Monthly Archives: October 2007

links for 2007-10-31

Posted on 31 October, 2007 by Stef

PI: La flat sul P2P? Irreale e sbagliata La tariffa flat per il p2p non mi è mai piaciuta, ma non ho capito in cosa consiste la proposta di Mazza. (tags: copyright mazza fimi)

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BusyBox Developers and Monsoon Multimedia Agree to Dismiss GPL Lawsuit – Software Freedom Law Center

Posted on 31 October, 2007 by Stef

An amicable solution to the violation of BusyBox’ copyright gives an important suggestion to all companies that use Free/Libre Software in their supply chain.’  From Software Freedom Law Center press release: Monsoon Multimedia has agreed to appoint an Open Source … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-10-27

Posted on 27 October, 2007 by Stef

Italian Open Source Developers: Simo Sorce A good interview from one of the people that taught me a lot of the free software communities. (tags: interview simo free+software community)

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Is Adobe being disrupted?

Posted on 25 October, 2007 by Stef

I couldn’t believe what I heard from Bruce Chizen, Adobe’s CEO at the World Business Forum. Adobe is a company that revolutionized Desktop Publishing in the ’80s, their market is design and publishing software, both ‘classic’ and web. We all … Continue reading →

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Is Microsoft tamed yet?

Posted on 23 October, 2007 by Stef

I read the New York Times today before going to the World Business Forum in Milan and I was surprised to read my former colleague at FSFE enthusiam. Georg is quoted saying: “This is a huge breakthrough,” said Georg Greve, … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-10-22

Posted on 22 October, 2007 by Stef

http://www.uffstampa.provincia.tn.it/csw/c_stampa.nsf/ComunicatiperStampa/47F327F7870731FBC1257379003E57D3?Opendocument Sarà  un Centro di Competenza ad occuparsi di software libero e a codice aperto in ambito provinciale. Lo ha deciso la Giunta provinciale di Trento (tags: pa pubblica+amministrazione software+libero free+software centro+competenza)

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links for 2007-10-20

Posted on 20 October, 2007 by Stef

FSF – Send comments opposing TLS-authz “experimental” standard by October 23 the proposal is not dead yet. Its authors are trying to push it through not as an official standard but as an “experimental” or “informational” one, where if approved … Continue reading →

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Microsoft gets official blessing from OSI for two of its licenses

Posted on 17 October, 2007 by Stef

There you have it: The Open Source Initiative (OSI), the organization responsible for maintaining the definition of open source and evaluating open source licenses, has officially approved the Microsoft Community (Ms-CL) and Permissive (Ms-PL) licenses. (via ArsTechnica) OSI is contributing … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-10-17

Posted on 17 October, 2007 by Stef

Software libero, al lavoro per un centro nazionale a Pisa – intoscana.it – il Portale ufficiale della Toscana La Regione Toscana sta lavorando a un protocollo di intesa per la creazione a Pisa di un Centro nazionale sulle tematiche relative … Continue reading →

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Tanti standard, ma pochi contributi?

Posted on 15 October, 2007 by Stef

Da una chiacchierata’ sugli standard nel campo delle informazioni geografiche, la famiglia ISO 19100, Piergiorgio Cipriano ha posto una domanda cui non so rispondere facilmente: secondo te (voi) perchè in Italia pochissimi si prendono la briga di partecipare attivamente all’attività  ISO … Continue reading →

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