February 12, 2019
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Comments Off on No, you can’t take open-source code back
Some people are still unclear about what it means or what happens once they’ve published their program under an open-source license. In the most recent example, mikeeusa, the author of an obscure game called GPC-Slots 2, claimed he was rescinding the program’s … Continue reading
February 7, 2019
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Comments Off on Zero rating: Another way of poisoning net neutrality
Net neutrality was killed in the US in 2017. One lie Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and their allies used to promote this was that people would benefit by having ISPs make some sites and services’ data access free or cheaper. … Continue reading
January 16, 2019
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Comments Off on MongoDB “open-source” Server Side Public License rejected
MongoDB is an open-source document NoSQL database with a problem. While very popular, cloud companies, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), IBM Cloud, Scalegrid, and ObjectRocket has profited from it by offering it as a service while MongoDB Inc. hasn’t been able to monetize it to the same … Continue reading
January 3, 2019
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Comments Off on The top 5 Linux and open-source stories of 2018
Last year was among the best of times for Linux and open-source. It was also the worst of years. The top five Linux and open-source stories tell it all. The top 5 Linux and open-source stories of 2018 More>
December 13, 2018
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Comments Off on Major China company, Alibaba, joins Open Invention Network patent protection group
The American and Chinese trade war is near to boiling. The American attempt to extradite Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou has failed; China might be behind the Marriott data breach; and China might’ve caused a massive internet disruption. But one perpetual sore point between the US and … Continue reading
April 6, 2017
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Linux and open-source software have had to content with intellectual property (IP) legal challenges for years. Now, Google has started a new effort to bring peace to potential Android IP sore points: PAX. PAX: Android patent protection consortium formed. More>