23 Jun
2008
23 Jun
'08
9:11 a.m.
"Yesterday was a landmark that plenty of us have been working towards
for nearly a decade. As MR and I have been indicating for a while now,
the remaining obstacles to a fully compatible and Free implementation
of Java SE have all been removed by efforts like renegotiating the
terms for the source of Java 2D and various community members (Sun and
others) re-implementing some of the other code."
http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/free_compatible_java_at_last
It is indeed a great great day for the Free Software community and a
great example of the rewards for standing up for our values. Kudos to
all who worked behind this milestone.
Next is flash -> www.getgnash.org
Cheers
Praveen
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25 Jun
25 Jun
9:37 a.m.
On 6/23/08, Praveen A <pravi.a(a)gmail.com> wrote:
"Yesterday was a landmark that plenty of us have
been working towards
And should be Symbian...
"Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:20 PM PDT
Symbian's decision to make its source code freely available tips the
scales in favor of open-source software in smartphones and could make
it harder for Microsoft, and even other open-source platforms like
Google's Android and Linux, to compete...."
Complete story at
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147521/symbian_shifts_mobile_…
CK Raju
9:49 a.m.
On Wednesday 25 Jun 2008, CK Raju, Thrissur wrote:
"Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:20 PM PDT
Symbian's decision to make its source code freely available tips the
scales in favor of open-source software in smartphones and could make
it harder for Microsoft, and even other open-source platforms like
Google's Android and Linux, to compete...."
Complete story at
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147521/symbian_shifts_m
obile_world_to_open_source.html CK Raju
The story goes on to say:
``They will offer it under a royalty-free license to members of a new
nonprofit group called the Symbian Foundation.''
Does that mean sharing of source is limited to members of the
Foundation? How about independent developers and individuals, can we
get and use the source or not?
I'll take the announcement with a pinch of salt until the licensing
terms of the ``open'' Symbian OS are clarified.
Regards,
-- Raju
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10:07 a.m.
"Contributions from Foundation members through open collaboration will
be integrated to further enhance the platform. The Foundation will
make selected components available as open source at launch. It will
then work to establish the most complete mobile software offering
available in open source. This will be made available over the next
two years and is intended to be released under Eclipse Public License
(EPL) 1.0."
..http://www.symbian.com/news/pr/2008/pr200810018.html
And the license is at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
CK Raju
On 6/25/08, Raj Mathur <raju(a)linux-delhi.org> wrote:
On Wednesday 25 Jun 2008, CK Raju, Thrissur wrote:
"Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:20 PM PDT
Symbian's decision to make its source code freely available tips the
scales in favor of open-source software in smartphones and could make
it harder for Microsoft, and even other open-source platforms like
Google's Android and Linux, to compete...."
Complete story at
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147521/symbian_shifts_m
obile_world_to_open_source.html CK Raju
The story goes on to say:
``They will offer it under a royalty-free license to members of a new
nonprofit group called the Symbian Foundation.''
Does that mean sharing of source is limited to members of the
Foundation? How about independent developers and individuals, can we
get and use the source or not?
I'll take the announcement with a pinch of salt until the licensing
terms of the ``open'' Symbian OS are clarified.
Regards,
-- Raju
--
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10:53 a.m.
EPL 1.0 is a free software license, but GNU GPL incompatible.
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CK Raju, Thrissur wrote:
"Contributions from Foundation members through
open collaboration will
be integrated to further enhance the platform. The Foundation will
make selected components available as open source at launch. It will
then work to establish the most complete mobile software offering
available in open source. This will be made available over the next
two years and is intended to be released under Eclipse Public License
(EPL) 1.0."
..http://www.symbian.com/news/pr/2008/pr200810018.html
And the license is at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
CK Raju
On 6/25/08, Raj Mathur <raju(a)linux-delhi.org> wrote:
On Wednesday 25 Jun 2008, CK Raju, Thrissur
wrote:
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Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in
http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends "Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:20 PM PDT
Symbian's decision to make its source code freely available tips the
scales in favor of open-source software in smartphones and could make
it harder for Microsoft, and even other open-source platforms like
Google's Android and Linux, to compete...."
Complete story at
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147521/symbian_shifts_m
obile_world_to_open_source.html CK Raju
The story goes on to say:
``They will offer it under a royalty-free license to members of a new
nonprofit group called the Symbian Foundation.''
Does that mean sharing of source is limited to members of the
Foundation? How about independent developers and individuals, can we
get and use the source or not?
I'll take the announcement with a pinch of salt until the licensing
terms of the ``open'' Symbian OS are clarified.
Regards,
-- Raju
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12:15 p.m.
"If you can get 90 percent of the desired effect for 10 percent of the
work, use the simpler solution."
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/introduction-archgu…
I find it hard to disagree with this.
Contributions are going to remain afloat with EPL 1.0 too...
CK Raju
On 6/25/08, Anand Babu Periasamy <ab(a)gnu.org.in> wrote:
EPL 1.0 is a free software license, but GNU GPL
incompatible.
--
Anand Babu Periasamy
GPG Key ID: 0x62E15A31
Blog [http://ab.freeshell.org]
The GNU Operating System [http://www.gnu.org]
Z RESEARCH Inc [http://www.zresearch.com]
CK Raju, Thrissur wrote:
"Contributions from Foundation members
through open collaboration will
be integrated to further enhance the platform. The Foundation will
make selected components available as open source at launch. It will
then work to establish the most complete mobile software offering
available in open source. This will be made available over the next
two years and is intended to be released under Eclipse Public License
(EPL) 1.0."
..http://www.symbian.com/news/pr/2008/pr200810018.html
And the license is at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
CK Raju
On 6/25/08, Raj Mathur <raju(a)linux-delhi.org> wrote:
On Wednesday 25 Jun 2008, CK Raju, Thrissur
wrote:
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Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in
http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends "Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:20 PM PDT
Symbian's decision to make its source code freely available tips the
scales in favor of open-source software in smartphones and could make
it harder for Microsoft, and even other open-source platforms like
Google's Android and Linux, to compete...."
Complete story at
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147521/symbian_shifts_m
obile_world_to_open_source.html CK Raju
The story goes on to say:
``They will offer it under a royalty-free license to members of a new
nonprofit group called the Symbian Foundation.''
Does that mean sharing of source is limited to members of the
Foundation? How about independent developers and individuals, can we
get and use the source or not?
I'll take the announcement with a pinch of salt until the licensing
terms of the ``open'' Symbian OS are clarified.
Regards,
-- Raju
--
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