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QHopfield 1.0

...included with the installation in form of a zip file. Licensed under CDDL 1 or GPL 3 licenses Read more

12 May, 2011

Java released under the GPL

...made a fortnight ago. Sun's own Community Development and Distribution License (CDDL) was another option. Sun's server-side Java Platform Enterprise Edition software... Read more

13 November, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

Sun drops hints on Java open source licence

...an Oracle OpenWorld speech in San Francisco. Solaris is governed by the CDDL, which is derived from the Mozilla Public License and officially blessed as... Read more

27 October, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Limitations take the shine off open Sun

...do GPL developers get the unfettered patent use that is granted to CDDL developers. Also, Sun demands co-ownership of copyright of anything contributed to... Read more

14 June, 2005 by Leader

Red Hat predicts death of Solaris

Red Hat is claiming the features in a new management tool will be 'the final nail in the coffin' for Solaris Read more

16 February, 2005 by Renai LeMay

Sun rises on open DRM

A fully open source and patent-free copy-restriction technology has been launched by Sun, as a way of bypassing 'the tollgates to digital rights' Read more

22 August, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

Sun and Liferay launch web-presentation platform

...web platform will be available under the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) and the Liferay distributions will be available under the Massachusetts Institute of... Read more

8 May, 2008 by Adrian Bridgwater

Sun exec accuses Microsoft of 'patent terrorism'

...put in place an open standards approved open-source licence model — the CDDL [Common Development and Distribution License] — that provides indemnification to the users," he... Read more

24 July, 2007 by Brett Winterford and Munir Kotadia
Sun looks to GPL v3 for Java, Solaris

Sun looks to GPL v3 for Java, Solaris

...open source Solaris project began with a Community Development and Distribution License (CDDL), and open source Java employs version 2 of the General Public License... Read more

9 February, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Sun may choose GPL for Solaris

...in 2005, releasing source code under the Community Development and Distribution License (CDDL). However, Sun this week chose the General Public License (GPL) for its... Read more

15 November, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Motorola chooses home for its open-source Java

...his company is likely to use the Community Development and Distribution License (CDDL) for open-source Java. Different licences can complicate or prohibit code sharing... Read more

2 November, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Sun chiefs look forward to next 20 years

...Java community process is probably one of the greatest community development innovations. CDDL (the Community Development and Distribution License), OpenOffice.org, OpenSolaris.org — all of... Read more

26 April, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Sun lays an open source licence to rest

...Distribution License, which is a variant of the Mozilla Public License. The CDDL governs OpenSolaris and the Glassfish Java server software project. Phipps' counterpart at... Read more

5 September, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

Sun begins open source Solaris era

Sun Microsystems to release Solaris as open source software Read more

14 June, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

OSI outlines licence cull plans

...License is a step in the right direction, he added. "Sun's CDDL is a great starting point in stopping proliferation," Greenblatt said. And simply... Read more

7 April, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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apexwm

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Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

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Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

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@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

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I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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