Open Source

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FSF

Wikipedia changes its license

(via David A. Wheeler) The proposed change that the copyright licensing terms on the wikis operated by the WMF - including Wikipedia, be changed to include the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) license in addition to the current GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) has been approved.  From the official results: If

Open Source

The fight over Open Source 'leeches'

Open Source "leeches" seems to be getting a lot of press lately, and this article is just one example: Open source is supposed to be all about community, but as commercial open source becomes the norm, fewer developers are giving back. Is that hurting open source? Your ear

Linux

Oracle Sun Acquisition Musings

A little time has past since the announcement that Oracle would acquire Sun.  While there are still many unanswered questions, I thought I'd post a quick update on the topic. The first topic I'll cover is the Sun hardware business.  From a recent interview with Larry

Linux

Panel: The Linux Kernel - What's Next (Liveblog)

Panelists: Ted T'so - CTO Linux Foundation Greg Kroah-Hartman - Novell Andrew Morton - Google Keith Packard - X.org * 2.6.30 * now has a staging tree * X.org * moving forward, focus will be on fixing what is already there. * Intel stuff mostly "just works"

Linux

Headed to SCaLE 7X

I'll be heading to Los Angeles for the weekend to attend the Southern California Linux Expo.  I've tried to make SCaLE a yearly trip and it's one of my favorite Linux conferences.  If you'll be anywhere near LA February 20-22, I encourage

MySQL

The MySQL exodus at Sun

It looks like the exodus of top MySQL execs from Sun is in full swing.  Yesterday, Monty posted the following: Time to move on I have now departed from Sun and joined my own company, Monty Program Ab. There were a lot of rumors around me resigning in August/September

community

Where have all the community managers gone?

Jay Lyman points out a trend that I've noticed as well (not just in terms of headcount, but in general resource allocation).  From the post: However, as we have seen open source vendors trimming headcount just like many other companies in search of controlling costs and weathering the

community

The Art Of Community

I just came across the announcement that Jono will be releasing a new O’Reilly book called Art Of Community. Today I am proud as punch to announce the Art Of Community. A while back I was approached by Andy Oram, a senior editor at O’Reilly to write a

Linux

Voting for the 2008 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards is Now Open

It's that time once again.  Voting for the 2008 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards is now open. The Members Choice Awards allow the Linux community to select their favorite products in a variety of categories.  This is now the eighth year we've done the MCA'

Google

MySQL: Now and Then... and Dual License Community Impact

Stephen O’Grady recently posted a Q&A pertaining to the past, present, and future of MySQL.  There's been quite a bit going on at MySQL and Sun lately, but I'll focus on one issue in this post - the impact of the current MySQL

DRM

Steal This Comic

From xkcd.com: On the topic of DRM-free music, congratulations to Jono on his release of Severed Fifth, an album released completely under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license. --jeremy

MySQL

MySQL cofounder David Axmark leaving Sun

From InfoWorld: David Axmark, a cofounder and former lead engineer for MySQL, has resigned from Sun Microsystems a few weeks after another cofounder said he may also leave the company. "I have thought about my role at Sun and decided that I am better off in smaller organisations,"

Open Source

OSCON Updates

I had planned to post regular OSCON updates, but the network has been up and down, so here are some random musings.  As with some conference posts of mine, this is a bit random stream of consciousness and is not edited/proofread. Tuesday Evening Extravaganza * Mark put it well when

Google

Opening up Symbian - Good or Bad for Linux?

That's the question raised by this recent Nokia press release: Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced it has launched a cash offer to acquire all of the shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own, at a price of EUR 3.647 per share.  The net

Microsoft

As the ODF-OOXML world turns

I'm a bit behind on this, but it's a topic I've been covering for a while now so I wanted to follow up.  First, from the the 451 group: Oh the drama. Most of us knew ISO approval of Microsoft’s OOXML format was

Microsoft

Ozzie: Open Source a more disruptive competitor than Google

I've often said that for Microsoft to truly change, Ballmer will have to go.  On the other hand, Microsoft should be clinging to some other top level execs with a kung fu grip.  Ray Ozzie is one of those execs.  The vision and leadership he's shown

Open Source

Gratis OSCON 2008 Conference Pass

Are you interested in attending OSCON this year? It's my pleasure to inform you that LQ is able to give away one full conference pass (a $1445.00 value) absolutely free of charge.  See this LQ thread for more information on how to be eligible.  We'll

Linux

The OpenSolaris Community v2: Prepare Yourself

Sun is a company I plan on covering a bit more as they continue to delve deeper into Open Source.  I've commented on the current messaging issue Sun has around its Open Source participation previously.  I haven't been following Open Solaris as much as I'

Linux

OLPC's New President & Negroponte: Its a Laptop Project Now

It's a bit sad to see the new direction the OLPC project may be taking.  The Open Source community has put a lot into the project, not only from a technical standpoint but from a marketing one as well.  I think many of us thought that Open Source

Linux

Lug Radio Live US

The first Lug Radio Live in the US was held over the weekend.  I was both an attendee and a sponsor, and think the event went extremely well (especially when you consider it was a first and put on by 4 people that reside on a different continent).  I'

Linux

Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit

As I mentioned in the podcast, I had planned to attend the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit but had to cancel due to a last minute conflict.  Since I wasn't able to attend I've been keep a close eye on the coverage.  It looks like I'

Linux

Lack of Linux support is … lacking

Greg KH just released the Linux Driver Project Status Report as of April 2008.  The executive summary: The Linux Driver Project (LDP) is alive and well, with over 300 developers wanting to participate, many drivers already written and accepted into the Linux kernel tree, and many more being currently developed.

Linux

Gratis 2008 MySQL Conference & Expo Conference Pass

I recently mentioned that LQ will be sponsoring a number of upcoming Linux and Open Source related conferences.  I'm extremely happy to report that we are now able to give away a completely free conference pass to some of them.  The first one is the 2008 MySQL Conference

Linux

Upcoming Events

LinuxQuestions.org is proud to sponsor a variety of Linux and Open Source related conferences and expos.  The list of events coming up over the next couple months is significant, so I wanted to post about a few of them here. OSBC Attend OSBC March 25-26, 2008 at the Palace

Linux

Sun and Open Source

Sun takes a lot of heat in the community.  Some would say too much, others would say not enough.  I find the situation fascinating, really... and think it's a good look into the complex and sometimes antithetical nature of the Open Source ecosystem.  I don't think