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Open-source legal body sues over GPL violation

The Software Freedom Law Center has filed suit against Monsoon Multimedia, with potential repercussions for others besides the defendant. Read more »

Linux programmer wins legal victory

A Linux programmer reported a new victory in a German court on Thursday in enforcing the General Public License, which governs countless projects in the free and open-source software realms. Read more »

Companies accused of violating the GPL

Thirteen companies, including Motorola and Acer, have been handed letters claiming they have failed to comply with the GNU General Public License Read more »

Microsoft may offer peek at SQL Server code

Will the software industry's wave of open-source databases spill onto Microsoft's turf? Read more »

Will the iPhone violate GPL 3?

The Free Software Foundation, like everybody and his brother, couldn't resist looking for a piece of the iPhone action. It used the launch as an opportunity to preach the merits of its new license and raise the specter that Apple's iPhone will violate it. Read more »

Our shared code is 'truly open source': Microsoft

Microsoft will be submitting its various "shared source" licenses to the Open Source Initiative in the hope of being granted 'official' open source status. Read more »

Google Mobile for iPhone breaks App Store rules

Google Mobile lets you search the Web using your voice in a way that is technically off-limits to iPhone developers, according to a report. Read more »

Microsoft attacks potential VMware feature

Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley last week criticised virtualisation rival VMware for an idea that could see virtualised operating system images patched while they were still running in memory. Read more »

Skype caves in to GPL requirements

Skype has abandoned its efforts to avoid complying with an open-source licence that requires it to provide source code with Linux-based VoIP phones. Read more »

Open source licence victory in model-railway case

A federal appeals court in the US has upheld the right of a copyright holder to distribute software under a free or open source licence while preventing such code being used commercially without following the licensing conditions. Read more »

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Analyse your managed .NET code with FxCop

Check your .NET code for bugs and compare it against Microsoft's design guidelines via the freely available FxCop. Learn more about this code analysis tool. Read more »

Behold the benefits of code reviews

Scott Withrow takes a closer look into the benefits of code reviews and why you should be undertaking them in this article. Read more »

Improve code confidence with these three .NET code review tools

Automated code tools can help developers locate potential problem points in their code before it ever leaves their machines. Here's a look at three tools that can help you with automated code review. Read more »

Make Java code review painless and effective

Java code analysers can take the pain out of time-intensive code reviews and help you optimise code when you're under the gun. See what these top tools can do for your development process. Read more »

Windows Application Verifier can help you build better code

If you're building an application, it's likely that you'll want it to play nice with Windows. Microsoft's Windows Application Verifier can ensure that your application will work with current and future versions of Windows. Read more »

Three tools that make Java code review painless

Reviewing and optimising code is a task no developer is too keen on. Use these tools to help automate the process as much as possible. Read more »

Use MySQL to build your own CRM project

MySQL is great for building CRM Web site back ends through MySQL-specific features or tweaks to the source code. Here's how MySQL can help. Read more »

File transfers between two applets

Security restrictions can make transferring files between two applets problematic. Find out how you can employ a middleman. Read more »

Handling optimistic concurrency violations in ADO.NET

Multiuser applications often must allow for multiple users to edit the same record concurrently. Learn the two main ways to handle such concurrency issues. Read more »

Coding standards 101

Without coding standards, your team's code will slide into chaos. But where should the standards come from, how extensive should they be, and who should enforce them? Read more »

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Busybox settles a second GPL suit

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- The folks behind Busybox have settled a second lawsuit that argued a company violated the widely used free and open-source license. Read more »

It's ego check time for Intel, Negroponte

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- I'm especially puzzled over the inane dustup that erupted this week between Negroponte's nonprofit One Laptop Per Child and Intel. Read more »

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