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Ballmer to leave Microsoft 23 Aug 2013 | 09:01 pm
Honestly it’s about time and exactly what the company needs if it’s to get fixed. Let’s hope they get someone who will truly embrace open source rather than firewalling it and paying lip-service to it...
Virtual Choir 4 from Eric Whitacre 13 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm
Unexpectedly awesome. When he described it (“synths”, “pop feel”) it sounded like it might be a step down from the previous 3, but it’s actually very good. And congratulations to Tim for his first VC...
A Change in License for Berkeley DB 6 Jul 2013 | 12:29 am
Reblogged from Meshed Insights & Knowledge: Perhaps you didn't spot it, but last month in their new Berkeley DB release Oracle changed the license associated with the software. Many will see this as ...
IRS Blocks Open Source Non-Profit Status 28 Jun 2013 | 10:38 pm
Open source Foundations have a great track record for good governance of open source projects – think of the Apache Software Foundation, the Document Foundation, the Eclipse Foundation or the Mozilla ...
Community Foundations at OSCON 26 Jun 2013 | 09:08 pm
Reblogged from Meshed Insights & Knowledge: OSCON is approaching and the schedule's looking great. On the Tuesday morning Simon will be one of several open source foundation leaders giving guidance a...
MariaDB Progress 25 Jun 2013 | 01:11 am
I just posted a State Of The Sea Lion report on the MariaDB blog detailing where we have reached with implementing a community-centric approach for the MariaDB Foundation.
Brazil Protests Peaceful, And Not About Bus Fares 24 Jun 2013 | 12:56 am
In preparation for FISL (where I hope to be speaking next week), I have been continuing to try to understand the protests in Brazil, which are now regularly bringing crowds the size of a European town...
Endangered Downloads 22 Jun 2013 | 09:37 pm
I’ve posted an article in a few places commenting briefly on the implications of Github, Google and others (but notably not SourceForge) deciding not to offer downloads as a service to open source pro...
Too Much Power? 22 Jun 2013 | 01:02 am
In InfoWorld this week, I’ve reprised my views about contributor agreements. The trigger for this was seeing Oracle erroneously change the license for the MySQL man pages from GPL to something nasty. ...
Brazil’s Half-Miracle 19 Jun 2013 | 02:36 pm
On all the social media networks, there’s a hashtag that I have kept seeing the last few days: #ChangeBrazil, associated with unrest across Brazil. Since I may be going there soon for the huge FISL op...
