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Novell beats SCO - could Sun be next?
Blog It's nicely explained by Pamela Jones at Groklaw as usual. Alternatively, as Novell and Sun both actually like open source software, they could team up and promote OpenSolaris, according to one poster at Groklaw.
[July 18, 2008, 15:26]
SCO announces plans for new legal Web site
News Groklaw, run by paralegal Pamela Jones, provides legal filings and detailed analyses of SCO's legal cases with IBM, Novell, AutoZone, DaimlerChrysler and Red Hat. Jones runs Groklaw as an amateur project, with assistance from contributors who...
[October 14, 2004, 10:10]
ISO offers to take on ODF maintenance
News However, it has been described as a 'coup', aimed at putting ODF under the control of a body dominated by OOXML supporters, by critics such as lawyer Pamela Jones, writing in the Groklaw blog. The ISO move has come in for criticism: "I call it a...
[October 7, 2008, 8:34]
Oasis forms ODF committee
News The International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) requested at the beginning of October that ODF maintenance work be aligned between Oasis and ISO, in a move that Groklaw's Pamela Jones described as "a takeover attempt of ODF".
[November 4, 2008, 16:39]
Red Hat scathing over MS/Novell deal
News Excuse me while I go throw up," wrote Groklaw's founder Pamela Jones. Legal IT website Groklaw was even more cynical. Jones continued, "I hate to break it to Ballmer, but Suse Linux is GPL code, which the two parties may find puts a little pebble...
[November 3, 2006, 12:19]
When does Copyrighted Software cease to be Copyrighted?
Blog Comment This sounds like a question for Pamela Jones of Groklaw.http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php? page=Headlines
[September 21, 2008, 13:54]
How to score SCO's legal games
Talkback Although a lot of people contribute to GrokLaw, none of it would have been possible without her vision and leadership. Pamela Jones deserve much praise. And I just love it when she sticks it to them with class.
[November 20, 2003, 19:58]
Linspire Linux deal 'worse than Novell'
News Jones, author of the Groklaw blog, wrote on Sunday that the Linspire deal requires users to give up all the freedoms they would expect under the General Public License (GPL), the licence governing the use and distribution of much open-source...
[July 23, 2007, 13:50]
ISO's OOXML committee in ODF takeover bid?
Blog Well, Pamela Jones at Groklaw doesn't think so. asks Jones' "logical brain". The standards world continues to surprise us - this time with what has been described as a "coup". Those in charge of OOXML are, we are told, actually trying to take over...
[October 5, 2008, 22:36]
Microsoft muscles in on OpenDocument group
News Pamela Jones, who runs legal Web site Groklaw, speculated that Microsoft had joined the group to sabotage the ratification of ODF, in the hope of giving its rival standard a chance to catch up. There sits Microsoft, waiting, like a spider," wrote...
[March 27, 2006, 9:30]
Kodak wins Java patent case
News Pamela Jones, who runs Groklaw -- a Web site devoted to legal issues in the technology sector -- has been flooded with comments since the decision was made, mostly from people opposing it. Jones herself believes the case could have disastrous...
[October 4, 2004, 12:25]
SCO fined in Germany over Linux claims
News SCO can't say in Germany that Linux violates SCO's [intellectual property] or that end users could be liable for violations of SCO's intellectual property or that Linux is an unauthorised derivative of Unix — unless it can prove it," said...
[August 21, 2008, 16:29]
OOXML backwards compatibility led Microsoft to ODF
News Pamela Jones, founder of Groklaw, said she would believe Microsoft was moving towards open source only when it provided more proof it was becoming genuinely interoperable. I wish I could wholeheartedly applaud the Microsoft announcement about...
[May 22, 2008, 15:39]
Open-source licence victory in model-railway case
News Pamela Jones, author of the Groklaw blog, which covers the legal side of technology, wrote that the verdict could have implications for enforcing the GNU General Public License, probably the best-known 'copyleft' licence.
[August 14, 2008, 17:32]
OOXML clears ISO voting
Blog Several sites have been superb at tracking and explaining this convoluted process, including: Pamela Jones' Groklaw, Andy Updegrove's ConsortiumInfo Standards Blog, the OpenMalaysia blog, and the Command Line Warriors blog.
[March 30, 2008, 11:48]
IBM demands details of SCO dealings with HP, Microsoft, Sun
News I begin to think that every question we've had, we will finally get to know the answer," wrote Groklaw's Pamela Jones, who published the subpoenas on her site. Groklaw, a legal Web site that had been following the case closely, believes the...
[February 22, 2006, 12:55]
Who Shot Darl McBride?
Talkback Oh, and a not-so-minor nitpick: Groklaw's Jones is Pamela, not Paula; Paula was one of Clinton's Conquests, remember? Excellent points, though Groklaw has pretty well shot most of SCO's IP claims down in flames.
[April 22, 2004, 18:53]
ISO says no to OOXML appeals
Blog Anyway, here's Andy Updegrove's take, and here's Groklaw's take. As Pamela Jones says: That's it, game over. Appeals by South Africa, Brazil, India and Venezuela against the formal ratification of Microsoft's Office Open XML document format have...
[August 16, 2008, 14:15]
Red Hat and Novell hit with Linux patent suit
News I think SCO II has arrived," wrote Pamela Jones on legal blog Groklaw, referring to SCO's bid to sue Novell and IBM over copyright in their Linux distributions. Linux vendors Red Hat and Novell have been sued for patent infringement — but not by...
[October 12, 2007, 17:53]
ISO rejects national bodies' appeals against OOXML
News Pamela Jones, writing on her Groklaw blog, suggested that the only remaining weapon in the armoury of those opposed to OOXML's official standardisation could be the investigation being carried out by the European Commission.
[August 18, 2008, 14:18]
