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Thousands of AU developers protest US trade pact

Almost 3,000 developers from Australia and abroad have voiced their opposition to the proposed intellectual property clauses in the United States-Australia Free Trade agreement. Read more »

Linux Australia honours IP lawyer

Law professor and intellectual property expert Kimberlee Weatherall was honoured with an award for service to the open source community Read more »

AU FOSS bodies blast US free-trade deal

Australia's national open source industry body, OSIA (Open Source Industry Australia), and Linux Australia have spoken out about their concerns over the proposed Australian-US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA), warning that the legal framework of the intellectual property clauses will put the entire Australian software development industry at risk. Read more »

Internet Godfather makes way for new Don at ICANN

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has elected New Zealand lawyer Peter Dengate Thrush as its new chairman, replacing one of the Internet's "founding fathers", Vint Cerf. Read more »

SCO finalising plans for Aust Linux onslaught

Australia's corporate community will get their first real taste of the SCO Group's campaign for compensation for alleged intellectual property breaches involving Linux before the end of the first quarter. Read more »

Singapore firm claims patent to image linking

Singapore company says it owns patent to technology used by millions of online sites worldwide to link graphics and pictures to other Web pages. Read more »

Microsoft cannot escape from GPLv3: FSF

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has dismissed claims by Microsoft that it is exempt from provisions of GPLv3 and has vowed to make sure the Redmond giant "respects our copyrights and complies with our licences". Read more »

Rift divides FOSS community, says Linux body

Linux Australia's immediate past president believes moderate open source developers are being pushed into "a refugee situation" between the 'free software' and 'commercial' hardliners. Read more »

Open source push reflects need for FTA action: Lundy

Even modest adoption of open source software could trim 2.5 percent from the government's IT spend, Labor senator and shadow minister for IT Kate Lundy told approximately 150 gathered attendees in a broad keynote speech that kicked off the AUUG'2004 conference in Melbourne yesterday. Read more »

Father of Java labels patent case atrocious

The father of Java -- James Gosling -- has called the recent court case between Sun Microsystems and Eastman Kodak over patents "a complete atrocity". Read more »

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Why open source is bad for Australia

Open source is actually anti-industry, and protecting it is not in Australia's interests, says one industry observer. Read more »

A patently bad idea?

So you've developed software that is going to change the world only to discover another company holds the patent for your idea. Are patents protecting or destroying the software industry? Read more »

The importance of IP in Australia

With an increase in patent activity across the globe, we ask if businesses need to be concerned with their intellectual property. Read more »

James Gosling Q & A

James Gosling was in Australia this week to give two question-and-answer session to local developers. A rare opportunity for local developers, Builder AU was on hand to transcribe the event for those who couldn't make it. Read more »

Builder AU's June Top 10

Have you had your head stuck in a project and missed the latest Builder AU news, features and reviews? Keep in touch with our top 10 stories for June. Read more »

Talking IP with Kimberlee Weatherall and Rusty Russell

Law professor and intellectual property expert Kimberlee Weatherall and Linux Australia's IP Policy Adviser, Rusty Russell, talk about the new intellectual property laws Read more »

Outsourcing overseas

Sending software development tasks overseas is the latest cost-cutting phenomenon, but is it a case of 'you get what you pay for'? How can you optimise offshore development? Read more »

Developer spotlight: Dr Jeff Pobst

Builder AU recently caught up with Dr Jeff Pobst to talk about the future of software development on Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming console. Is it just about games? Read more »

Microsoft to open more source code

Microsoft's shared source chief Jason Matusow talks about whether the company plans to release more Office source code. The question is, does anybody want it? Read more »

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