Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V hypervisor-based virtualization system.
|
| [...]
|
| "It seems to me that Sam [Ramji] is likely correct when he says that talk
| inside Microsoft about releasing the source was under way before the Linux
| developers began their enforcement effort," said Bradley Kuhn, a policy
| analyst and tech director at the SFLC.
|
| "However, that talk doesn't mean that there wasn't a problem. As soon as one
| distributes the binaries of a GPL'd work, one must provide the source for
| those binaries, so Microsoft's delay in this regard was a GPL violation.
|
| "The important thing to note from a perspective of freedom is that this
| software, whether it is released properly under the GPL or kept proprietary
| in violation of the GPL, is a piece of software designed to convince people
| to give up free virtualization platforms like Xen and KVM, and [to] use
| Microsoft's virtualization technology instead," Kuhn added.
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http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=33641
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