Volume 3, Issue 19
May 11, 2007

Commercial Open Source & GPLv3

Jim DeLong shares some thoughts on what comments on GPLv3 made at a recent open-source conference mean regarding the fissure between the Free Software Foundation and the more practical-minded members of the open-source movement.

- Read Jim’s blog here (5/7/07)

GPLv3 & Linux: Does Dell Know Something?

Dell’s recent announcement that it will join Microsoft and Novell in taking steps to make Linux and Windows more interoperable has Jim DeLong wondering what all of this will mean for the FOSS movement.

- Read Jim’s blog here (5/9/07)

How to Destroy Value for Consumers--EU Antics

Continuing efforts in the EU to break up Microsoft have prompted Solveig Singleton to think about how consumers would be affected if they actually succeeded.

- Read Solveig’s blog here (5/8/07)

Microsoft Sees the Silverlight

Microsoft’s decision to open some of the code for its new SilverLight web application raises some questions about whether the move signifies a shift in the company’s approach on open sourcing. Noel Le discusses the issue.

- Read Noel’s blog here (5/7/07)

Internet Radio

The change in the royalty rate structure paid by Internet radio stations has alarmed quite a few, but Jim DeLong offers some information from SoundExchange to shed some more informed light on the matter.

- Read Jim’s blog here (5/9/07)

The Arguments of IP Critics

Noel Le reviews a wide variety of cases made by critics of IP protection and explains why the debate is important but can also be frustrating.

- Read Noel’s blog here (5/8/07)

YES!

Jim DeLong noticed a news article about an upcoming auction of a wide array of intellectual property. It also contained some intriguing thoughts about why IP protection is good for everyone, and not just the inventors themselves.

- Read Jim’s blog here (5/11/07)