http://www.linux-watch.com/?kc=rss Keeping an Eye on the Penguin en-us The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has filed suit against 14 consumer electronics companies on behalf of the developers of BusyBox for violating GPLv2 licensing requirements. The lawsuit covers almost 20 Linux-based products, and targets companies including Best Buy, Samsung, Westinghouse, and JVC, says the SFLC. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8409719291.html?kc=rss Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:41:00 -0700 http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8409719291.html Just as Microsoft has being accused of playing dirty over sales tactics and patents, the software company has launched its first open source organization. The CodePlex Foundation aims to act as a liason between commercial enterprises and open source developers and communities while increasing open source participation, says the foundation. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3632061827.html?kc=rss Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:14:00 -0700 http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3632061827.html An IDC study predicts that open source software will grow at a 22.4 percent rate to reach $8.1 billion by 2013, says eWEEK. Meanwhile, in an SEC filing, Microsoft has added Linux vendors Canonical and Red Hat to its list of as rivals, and acknowledges the growing threat of Android. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3927699066.html?kc=rss Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:09:00 -0700 http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3927699066.html A lobbying group has been launched by more than 70 companies, academic institutions, and communities, to promote open source software as a "transparent and cost-effective option" for U.S. government agencies. "Open Source for America" counts AMD, Canonical, Google, Novell, Oracle, and Red Hat among its members. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2523288137.html?kc=rss Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:54:00 -0700 http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2523288137.html A software company based in Redmond, Wash. has released 20,000 lines of code under GPLv2 for three Linux device drivers. Microsoft says its first open source Linux code contribution is designed to speed the performance of the operating system when it's run in a Hyper-V virtual machine. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS6567014545.html?kc=rss Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:45:00 -0700 http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS6567014545.html Google followed up on Thursday's announcement of a Linux-based Chrome OS for netbooks by listing nine technology partners that are supporting the open-source platform. Meanwhile, one report claims that Intel, which is not on the list, is collaborating with Google on Chrome OS. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9174113805.html?kc=rss Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:50:00 -0700 http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9174113805.html Google announced an open source operating system aimed at netbooks that combines the Linux kernel with its Chrome browser. Google expects to release open source code for the Google Chrome Operating System later this year, and will ship a final version in the second half of 2010, says the company. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9726082828.html?kc=rss Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:11:00 -0700 http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9726082828.html As the Debian project releases a second update of its Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 ("Lenny") distribution, a controversy has broken out over the next version, "Squeeze." GNU guru Richard Stallman has warned that by including a Mono-based note-taking application called Tomboy, Debian runs the risk of Microsoft litigation over C# patents. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7392358109.html?kc=rss Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:16:00 -0700 http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7392358109.html IDG World Expo has announced speakers for its inaugural OpenSource World 2009 show (formerly LinuxWorld) on Aug. 12-13 in San Francisco. California Secretary of State Debra Bowen will keynote the conference, which will feature presentations on Linux desktops, netbooks, Android, mobile devices, enterprise, security, troubleshooting, and numerous "cloud" topics. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9333020449.html?kc=rss Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:36:00 -0700 http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9333020449.html Linus Torvalds (pictured) announced Linux kernel 2.6.30, adding several new filesystems, including the NILFS2 log-structured filesystem. Linux 2.6.30 enhancements include a local caching layer for NFS data, the RDS server cluster communications protocol, the Tomoyo security module, and support for LZMA and BZIP2 compression algorithms. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2720352534.html?kc=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:36:00 -0700 http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2720352534.html Intel announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wind River Systems, one of the top providers of embedded Linux distributions and tools. Intel plans to acquire Wind River for $11.50 per share in cash, or about $884 million, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS6104454041.html?kc=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:28:00 -0700 http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS6104454041.html The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit against Apple to defend the First Amendment rights of a noncommercial online forum. The suit comes in response to pressure from Apple lawyers that forced "BluWiki" to remove discussions of how to make third-party media management software work with the iPhone and iPod. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7990509549.html?kc=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:18:00 -0700 http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7990509549.html Open Invention Network (OIN) announced that three of the eight patents cited in Microsoft's lawsuit against TomTom have been posted for prior art review by the Linux community. The evidence is being compiled to convince the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that the patents are invalid. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3808328946.html?kc=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:14:00 -0700 http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3808328946.html Red Hat and Georgia Tech have published a study that measures open source activity around the world. The Open Source Index (OSI) is accompanied by an interactive map (pictured) that shows the relative rankings for 75 countries based on their open source software (OSS) activity. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5223881177.html?kc=rss Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:02:00 -0700 http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5223881177.html Database giant Oracle has agreed to purchase Sun Microsystems in a deal worth $7.4 billion, according to a story in eWEEK. Oracle wants Sun more for its hardware than its software, and may choose to jettison Sun's open source offerings, including MySQL, says eWEEK. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7119024462.html?kc=rss Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:54:00 -0700 http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7119024462.html