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Intel, Red Hat cure open-source hiccup

Red Hat and Intel have settled a licensing hiccup that threatened to prevent the Linux company from contributing to Intel's open-source project--a reminder of the frictions that can arise between the commercial tech world and the open-source community. Read more »

Sun hopes for Linux-like Solaris

In an effort to spur adoption of Solaris, Sun Microsystems has begun a project code-named Indiana to try to give its operating system some of the trappings of Linux. Read more »

New Linux look fuels old debate

Efforts to bring glitzy new graphics to Linux are fuelling an old conflict: Does proprietary software belong in open-source Linux? Read more »

Sun retires one open-source license

Sun Microsystems is recommending that nobody use an open-source license it created, a small step in a broader push to pare back the number of such licenses. Read more »

Red Hat attempts to win back developers

The Linux seller is promising to make up for its mistreatment of developers by improving its focus on its free offering. Read more »

Sun considers GPL 3 licence for Solaris

Sun Microsystems is considering a dual-licensing move that could raise tantalizing possibilities of open-source cooperation between Linux and Sun's Solaris operating system, but legal issues complicate the possibility. Read more »

Sun has second thoughts about Linux on Solaris

Sun Microsystems is guiding the spotlight away from a once-prominent feature of Solaris 10. Read more »

Group: Linux potentially infringes 283 patents

Linux potentially infringes 283 patents, including 27 held by Microsoft but none that have been validated by court judgments, according to a group that sells insurance to protect those using or selling Linux against intellectual-property litigation. Read more »

InfiniBand could boost Linux supercomputing

A group of companies bands together to bring the high-speed networking technology to the open-source OS. Read more »

Sun open-source license could mean Solaris-Linux barrier

Sun Microsystems has quietly begun seeking official open-source status for a new software license that likely will be used to govern its Solaris operating system. Read more »

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The FUD war against Linux

Open-source activist Bruce Perens uncovers the SCO-Microsoft connection behind a campaign to convince users that trade secrets of Unix have been copied into Linux. Read more »

Torvalds: What, me worry?

In this interview Linux's creator, Linus Torvalds, sounds off on the SCO lawsuit, patents and the future of Linux. Read more »

Q & A with Linus Torvalds

When Linus Torvalds successfully harnessed the talent of thousands of programmers to create Linux, the operating system that arguably suffered most was Sun Microsystems' Solaris. Read more »

The open-source patent conundrum

The latest tactic in the software-patenting battle is the granting of patent rights to open-source developers. But are the grants really the equivalent of wolves in sheep's clothing? Read more »

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 »

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    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

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    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

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    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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