Open Source Development Labs calls for explanation of how to mix code governed by current and next GPL.

Attachmate’s recent acquisition of troubled Linux vendor Novell has left a number of major open source software projects in limbo. Although Attachmate has vowed to continue supporting the SUSE Linux distribution, other prominent Novell open source products are going to be cast aside or left on life support due to cost cutting and staff reduction. [...]

Paula Hunter is the executive director of the Outercurve Foundation. With over two decades of open source experience, she has served in leadership roles at organizations such as Open Source Development Labs and United Linux. Follow her on Twitter @huntermkt. Free and open source software (FOSS) is at the root of the most innovative products, [...]

It’s been an exciting year for Linux so far, thanks at least in part to the release of Ubuntu 11.04 “Natty Narwhal,” which is shaping up to be the first desktop Linux release targeted squarely at newcomers to the free and open source operating system.

Ubuntu Vibes: “Free and open source Real Time Strategy (RTS) and Simulation Game Unknown Horizons have been updated to a new version that brings many new features and fixes.”

A loose affiliation of open source organisations is forming, which hopes to provide a more serious challenge to monolithic data management and business intelligence systems sold by companies such as IBM, Oracle and SAS Institute. Executives from Cloudera, Couchbase, Revolution Analytics and Jaspersoft will take to the stage at the Open Source Business Conference being [...]

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Having covered Linux in the enterprise and business arenas for more than 10 years, I’ve seen some dramatic changes in the way the open source operating system is developed and used. However, never has there been as much change in the Linux landscape and market as right now, given the impact of cloud computing, devops [...]