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Linux News.

• A new year, a new Linux.com
  Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:00:00 GMT
• Android-powered G1 phone is an enticing platform for app developers
  Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Municipalities open their GIS systems to citizens
  Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Interclue and the pitfalls of going proprietary
  Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Patterns and string processing in shell scripts
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Best wishes to you
  Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Displaying maps with OpenLayers
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Revised Slackware keeps it simple
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:00:00 GMT
• FLOSS Manuals sprints to build quality free documentation
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Nix fixes dependency hell on all Linux distributions
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:00:00 GMT
• Three plugins for better online social networking
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• The annoyances of proprietary Firefox extensions
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:00:00 GMT
• Open source programming languages for kids
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• openSUSE 11.1 makes Christmas come early
  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00:00 GMT
• Three ways to create Web-accessible calendars on your intranet
  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Barracuda offers a new -- and free -- alternative to Spamhaus
  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:00:00 GMT
• Where has my disk space gone?
  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Ubuntu-sponsored FOSScamp builds community
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:16:00 GMT
• Tracking build status with Pulse
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Condensing with Open Text Summarizer
  Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:00:00 GMT

GrokLaw

This is the inside scoop, from the Linux community's perspective, on the SCO vs IBM/RedHat/Novell/Fortune 500 companies/etc. legal battle.

• SCO's Exhibits to unXis APA Motion
  Here are the exhibits, or some of them, attached to SCO's Motion regarding its proposed sale to unXis, with some of them not only sealed but not even listed or designated: 06/23/2009 - 818 - Certificate of Service Regarding Debtors' Motion for Authority to Sell Property Outside the Ordinary Course of Business Free and Clear of I
  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:58:36 -0400
• Red Hat Shows Up in the SCO Bankruptcy - Tells SCO, Not So Fast!
  Red Hat has speedily responded to SCO's Objection to Red Hat's claim: 06/23/2009 - 816 - Response / Red Hat, Inc.'s Preliminary Response to Debtor SCO Group, Inc.'s Objection to Claim of Red Hat, Inc. ...
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:38:00 -0400
• SCO's New Proposed Sale Plan - Wants to Sue Linux Users Some More
  SCO has filed its proposed plan. I have only quickly skimmed it, but what I see immediately is that it wishes to sue Linux users, and it lists a Java patent, and I'm guessing there may just be a connection someday. Who knows? SCO loves to sue, I've decided. ...
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:29:00 -0400
• Psystar Makes Its Case In Bankruptcy Court, but Stay is Lifted Anyway
  The bankruptcy court in Florida has granted [PDF] Apple's motion to lift the automatic stay, to allow the Apple v. Psystar case to continue to resolution in California: The automatic stay imposed by 11 U.S.C. ...
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:26:00 -0400
• SCO Files Notice of Late Filing with SEC
  SCO has filed a Notification of Late Filing with the SEC. They're tied up in bankruptcy court, it appears, so they can only give a ballpark idea of how things are going in the revenue department. Think South. I know. ...
  Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:54:56 -0400
• US Copyright Law, King Lear, and Jammie Thomas-Rasset
  I was goofing off, looking up some information on Wikipedia on King Lear, and here's what struck me. If the current US Copyright Law had been in effect over Shakespeare, I think he could have been sued by many authors for copyright infringement for writing that masterpiece.
  Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:08:54 -0400
• Linux on Netbooks: The Smoking Gun - Updated 2Xs
  If you have been having trouble finding Linux on a netbook, you can stop wondering why. I suspected it was being monopoly-crushed. ...
  Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:51:00 -0400
• Jean Acheson No Longer at SCO; New CEO at SCO Germany
  Jean Acheson no longer works at SCO, I hear. She is now with AtTask, which is where Michael Olson works now too. He was CEO of SCO Germany, if you recall, after which she got the job, and Olson was Comptroller at SCO too. ...
  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:58:06 -0400
• More on the Bankruptcy Hearing - Who Exactly Is The Proposed Buyer? - Updated
  There are some media reports on the SCO cliff hanger bankruptcy hearing on Monday. The more information that comes in, the less clear I am on exactly who the actual proposed buyer is. I'll show you why.
  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:34:00 -0400
• SCO's Proposed Buyer and Mail Issues
  Here's Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols on ComputerWorld on SCO rising from the dead. We'll see. I'd describe it more like keeping the patient on life support, while hoping for a cure. The plan hasn't been approved yet, y'all. As for who is the actual buyer, it's reportedly Eric LeBlan. ...
  Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:55:03 -0400
• After the Hearing: Reports From Our Eyewitnesses - Updated 5Xs
  Our first full-length report is in from today's bankruptcy hearing. MikeD, our first eyewitness to report in after the hearing, reports some shocking dialog, as you will see. Litigation takes a strong stomach, I must warn you, or a particular type of sense of humor. Happily, I have both. At one point, when it was pointed out to the judge by the lawyer for the U.S. ...
  Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:15:00 -0400
• Last Minute Filings in SCO Bankruptcy - Hearing Later Today - Update: 1st word; 2nd Update
  Today is the day for the hearing on whether or not it will be converted from a Chapter 11 case, with hopes of survival as a business, or whether the judge will send it to liquidation in Chapter 7. There are three last minute filings. IBM has filed an objection to SCO filing its Appendix under seal and asks the court to strike any argument based on material in the appendix. ...
  Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:39:00 -0400
• Bankruptcy Court Rules Psystar Can't Use Checks or Deposit Slips As Is - Updated 3 Xs
  Psystar, as you know, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Already, it's not going well. One of the very first motions you see in a bankruptcy is the one that lets the company continue to use business forms, like checks, for example. ...
  Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:44:00 -0400
• Gulf Capital Partners Enters (or Reenters?) the SCO Bankruptcy
  Gulf Capital Partners, LLC wants to be heard in the SCO bankruptcy, I gather. There is a pro hac vice Motion to Appear [PDF] filed by Gulf Capital Partners, LLC. There's more than one entity with that or a similar name, but I suspect that this one may be the Stephen Norris Gulf Capital Partners. ...
  Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:11:00 -0400
• ECIS: What's Wrong with Microsoft's Browser Self-Remedy - Case to Continue - Updated
  ECIS, accepted as an intervenor in the European Commission's Microsoft browser antitrust case, has now released a statement [PDF] explaining all that it feels isn't enough about Microsoft's self-remedy. It's titled, Too Little, Too Late, and it says that while the remedy might have been appropriate in 1997, now that there have been "decades of abuse" further action is needed. ...
  Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:40:00 -0400
• Microsoft Announces It Will Ship Without IE in Europe - Reactions - Updated
  Microsoft has just announced that it will ship Windows 7 in Europe without Internet Explorer: The worldwide launch of Windows 7 is fast approaching, but a pending legal case raises concerns about the sufficiency of competition among the Web browsers
  Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:25:00 -0400
• Monday's Agenda in SCO's Bankruptcy and the Letter from Russia - Updated with All the Exh. 1 Customer Letters
  We have now the Notice of Agenda of Matters Scheduled for Hearing, letting us know what is going forward at Monday's hearing in SCO's bankruptcy: 06/11/2009 - 799 - Notice of Agenda of Matters Scheduled for Hearing Filed by The SCO Group, Inc.. Hearing scheduled for 6/15/2009 at 02:00 PM at US Bankruptcy Court, 824 Market St., 6th Fl., Courtroom #3, Wilmington, Delaware. ...
  Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:40:00 -0400
• IBM Replies to SCO's Opposition to Motion to Convert
  IBM has filed a Reply to SCO's Response to Motions to Convert the Debtors' Chapter 11 Cases [PDF], just as Novell did earlier today. ...
  Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:09:00 -0400
• Novell Replies to SCO's Opposition to Novell's Motion to Convert
  Novell has filed a Reply [PDF] to SCO's Opposition to Novell's Motion for Conversion. Novell does not mince words. It suggests that the court check SCO's math, not to mention SCO's 22 pages of its "history" of UNIX and its litigation prospects. ...
  Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:14:02 -0400
• Rob Weir Exposes an Anti-ODF Whisper Campaign - Updated
  Alex Brown, the convenor of the OOXML BRM, has been editing Wikipedia's article on ODF. That strikes me odd, like finding out Steve Jobs had been editing the Microsoft Zune page. Some things are simply inappropriate. It puzzles me why Wikipedia allows it, frankly. ...
  Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:54:00 -0400
• Apple Files Motion for Relief from Stay in Psystar Bankruptcy
  Apple has filed a Motion for Relief from Stay [PDF] with the bankruptcy court, and a hearing has been set for June 17th at 3 PM in Miami. Apple asks the court to modify the stay to allow the litigation in California to proceed to a final determination. Guess what case it relies on? ...
  Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:12:14 -0400
• SCO Files Motion to Seal Appendix to its Response and Motion to Shorten Notice
  My, they stay up late in Utah. Here are some more filings in the SCO bankruptcy posted late yesterday and some today. SCO has filed two motions, one a Motion to Seal Debtors' Appendix to Their Response to Motions to Dismiss or Convert [PDF], because 55 pages and 118 footnotes isn't nearly enough. ...
  Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:36:00 -0400
• Herb Jackson Files Objection to Motions to Convert/Dismiss
  Herb Jackson of Renaissance Ventures must be the last loyal SCO soldier. ...
  Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:27:17 -0400
• Groklaw's Annotated Version of SCO's Response to Motions to Convert/Dismiss
  I thought it would be fun to carefully respond to each inaccurate or misleading statement we see in SCO's Response [PDF] to the motions to convert or dismiss The US Trustee's Office, Novell and SUSE, and IBM all filed such motions in the SCO Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and there will be a hearing on the motions on June 15th. I hope some of you plan to attend. ...
  Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:01:00 -0400
• SCO Files Response to Motions to Dismiss/Convert and Files Objections to Claims - Updated: Response as text
  SCO has filed its Response to Motions to Dismiss or Convert, the motions filed by the U.S. Trustee, Novell, and IBM. It has also filed Objections to the claims of Novell, IBM, SUSE, and Red Hat. I haven't read them all yet myself, so I'll swing back after I do. But in a quick skim, I see they are asserting that all the claims depend on the appeal in SCO v. ...
  Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:10:00 -0400
• The Case Against Software Patents - Red Hat's EPO-G3/08 Amicus Brief
  We looked at some amicus briefs submitted to the Supreme Court in support of the petitioners in In Re Bilski, so we have now a good idea of what the pro-patent forces think. Then, as an antidote, we turned that page and read the letter that Donald Knuth submitted to the European Patent Office, expressing the view that mathematical ideas, or algorithms, should not be patented. ...
  Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:38:59 -0400
• Donald Knuth: Mathematical Ideas, or Algorithms, Should Not Be Patented
  Donald Knuth, distinguished computer scientist, recipient of the Turing Award, creator of the TeX computer typesetting system, and author of The Art of Computer Programming, which some call the Bible of computer programming, has submitted a letter [PDF] to the European Patent Office for submission to the EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal
  Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:57:00 -0400
• Bilski Redux (with a touch of reflux)
  Now that the Supreme Court has decided to grant certiorari in the In Re Bilski case, I thought it would be useful to take a look at the petitioners' petition [PDF], as well as some amicus briefs in support, so you'll know what the Supreme Court will be considering in October. This is the case about whether one can patent a method for hedging the risk of bad weather through commodity trading. ...
  Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:09:12 -0400
• Bankruptcy - What Happens in Chapter 7? - Updated
  What happens if a company ends up in Chapter 7 bankruptcy? Here's the overview from Cornell University School of Law's Legal Information Institute: Bankruptcy law provides for the development of a plan that allows a debtor, who is unable to pay his creditors, to resolve his debts through the division of his assets among his creditors. ...
  Fri, 29 May 2009 02:42:00 -0400
• Tomorrow's SCO Bankruptcy Hearing Cancelled
  Tomorrow's bankruptcy hearing has been cancelled. This is the one that was about signing off on some fees billed to SCO, the one I told you probably was worth skipping. I gather the court agreed. Why pay lawyers to show up for a hearing on something that isn't opposed by anyone? It's an unnecessary expense, if the judge is just going to sign, which is what he was certainly going to do. ...
  Thu, 28 May 2009 18:17:42 -0400

Linux.com

Linux News.

• A new year, a new Linux.com
  Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:00:00 GMT
• Android-powered G1 phone is an enticing platform for app developers
  Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Municipalities open their GIS systems to citizens
  Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Interclue and the pitfalls of going proprietary
  Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Patterns and string processing in shell scripts
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Best wishes to you
  Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Displaying maps with OpenLayers
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Revised Slackware keeps it simple
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:00:00 GMT
• FLOSS Manuals sprints to build quality free documentation
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Nix fixes dependency hell on all Linux distributions
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:00:00 GMT
• Three plugins for better online social networking
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• The annoyances of proprietary Firefox extensions
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:00:00 GMT
• Open source programming languages for kids
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• openSUSE 11.1 makes Christmas come early
  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00:00 GMT
• Three ways to create Web-accessible calendars on your intranet
  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Barracuda offers a new -- and free -- alternative to Spamhaus
  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:00:00 GMT
• Where has my disk space gone?
  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Ubuntu-sponsored FOSScamp builds community
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:16:00 GMT
• Tracking build status with Pulse
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
• Condensing with Open Text Summarizer
  Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:00:00 GMT

Slashdot

Linux News.

• Atari Sub-Sub-Contractor Used ScummVM For Wii Game
  MBCook writes "In several recent releases, it seems that Atari published games for the Wii based on ScummVM, which was released under the GPL. Atari contracted Majesco, who contracted a company named Mistic Software with offices in the Ukraine. ...
• NASA Sticking To Imperial Units For Shuttle Replacement
  JerryQ sends in a story at New Scientist about the criticism NASA is taking for deciding to use Imperial units in the development of the Constellation program, their project to replace the space shuttle. ...
• Google To Promote Web Speed On New Dev Site
  CWmike writes "Google has created a Web site for developers that is focused exclusively on making Web applications, sites and browsers faster. The site will allow developers to submit ideas, suggestions and questions via a discussion forum and by using Google's Moderator tool. Google hopes developers will join it in improving core online technologies such as HTML and TCP/IP. ...
• Hitler's Stealth Fighter
  DesScorp writes "Aviation Week reports on a television special from the National Geographic Channel on what may have been the world's first true stealth fighter, the Horten Ho 229, a wooden design that was to include a layer of carbon material sandwiched in the leading edge to defeat radar. ...
• OLPC Fork Sugar On a Stick Goes 1.0
  Marten writes "It was more than a year ago that Walter Bender left OLPC and started SugarLabs.org. Now, the first version of the new project has been released. Sugar on a Stick is a USB-drive that runs on Mac and PC-style hardware. ...
• Protesting China's Required Censorship Software
  dinoyum writes "Censorship in China is nothing new, but the level of action taken to force Chinese citizens to comply has garnered global recognition. China marked the date July 1st, 2009 as the day manufacturers will be forced to install filtering software on all new PCs. ...
• UK Gets Europe's First 3G Femtocell
  judgecorp writes "Femtocells have been on the horizon for a while, but the UK just got the first 3G femtocell launch in Europe, by Vodafone. The device connects to handsets in the room and links them to the cellular network over broadband. It's a classic win-win, because it gives the user better coverage and takes traffic off the service provider's network. ...
• On the Humble Default
  Hugh Pickens sends along Kevin Kelly's paean to the default. "One of the greatest unappreciated inventions of modern life is the default. 'Default' is a technical concept first used in computer science in the 1960s to indicate a preset standard. ... Today the notion of a default has spread beyond computer science to the culture at large. ...
• Hospital Confirms Steve Jobs's Liver Transplant
  CNet is reporting that the hospital where Apple's CEO reportedly got a liver transplant two months ago has now confirmed the truth of these reports. "Steve Jobs underwent his liver transplant about two months ago at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, the hospital confirmed Tuesday. ...
• The Imminent Demise of SORBS
  An anonymous reader lets us know about the dire straits the SORBS anti-spam blacklist finds itself in. ...
• Boingo Awarded a Patent For Hotspot Access
  Boingo has scored a patent for accessing a Wi-Fi hotspot by a mobile device. The patent, no. 7,483,984, was issued in January, but Boingo only started talking about it recently. The patent application was filed in December 2002. ...
• Predicting SCO's Actions Post Bankruptcy
  eldavojohn writes "SCO lost last year and began the bankruptcy filings a long time ago but PJ has some speculative bad news on what they retain through the bankruptcy proceedings. ...
• Apple's Obsession With Secrecy Grows Stronger
  Hugh Pickens writes "The NY Times has a story on the culture of secrecy at Apple (registration possibly required). Secrecy is not just the prevailing communications strategy; it is baked into the corporate culture that had its origin in the release of the first Macintosh. ...
• Dutch Gov. Wants To Tax Online Media To Fund Print
  Godefricus writes "Outrage ensued among Dutch techie and media websites, after a government report advised that the dwindling print media industry should be financially supported by the online industry (Google translation; Dutch original here). The idea is to help the old media fund 'innovative initiatives.' The suggested implementation of the plan is by taxing a percentage of each ISP subscriptio
• Switching To Solar Power, One Year Later
  ThinSkin writes "Slashdot readers may recall Loyd Case's series of articles illustrating his experiences after switching to solar power for his family home. Loyd shared his one month update, a six month update, and now finally concludes his series after one year of solar power. ...