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XDEV Open Source Java Application Framework Available Now

San Francisco based XDEV Software Corporation, has launched its open source XDEV Application Framework. The framework is available under open XDEV Public License, a CPL compatible license, including the use of the framework for commercial purposes.

Open Source Census Gaining Traction Globally as Enterprises Gain Visibility Into Their Own Open Source Usage

BROOMFIELD, CO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/16/08 -- The Open Source Census, a global, collaborative project to collect and share quantitative data on the use of open source software, today announced that after its first two months, more than 220,000 open source package/project installations have been discovered. Additionally several organizations have joined The Open Source Census at various levels, including: ActiveState, EnterpriseDB, Microsoft, Oregon State University's Open Source Lab, and OSAlt.com (Open Source as Alternative).

Is Open Source Good for the Java Developer?

Commercial open source software has arrived. There have been commercial sponsors of open source projects for a long time, but the recent spate of high-price (for open source, at least) acquisitions of companies with open source products at the core of their business has made a splash in the technology industry. In addition, Sun’s convulsions into the open source world have left the Java landscape decisively in open source territory.

Microsoft's non-open source attempt at open source

Microsoft has evolved in its stance toward open source, but its current hiccup with the Sandcastle project calls into question just how well it understands the obligations open source imposes. Microsoft created its CodePlex site to host open-source software, and has been careful to abide by open-source rules, submitting its licenses to the Open Source Initiative for approval.

Open Source Software Continually Improving According to Research from Coverity(TM)...

Open Source Software Continually Improving According to Research from Coverity(TM) Joint Venture With U.S. Department of Homeland Security New Scan Report on Open Source Software 2008 Shows 16% Reduction in Static Analysis Defect Density Across 250 Popular Open Source Projects Over 2 Year Period SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Coverity(TM), Inc., the leader in improving software quality and security, today announced the availability of the Scan Report on Open Source Software 2008. The Coverity Scan site was developed with support from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as part of the federal government's 'Open Source Hardening Project.' The report is based on 2 years of analysis of more than 55 million lines of code on a recurring basis from over 250 popular open source projects with Coverity Prevent(TM), the industry-leading

Does an Open Java Really Matter?

snydeq writes "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister questions the relevance of the recent opening of Java given the wealth of options open source developers enjoy today. Sure, as the first full-blooded Java implementation available under a 100 percent Free Software license, RedHat's IcedTea pushes aside open source objections to developing in Java. Yet, McAllister asks, if Java really were released today, brand-new, would it be a tool you'd choose? 'The problem, as I see it, is twofold,' he writes. 'First, as the Java platform has matured, it has become incredibly complex. Today it's possible to do anything with Java, but no one developer can do everything — there simply aren't enough hours in the day to learn it all. Second, and most important, even as Java has stretched outward to embrace more concepts and technologies — adding APIs an

DiBona on Googles Open Source Philosophy

Google often gets a bad rap when it comes to “open source citizenship� because many don’t think the company gives back as much open source code as it uses. And its lack of support for the Affero General Public License (AGPL) v3 doesn’t help matters. But as News.com writer Stephen Shankland found, Google’s open source program manager, Chris DiBona, isn’t all that worried about what open source businesses or open source evangelists think about Google. His philosophy is to focus on the open source developers:

Is Mule Really Open Source?

"Most Open Source Projects (Not the namesake open source projects) are released under an OSI approved license. The open source definition of OSI states that 'Open source doesn't just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open-source software must comply with the following criteria'. It goes on to describe 10 items under this. Item #6 states that 'The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.'

Microsoft - Open Source Community Is Watching

Microsoft's been getting some flack for posting a project called Sandcastle on their Codeplex open source site but not including the source code for the project. Ops, that is a rather "open" definition of open source software. Either it was just one of those goof ups that happen in big companies or someone on the Sandcastle team really don't know that open source licensed software is supposed to include source code. I'd guess it was a goof up. Whatever the reason, Microsoft's learned a hard lesson very quickly; the open source community does a good job of policing policy violations, and they are just waiting for Microsoft to make a mistake.

Dimdim Uncages Open Source Eagle

Dimdim (www.dimdim.com), the world's free open source web meeting company, today announced a new release of its web meeting software specifically for the open source community. The new version, called Dimdim Open Source Community Edition Version 3.5, nicknamed "Eagle," is completely free and available for immediate download. Dimdim "Eagle" is the world's first unified communications platform specifically created for and by the open source community. To date, this community has downloaded Dimdim's free open source web meeting software over 230,000 times.

Ingres OpenROAD now Open Source

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - May 19, 2008 - Ingres Corporation announces an open source version of Ingres OpenROAD, the company's platform for rapid application development. The open source version of Ingres OpenROAD is now available as a free download via the Ingres community website at http://community.ingres.com. By open-sourcing Ingres OpenROAD, more users will be able to try the product and build rapid application prototypes.

Ingres OpenROAD Now Open Source

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2008--Ingres Corporation, a leading provider of open source database management software and support services, announced today an open source version of Ingres OpenROAD, the company’s platform for rapid application development. The open source version of Ingres OpenROAD is now available as a free download via the Ingres community website at http://community.ingres.com

Microsoft 'Shared Source' Attempts to Hijack FOSS

aacc1313 writes "An article that details how Open Source is being hijacked by Microsoft and the sort via 'Shared Source' licenses and how Open Source licenses have become so much more confusing. From the article, "The confusion stems from the fact that Microsoft's 'shared source' program includes three proprietary licenses as well, whose names are similar in some ways to the open-source licenses. Thus, while the Microsoft Reciprocal License has been approved by OSI, the Microsoft Limited Reciprocal License (Ms-LRL) is not, because it allows users to modify and redistribute the software only on the Windows platform" and "The 'shared source' program was and is Microsoft's way of fighting the open source world, allowing customers to inspect Microsoft source code without giving those customers the right to modify or redistribute the code.

Microsoft Rebuilds Open Source Sandcastle

"Microsoft is apparently serious about its efforts to adhere to the letter of the Open Source Definition and is now set to relaunch its Sandcastle effort as a result. Nearly a month ago Microsoft pulled the Sandcastle project from its CodePlex site because it was listed as being open source (under the OSI approved Ms-PL) when in fact it wasn't because it didn't adhere to the licensing terms of open source. Sandcastle which is a documentation compiler for managed class libraries did not have source code open and available for download.

Microsoft doet aan Open Source

Wij hebben enkele experimentele fases doorlopen om te Open Source te begrijpen, ons te positioneren en Open Source projecten te testen�, verklaart Marc Gardette, verantwoordelijke van de groep architecten van de researchdivisie en het bedrijfsplatform van Microsoft Frankrijk. De uitgever neemt uiteraard al twee jaar deel aan de vrije wereld, al was het maar met Codeplex, het hostingplatform voor Open Source projecten. Het bedrijf vermenigvuldigt nu ook haar partnerakkoorden met de gemeenschap dankzij een samenwerking met Novell, Apache en zelfs Mozilla. Ten slotte is het bedrijf dit jaar ook sponsor van organisaties zoals Open Source Census en Oscon (Open Source Convention).

SourceLabs Brings Self-Support to Eclipse Open Source Development Community

PRNewswire/ -- SourceLabs, the company innovating open source software support, today announced that its Self-Support Suite now supports the open source Eclipse development environment. SourceLabs' Self-Support technology dramatically reduces the complexity of enterprise Linux and Java application development and maintenance, giving developers, corporate IT professionals, and solution providers an on-demand way to support web applications using the Eclipse Foundation's open source development framework.

SourceLabs Brings Self-Support to Eclipse Open Source Development ... - PR Newswire (press release)

SEATTLE, May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- SourceLabs, the company innovating open source software support, today announced that its Self-Support Suite now supports the open source Eclipse development environment. SourceLabs' Self-Support technology dramatically reduces the complexity of enterprise Linux and Java application development and maintenance, giving developers, corporate IT professionals, and solution providers an on-demand way to support web applications using the Eclipse Foundation's open source development framework.

SourceLabs Brings Self-Support to Eclipse Open Source Development Community

SEATTLE, May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- SourceLabs, the company innovating open source software support, today announced that its Self-Support Suite now supports the open source Eclipse development environment. SourceLabs' Self-Support technology dramatically reduces the complexity of enterprise Linux and Java application development and maintenance, giving developers, corporate IT professionals, and solution providers an on-demand way to support web applications using the Eclipse Foundation's open source development framework.

Ingres Drives Awareness of Geospatial Software at Open Source Boot Camp 6

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (Business Wire) -- Ingres Corporation, a leading provider of open source database management software and support services, is promoting important and innovative new skills around geospatial open source software at its next and largest Open Source Boot Camp (OSBootCamp). OSBootCamp 6 will provide students, developers, and industry professionals the latest developments around geospatial open source software (OSS) and detail new advancements in geospatial technology. The two-day event will feature industry experts presenting on web mapping, GIS analysis, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) projects, and more. OSBootCamp 6 is scheduled for June 2 - 3 at the Carleton University Campus, Ottawa, Canada. For detailed information and to register, please go to: www.

Open Source Software Shows Its Muscle (Law.com)

Open source software had its origins in the free software movement. By now, most open source users understand that free refers to freedom, not to price. The new lesson is that the freedom belongs to the software, not to users. You are not free to do whatever you want with the open source software and may find yourself in a legal fight if what you do restricts the freedom of the software. Many of the things that for-profit companies strive for end up limiting some software's freedom. Any activity that leverages software for business advantage is likely to restrict the software's freedom, and the growing use of open source software by for-profit companies has been a growing irritant for free software advocates.

OGD1: The Open Source Graphics Card

Open source software was just the beginning, as we're now seeing the slow but steady proliferation of open source hardware as well. The newest development in this field is now accepting preorders -- the Open Graphics Project's OGD-1, a totally open source FPGA development platform. It's actually not a graphics card yet, but that's one of the many possible things it could be morphed into. And that's all part of the plan.

Open source software security improving

You cannot say something’s good or bad unless you benchmark or compare it against something else. According to theOpen Source Security Report 2008 Linus’s Law, “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow�, a mentality which when combined with static code analysis of the most popular and widely used open source projects such as Firefox, Linux and PHP and benchmark it against 250 other open source projects, can truly make an impact. Is open source software security improving? Coverity’s recently released Open Source Report 2008, indicates it is.

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