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Linux Lab Cuts Staff And Focuses On Legal Work
News Open Source Development Labs, an industry-funded consortium, has cut a third of its staff, lost its chief executive and scaled back some technical work. Chief executive Stuart Cohen resigned to pursue opportunities with higher-level open-source...
[December 6, 2006, 14:09]
Venture Capital Directed At Open Source
News The venture, called Simula Labs, will take open source development projects and seek to create businesses around them. Winston Damarillo, who founded Gluecode and was chairman when it was sold, will act as CEO of Simula Labs.
[May 20, 2005, 9:40]
IBM And SCO Gather Reinforcements
News Those include Novell; Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel; Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation; Stuart Cohen, chief executive of the Open Source Development Labs; and John Horsley, general counsel of Transmeta.
[November 13, 2003, 7:35]
Windows Dominance To Last 'two To Four Years'
News He also added that budget constraints are an issue, citing the example of the Open Source Development Labs' $10m budget. Linux improvements are advancing quickly," he said, but added: "Linux efforts are kind of all over the place -- each vendor...
[November 17, 2004, 14:45]
Open-source Community Site Goes Open Source
News A new "labs" section of the Ohloh site makes source code available, under the GPL version 2. We want to make sure we have a solid process in place so that the development community can easily access and contribute to Ohcount, then we will scale...
[January 18, 2008, 16:07]
SCO Wanted To Gag Torvalds
News SCO sought to silence Torvalds, who at the time worked for the not-for-profit Open Source Development Labs (OSDL). We are.concerned about the statements about SCO's litigation claims made by Linus Torvalds, who is employed by the Open Source...
[April 30, 2007, 14:38]
Open Source Patent Library Launched
News Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) revealed plans on Tuesday for a project that will aggregate information on patents that have been pledged to the open source community. Stuart Cohen, OSDL's chief executive, said the project - which is still in...
[August 10, 2005, 12:25]
Open Source Defence Centre Launched
News An initial $4m to fund the New York-based centre came from Open Source Development Labs, a Linux consortium funded by computing industry giants such as IBM, HP, Intel and others. A prominent intellectual property lawyer in the open source movement...
[February 1, 2005, 8:45]
Open-source Legal Body Sues Over GPL Violation
News The SFLC initially was funded by the Open Source Development Labs — a consortium now called the Linux Foundation — and also is sponsored by Linux open-source allies including IBM, HP and Red Hat. A legal team enforcing the most widely used licence...
[October 1, 2007, 15:08]
Open Source Gurus Issue Patent Warning
News Stuart Cohen, chief executive of the Open Source Development Labs Linux consortium, said he believes others will follow IBM's move. Two open source leaders joined Linux founder Linus Torvalds in disparaging software patents Tuesday, the newest...
[February 2, 2005, 8:10]
Open Source: KDE Hits Back At GNOME
News KDE spokesman and SuSE Labs open-source developer Kurt Granroth declined to comment on the KDE League rumors. Among the backers were open-source software companies such as Eazel, Helix Code, Red Hat, TurboLinux and VA Linux Systems, as well as a...
[September 11, 2000, 8:22]
Linux Lab Urges GPL Clarification
News The Free Software Foundation urgently needs to explain how software governed by the current General Public License will interact with that governed by a successor now under development, the leader of the Open Source Development Labs said Wednesday.
[September 21, 2006, 10:35]
Linux Kernel Rewrite Claims Denied
News Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), which promotes the adoption of the Linux operating system, has denied that it plans to rewrite the Linux kernel to combat claims that it infringes some software patents.
[January 18, 2005, 12:25]
OSDL Lays Out Linux Guidelines
News Open Source Development Labs, one of the main groups promoting the business use of open-source software, released its standards for using Linux in enterprise applications. OSDL on Thursday said the document, named Data Centre Linux (DCL) Technical...
[February 6, 2004, 7:40]
The Power Base Of Linux
News When Stuart Cohen signed on as chief executive of Open Source Development Labs in April, he didn't think so much of his time would be occupied with the actions of a small Utah-based company called the SCO Group.
[January 22, 2004, 9:35]
Linux Lab Draws More Big Names
News Novell and Network Appliance have joined the Open Source Development Labs, one of the main groups promoting the business use of Linux and other open-source software. The companies said this week they had signed up to the OSDL, which is funded by a...
[December 11, 2003, 11:10]
Linux Foundation Tackles Power Concerns
News The Green Linux initiative is being organised by the Linux Foundation, which was formed earlier this year by a merger of the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group. Linux developers are gearing up for a summit next week in Canada...
[June 19, 2007, 11:29]
Microsoft Proposes Open Source Alliance
News Microsoft has approached the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), home of Linus Torvalds, to propose working together on a Windows vs Linux analysis. Redmond is hoping to woo the open source organisation into conducting what it calls "independent...
[August 25, 2005, 8:35]
Email 'crucial' To Desktop Linux's Future
News The Desktop Linux Client Survey 2005, organised by the Open Source Development Labs, found that the lack of a powerful email application could hinder the adoption of Linux on the desktop. The survey suggests a cultural shift has occurred among...
[December 1, 2005, 9:55]
OSDL Gives Microsoft The Cold Shoulder
News The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), home of Linus Torvalds, is unlikely to be accepting Microsoft's offer to jointly finance research into the Windows v Linux debate. The offer, made by Microsoft's general manager of platform strategy Martin...
[August 31, 2005, 9:35]
