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Lawsuit Charges Open-Source License Violation

Submitted by praveen kumar v... on Mon, 2007-09-24 07:18. :: | | | | |

Lawsuit Charges Open-Source License Violation

In what may be the first action of its kind in the U.S., a lawsuit has been filed to enforce an open-source license.

 

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Open Source Digital Archival and Preservation System UNESCO

Submitted by praveen kumar v... on Tue, 2007-09-11 10:33. :: | | | | | | | |

UNESCO publishes a whitepaper on Open Source Digital Archival and Preservation System

Towards an Open Source Repository and Preservation System: Recommendations on the Implementation of an Open Source Digital Archival and Preservation System and on Related Software Development', Kevin Bradley,Junran Lei, and Chris Blackall. Paris: UNESCO, 2007.

This Document defines the requirements for a digital archival and preservation system using standard
hardware and describes a set of open source software which can be used to implement it.

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IADIS International Conference WWW/Internet 2007

Submitted by praveen kumar v... on Tue, 2007-09-11 10:17. :: | | |

IADIS International Conference WWW/Internet 2007

http://www.internet-conf.org/

Vila Real, Portugal 5 - 8 October 2007.

"The IADIS WWW/Internet 2007 Conference aims to address the main issues of concern within WWW/Internet. WWW and Internet had a huge development in recent years. Aspects of concern are no longer just technical anymore but other aspects have aroused. This conference aims to cover both technological as well as non-technological issues related to these developments.”

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Study of the impact of Free/Libre or Open Source Software (FLOSS) on the European ICT sector

Submitted by Ferran on Sun, 2007-02-04 11:04. ::
The European Commission has released a study about the economic impact of Free/Libre or Open Source Software (FLOSS) on the European ICT sector.
It was prepared by a consortium of research institutions led by UNU-MERIT's Rishab Aiyer Ghosh.
Looking at the impact of FLOSS on European competitiveness in ICTs, the study finds that such software is of great importance to the digital industry in Europe and several other parts of the world.
It has already reached considerable market share in several fields, including web servers and operating systems. A large share of public and private sector organisations use at least some FLOSS.
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Movie Music Cottage Industry

Submitted by Martin Rizzi on Fri, 2006-12-15 19:56. :: |

Project Goal 1: to preserve and add value

to the cultural and artistic heritage
of Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero by supporting the veteran musicans, drama, and dance teachers in the context of a movie making project with local people as actors, actresses, writers, dancers, directors, screen editors, camerographers etc.

There are very worthy veteran artists in Taxco.
Constantly, they are asked to volunteer for public events,
just so the mayor gives a blue ribbon, but nobody ever pays them.

At the heart of our movie-making project,
are payments to veteran Tasqueñan artists
for their involvement in the artistic direction of our media projects,
and to influence the youth in the creation of commercial art products
in the forms of popular music, dance, and movies.

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