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  • Anger as EU ignores open-source video

    More than 7,000 angry Linux users have protested against the European Union after it excluded them from viewing streaming videos.

  • Microsoft plays open but patent jaws still have teeth

    Despite Microsoft's claim it will not sue developers that build free open source software on Microsoft platforms, a caveat leaves a yawning space for its legal teeth to gnash those that commercialise the software.

  • Microsoft not yet open for business

    The most impressive aspect of Microsoft's statement on Thursday in favour of caring and sharing wasn't in anything the company said. It was the speed at which the world, or that part of it not in a commercial relationship with Microsoft, digested the information and replied: Heard it before. Not good enough.

  • Google aligns itself with open-source patent group

    Google has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN) which will see it agree to cross-license open- source-related patents to other members free of charge.

  • European Commission endorses open source

    The European Commission has issued a ringing endorsement of open-source software, producing a confidence-boost for businesses considering the deployment of Linux and other free software.

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