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Microsoft's CeBIT: Stinger on show as .Net gets plugged
News Microsoft, which claims to have created partnerships with enough mobile operators to cover 90 per cent of all wireless subscribers worldwide, sees its role as an enabler of value-added services to a wireless industry desperate to maximise revenue...
[March 23, 2001, 14:48]
Next-to-last GPL 3 draft due this week
News Specifically, it raises the prospect that projects will "fork" into different versions governed by different licences. The third discussion draft of GPL version 3 is scheduled for release at 0700 PDT on Wednesday, Brett Smith, a licensing...
[March 27, 2007, 9:14]
Firefox branding is a burning issue
News Although a Mozilla Foundation spokesperson has emailed the group to "give Debian permission to use the Firefox logo and brand name", certain [Debian] developers have objected, citing the clause of the social contract which stipulates software...
[June 16, 2005, 15:05]
Motorola phones to play iTunes
News Nevertheless, the company has steadfastly declined to give rival digital music companies licences to the FairPlay copy-protection software that protects songs purchased from the popular iTunes song store.
[July 27, 2004, 8:45]
BBC opens up its code
News A variety of licences is used, although most of the code is available under the GPL or LGPL. The software was created by the BBC's R&D department, based at Kingswood Warren in Surrey. The BBC has already made a few tentative steps into open source...
[July 13, 2005, 17:35]
Fujitsu to plug in Citrix virtualisation
News Many software companies, including Microsoft, charge for licences based on the device, not the user. In addition, the hardware maker's Primergy rack and blade servers are now certified for Citrix's XenServer virtualisation software.
[July 9, 2009, 16:21]
Linux gives voluntary sector a boost
News Until recently almost all NGO's in Bulgaria were using pirate versions of Microsoft software as they could not afford to pay for licences, said Bailey. It would like to set up a similar project in the UK to help voluntary organisations shift to...
[September 15, 2004, 16:20]
Siebel and IBM want small firms' IT cash
News However, traditional licences will remain the primary way companies buy CRM software. Siebel Systems and IBM are unveiling a hosted software product in an effort to grab some of the IT dollars being spent by small and medium-sized businesses.
[October 2, 2003, 8:40]
Sun plans open source Java component release
News Sun hasn't yet determined what licence or licences to use for open source Java. Sun will begin releasing significant open source Java components this year and also will extend the collaborative strategy to the gadget version of the software...
[August 15, 2006, 9:35]
Pioneering desktop Linux project put on ice
News At present, Bergen's desktop PCs are running Windows 2000 and Office 2000, and may be upgraded to the 2003 versions of the Microsoft software, as the city already own the licences as part of a former enterprise agreement with the software maker.
[September 5, 2006, 16:10]
Government criticised for limiting online privacy
News The government has made it clear to organisations in the cryptography field that if they want export licences they will receive better treatment if they do not aggressively market strong encryption in the UK," he said.
[September 9, 1999, 7:15]
Sun lowers barriers to open-source Java
News There are incompatible licences and philosophies and approaches," Sands said. Sun plans to announce on Thursday a programme that grants access to its Java Technology Compatibility Kit to anyone with an open-source Java project that is based...
[August 9, 2007, 9:01]
GPL 3 draft 'by early 2006'
News Among the changes, according to GPL author and FSF president Richard Stallman, will be a better handling of software patents; clarifications with how GPL software may be used in some networked environments and on tightly controlled hardware; and...
[August 10, 2005, 9:35]
The Day Ahead: Don't dismiss Palm's competition
News The operating system could become one of Palm's biggest revenue streams as it licences its software to others. On the operating system side of the business, Palm competes with Microsoft's CE software.
[February 28, 2000, 12:16]
NT Server 4.0 to disappear in July 2003
News We have one client who is running software which requires Windows NT 4.0.Wwe had to buy Windows 2000 licences then install NT 4.0. The company stopped selling Windows NT Server 4.0 volume licences for both the Standard and Enterprise editions on 1...
[December 7, 2001, 13:35]
Raymond attacks Microsoft over OOXML fiasco
News The OSI are the "stewards of the Open Source Definition (OSD)", and review and approve licences as OSD compliant. Raymond said that OSI's official position is that "OSI will treat any licences submitted by Microsoft strictly on their merits...
[September 3, 2007, 15:53]
Microsoft $1bn schools offer 'would inflict great harm'
News Red Hat also pointed out that unlike the Microsoft proposal, which has a five-year time limit at which point schools would have to pay Microsoft to renew their licences and upgrade the software, the Red Hat proposal would have no time limit.
[November 27, 2001, 12:35]
Apple accuses RealNetworks of hacking
News Apple has refused to provide licences to companies seeking iPod compatibility, and RealNetworks did not seek permission before releasing the software. In a terse statement, a "stunned" Apple accused RealNetworks of adopting "the tactics and ethics...
[July 29, 2004, 16:05]
Open source firms claim business model benefits
News But Mark Fleury, chief executive of JBoss, claimed that software developers need to be careful about which licences they use, as some can allow other companies to use their innovation and give nothing back.
[April 7, 2006, 12:55]
Open-source graphics card available for pre-order
News Traversal and the OGP said they are planning to release full documentation for the product under open-source licences, as well as open-source versions of all related software, such as drivers. The project was inspired by the chronic difficulties...
[May 27, 2008, 16:57]
