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Open Core Case Study
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Open Core Case Study

SugarCRM 6 Debuts with Open Source and Commercial Features While their marketing guy may claim “that overall, Sugar 6 is an open source product from an open source...

? Join Me At Open World Forum
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? Join Me At Open World Forum

The conference landscape evolves constantly. Old events pass away, new ones arrive and it’s good to get pointers to know what’s worthwhile. I can recommend this...

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Woot calls out Associated Press for plagiarism Lovely Woot piece today, pointing out that if Woot quoted AP the way AP quoted Woot, they would demand payment. AP's...

links for 2010-07-05
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Groklaw – Open Core and OSI Pamela picks up both my article and Mark's and asks the obvious question. For the record, Mark is wrong to assert that I think only...

links for 2010-07-04
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Video Prison: Why Patents Might Threaten Free Online Video | NewAmerica.net Important explanation of why the patent thicket around video formats on the internet...

links for 2010-07-01
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Project Harmony looks to improve contribution agreements I hope to be able to participate in this activity, if only to ensure that it does not become a validation...

? Open Source Dynamics
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? Open Source Dynamics

The Lack Of A Billion Dollar Pureplay Open Source Software Company Shows The Market Is Working Properly “just as we shouldn’t worry about the lack of “billion dollar”...

Open Core: Bad For Software Freedom
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Open Core: Bad For Software Freedom

The open core model is being feted as the new default open source business model. But I assert it does not deliver and sustain the principle that delivers cost...

? World and Universe
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? World and Universe

Openness, Radicalism, and Tolerance “Why isn

? Unexpected Harm
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? Unexpected Harm

Sitting straight ‘bad for backs’ Somehow my body had already worked out that 135

? Drawing A Crowd
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? Drawing A Crowd

Open World Forum 2010 – Agenda This year’s Open World Forum has a packed and scorching hot agenda and I’m honored to be chairing the opening state-of-the-union...

links for 2010-06-26
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The Immortality of Open Source Projects Good snapshot of the history and thinking behind ForgeRock. (tags: FOSS OpenSource ForgeRock SimonPhipps Clippings) CBC...

Java Genius
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Java Genius

This is a work of genius: The conference, JavaZone in Norway, deserves every bit of the attention it’s getting as a consequence.

? Science Fiction Made Real
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? Science Fiction Made Real

No Sleep ‘Til Fusion Wonderfully written story from Quinn about low-budget experimentation with fusion reactions. (tags: Fusion Energy Science Story) Live map of...

links for 2010-06-24
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Marten Mickos says open source doesn't have to be fully open This was the received wisdom among the senior VPs at Sun just before the fall of the company. While...

? Why Do Open Source Advocates Attack Each Other?
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? Why Do Open Source Advocates Attack Each Other?

Maybe it’s a trend, or maybe I just noticed because I was looking, but following my article last week about the strange parallels between Life of Brian and the...

? BCS Members: Vote Now
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? BCS Members: Vote Now

If you’re a BCS Member or Fellow you’ve received a voting pack in the mail that needs your attention. Please vote this weekend so that there’s no risk of missing...

links for 2010-06-17
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UK keeps three times as many patents secret as the US Not only is the patent system broken (it has forgotten to protect the public good in return for granting a...

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One of the frustrations of being a software freedom advocate is how many of the attacks that are made on me come from people who most observers would consider to...
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