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Open-Source Software and Its Role in Space Exploration - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership
A software developer from JPL explains the reasons that NASA has embraced free and open source software in its application development process. Because, in a Mars launch, the term "mission critical" has a literal meaning.
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Make Your Open Source Software GPL-Compatible. Or Else.
This essay argues that developers of open source software / Free Software (OSS/FS) should use an existing widely-used license compatible with the General Public License (GPL), such as the GPL, LGPL, MIT/X, or BSD-new licenses.
Microsoft claims software like Linux violates its patents
Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big chunk of corporate America, violates 235 of its patents. It wants royalties from distributors and users. Users like you, maybe. Fortune's Roger Parloff reports.
bookmark this on del.icio.us2006: The year the Free Software Foundation reached out to the community
Interesting look at how the FSF is picking up a more activist role with tech. politics and policy. Mentions the GPL v3 process, BadVista.org, and the anti-DRM site, Defective By Design.
The OS Agnostics | Free Software Magazine
lists popular open-source platform-independent 'os agnostic' apps
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