Monday, June 22, 2009

June 22 Open Source News

NZ open source activists target software patents
Computerworld New Zealand - Auckland,New Zealand
Open-source champions are pushing to eliminate software patents from New Zealand through a Patents Bill now at the select committee stage in Parliament. ...
Open Source Bridge, a success
Ulitzer.com - Woodcliff Lake,NJ,USA
By David Abramowski The Open Source Bridge Conference made its debut last week at the Oregon Convention Center. Over 450 attendees gathered to share ideas, ...
Q&A | 'Open source is more stable and better supported'
Times of India - India
The BJP's LK Advani recently threw his weight behind open source technologies. Jonathan Schwartz , CEO of Sun Microsystems, tells Sujit John that open ...
Open Source FPS Game Alien Arena 2009 Released
Slashdot - USA
Alienkillerrace writes "The open sourced, freeware FPS game Alien Arena 2009 has been released (Windows and Linux). The improvements to the game engine are ...
No license payments lure, as open source on the rise!
iTWire - Australia
by Peter Dinham The absence of upfront license payments is the main driver in open source adoption, along with the lower costs of total ownership, ...
INFORMATION WARFARE: Open Source Goes To War
Strategy Page - USA
June 20, 2009: The US Department of Defense, is trying to make the most of Open Source software. This is software that anyone can modify. ...

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