Pfhortytwo - Slashdot User

Comment Start of a patent war? (Score 3, Interesting) 473

by Pfhortytwo on Friday October 12, 2007 @09:41AM (#20952689) Attached to: Linux Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat/Novell

Wasn't http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/ created to combat this sort of event? What happens if the linux camp responds with suites of their own? Looking at OIN's portfolio, some of those patents look rather weighty. Not to mention that Novell, IBM, Redhat, and Sony all support linux and all have extremely large portfolios of their own. Did the principle of M.A.D. that the industry has relied on to keep from imploding just fly out the window? [IANAL, Rampant Speculation, etc, etc]

Submission + - iD and Valve violating GPL

Submitted by frooge on Saturday August 04, 2007 @09:54PM

frooge writes: With the recent release of iD's catalog on Steam, it appears DOSBox is being used to run the old DOS games for greater compatibility. According to a post on the Halflife2.net forums, however, this distribution does not contain a copy of the GPL license that DOSBox is distributed under, which violates the license. According to the DOSBox developers, they were not notified that it was being used for this release.

Submission + - Dateline NBC Mole Caught at DefCon (wired.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 03, 2007 @06:31PM

An anonymous reader writes: Dateline NBC allegedly attempted to infiltrate the DefCon hackerfest with a producer using a hidden camera. The show allegedly hoped to tape hackers admitting to illegal activities, but DefCon got wind of the plot and displayed the would-be-mole's photo before every presentation. Dateline refused to deny the planned infiltration.

Submission + - Worm Threat Forces Apple to Disable Software? (beskerming.com)

Submitted by

SkiifGeek

on Wednesday August 01, 2007 @09:51PM

SkiifGeek writes: "After the debacle that surrounded the announcement and non-disclosure of a worm that targets OS X (Rape.osx), did the claimed but not disclosed vulnerability in mDNSResponder force Apple to remove support for certain mDNSResponder capabilities with the recently released Security Update 2007-007?"

Submission + - GPLv3 Released (fsf.org)

Submitted by

A GNU Dawn

on Friday June 29, 2007 @12:47PM

A GNU Dawn writes: "The GPL v3 has just been released. Among other things, the released version grandfathers the Novell deal so that Microsoft's SLES coupons will undermine their patent threats, replaces references to the Magnusson-Moss Warranty Act with more specific language, and clarifies that using BitTorrent to convey a GPLed work is not a breach of the license (it might be one, technically, in GPLv2). The GPL FAQ has been updated to cover the new changes."

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