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The goals of the OSI's license proliferation committee were thrown
into question when Bruce Perens, creator of the organization's manifesto,
was recently denied entrance. Perens, the co-founder of the Open Source
Initiative (OSI) and creator of the Open Source Definition, went public
with his displeasure that he wasn't invited to take part in the committee.
And Mr. Perens may have merit in stating that
the organization is " . . . not a meritocracy, and it's not democratic."
More flap on the flap here.
Linux founder Linus Torvalds recently began defending the trademark
for his namesake software, and, as a result, he has found himself
having to defend his own reputation in the open-source community.
Torvalds' lawyer last month reportedly wrote to 90 companies in Australia
and asked them to relinquish legal claim to the name Linux. More on
Linus' woes and some community member reactions here.
Author Bruce Byfield compares and contrasts 3 popular word processors
from the Free and Open Source Software world. Check out this frank and objective paper.
(Anyone else doubt if he used M$ Office to write it?)
The Apache Software Foundation on Monday launched an open-source
project to develop application-integration middleware, a move that
could lead to a viable alternative to vendor-supplied products used
in service-oriented architectures. Follow up on this here.
Weighing in on the fractious issue of protecting copyrighted digital
content, this Sunday a project it calls the Open Media Commons initiative
aimed at creating an open-source, royalty-free digital-rights management
standard. More about this ambitious project here.
The NetBeans open source project is proud to announce NetBeans IDE
4.1 and Mobility Pack 4.1 final releases. NetBeans IDE 4.1 introduces
support for development of applications on the J2EE 1.4 Platform and
their deployment to the Sun Java System Application Server 8.1 Platform
Edition.
Visit NetBeans.org to
download the NetBeans
IDE 4.1, the Mobility
Pack 4.1
Highlights and further information can be found at the NetBeans IDE
4.1 release
page.
NetBeans 4.1 Tutorials, Guides, and Articles are here.
And for a top level view about the NetBeans.org community in action,
read the weekly newsletter #204
and the monthly NetBeans Edge.
OpenOffice.org announced the availability of the 2.0 beta version
of its open source office suite. Major highlights include the open standard
OASIS OpenDocument XML format as the default file format, Multi-pane
view, support of CustomShapes and more. Find those changes in the release
notes and download the source below.
http://download.openoffice.org/2.0beta/index.html
The OpenSolaris project is an open source operating system, a community
development effort and a place for collaboration and conversation
about OpenSolaris technology. It is aimed at developers and users
who want to develop and improve operating systems. The OpenSolaris
technology represents cutting edge operating system design, but the
innovation is just getting started!
+ Announcing Grid Engine
6.0 Beta2
The Beta refresh Grid Engine 6.0Beta2 is now ready and courtesy binaries
are available for download.
Grid Engine 6.0 is an important step forward to simplify Grid Computing
at the Enterprise and Cluster Grid level. Important new features of
Grid Engine 6.0 are support for flexible to use cluster queues, resource
reservation and availability of the job submission and control library
DRMAA. http://gridengine.sunsource.net/servlets/ProjectDownloadList
+ java.net - The Source for Java™
Technology Collaboration
Start
a project, join
a project. Comment on wikis,
blogs,
and other forums. Ask questions from experts. Get valuable tips and
information in the javapedia.
But whatever you do, join
the the java.net community - THE community for java developers. http://www.java.net/index.html
+ JXTA J2SE release, 2.3 "Jambalaya"
Release is available
Jxta.org is pleased to announce the availability
of a new JXTA J2SE release, 2.3 "Jambalaya". A lot of progress
has been made in this release and there is a lot to be excited about!
The JXTA Jambalaya release provides significant functional enhancements
of the JXTA J2SE platform, some important performance and scalability
improvements, along with a number of important bug fixes. Binary,
and source downloads are available at: http://download.jxta.org/stablebuilds/index.html
+ Jini - New licensing model
for Jini technology
Sun has announced a new licensing model for Jini technology. Check
out the details.
And to start working Jini.org has an updated Starter
Kit. The v2.1Beta release of the Jini Technology Starter Kit
is now available for testing and evaluation at: http://starterkit.jini.org/downloads/index.html
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