US group takes open source fight abroad
News Local advocacy group Open Source Victoria also recently came out in support of moves to promote the use of open-source software in government. US-based lobby group the Initiative for Software Choice (ISC) is escalating its efforts to stymie the...
[July 16, 2003, 9:49]
Aussie group claims SCO's demands flout law
News Open Source Victoria claims SCO is violating the Trade Practices Act and has updated its complaint against the company with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Open Source Victoria claims that by demanding that Australian...
[January 22, 2004, 9:10]
Australians told to ignore SCO's letters
News OSIA's move, its first significant foray into community issues associated with free and open source software, comes as the ACCC continues to investigate a complaint by Open Source Victoria (OSV) -- of which Zymaris is a convenor -- that SCO's...
[May 26, 2004, 9:55]
SCO takes softly, softly approach downunder
News The company's claims have been rejected and vilified by open-source advocates worldwide, with Melbourne-based Open Source Victoria being a particularly strident critic locally. The SCO Group is initially soft-pedalling threats of lawsuits against...
[January 20, 2004, 9:40]
Deploying education desktops - made easier
Blog Comment Open Source Victoria Education FOSS Catalog Free Software for Schools is a catalogue of open source computer programs for teaching and learning. devlin7, it all depends on what you're after, and how much it costs you:
[March 17, 2009, 7:13]
Industry group says SCO cannot alter old licences
News Open Source Victoria (OSV) -- an industry cluster -- has expressed concern that the recently announced licences allegedly validating companies' use of Linux, an operating system SCO that claims infringes its intellectual property, imply that...
[February 19, 2004, 9:00]
Australian open-sourcers set up national association
News The body would operate in a national coordinating role in those jurisdictions which already had strong state-based open-source advocacy bodies (South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria), while it would dip into state issues in those...
[March 1, 2004, 8:00]
SCO ready to hit Australian Linux users
News He also confirmed he had not heard any further news from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over a complaint from Linux activist group Open Source Victoria. Australia's corporate community will get their first real taste of the SCO...
[January 9, 2004, 9:35]
Microsoft in dispute with children's charity for dodging Windows fees
News The charity -- which was set up in Victoria to refurbish old computers for the benefit of disadvantaged children and non-profit organisations -- was in trouble for distributing PCs without paying Microsoft about £60 per machine for the use of its...
[July 16, 2001, 11:56]
