Short answer: Nothing. And I am sorry if Gene Simmons thinks the contrary. Radiohead’s bassist’s u-turn on these issues is quite surprizing, but some of you know how the saying goes: “Money talks…” More seriously, should we care about the “music industry”? I may be very “French” in this matter, …
I have frequently expressed myself about the patent and business agreement between Novell and Microsoft. One and a half year later, this agreement continues to concern me and many others; last week however, we learned about another patent agreement, or rather a legal settlement on software patents involving Red Hat …
Some random stuff for this week-end. Hope it is sunny for you all. I’m writing -as usual- from Paris but my thoughts are geared towards Le Mans’ s 24 hours car race. Go Corvette! – Are the GPL and mergers compatible? That’s the topic I have recently discussed on FOSSBazaar …
It seems the Skeleton-in-the-closet Season has come. Yesterday, South Africa was leading what became an unprecedented round of appeal against the -dare I say it- Microsoft Office Open XML format. But just when South Africa had filed that appeal, the news came that Brazil and India were voicing similar complaints. …