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  Roberto Galoppini 3:27 pm on April 15, 2011 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Open Source Initiative ( 3 ), open source licenses, OSI ( 3 ), software patents ( 6 ), vendor lock-in   

  The Open Source Road Ahead – About Put an End to Vendor Lock-in 

  Few days after my blog post about OSI’s possible future,  OSI wrote a second statement on the CPTN transaction, somehow reaffirming my concerns about a maybe too narrowed view on software patents. Now that even Groaklaw gave up with software patents  - rightly in my opinion – leaving it to IT giants and patent-trolls, will OSI fight software patents as a whole?

  While waiting to understand how OSI will behave in this respect, we might move on other topics, like how OSI could fulfill its mission.

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  Roberto Galoppini 11:25 am on March 31, 2011 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: open core ( 6 ), Open Source Initiative ( 3 ), open source licenses, OSI ( 3 ), software patents ( 6 )   

  OSI: The Open Source Road Ahead 

  Having been interviewed recently, among other topics, about my take on how FSF and OSI might rethinking their roles in the next future, I want to share some thoughts around how OSI could move in the years to come.

  Changing OSI is now possible, and I am personally taking the chance by joining the OSI Governance working group, chaired by Simon Phipps. While the  future governance of the OSI is still under discussion, here I’d like to throw some ideas around on what OSI could do about things like raising funds, software patents and “Open Core”.

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  Roberto Galoppini 1:45 pm on January 26, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: carlopiana ( 2 ), EbenMoglen, JoshBerkush, open source licenses, Oracle Sun Merger ( 2 ), oraclesun, simonphipps ( 5 )   

  EU Oracle Sun Investigation: Carlo Piana’s Feedback 

  Larry Ellison tomorrow will eventually unveil Oracle + Sun strategy, while waiting I took the chance to ping my friend Carlo Piana and ask also his opinion on the European Commission’s clearance of the Oracle/Sun merger.

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    magomarcelo 1:50 am on January 27, 2010 Permalink

    I wonder why all the debate has been on MySQL and not even a word was spent on Java open-ness and its specs being governed by the JCP which is not really an independent foundation like Mozilla, but has Sun/Oracle in advantage on all other parties – to me that is a much more valuable common asset to protect than MySQL – let’s see what will be announced…

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    Roberto Galoppini 8:17 am on January 27, 2010 Permalink

    Actually O’ Reilly Community along with Java World and InternetNews were the first to question, others like James Governor keep spending some words on this subject. As a matter of fact the EU didn’t raise any issue about Java, though.

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  Roberto Galoppini 8:20 pm on October 13, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: gplv3 ( 4 ), KarenCopenhaver, MarkRadcliffe ( 2 ), open source licenses   

  Open Source Webinar: GPL3 Top Issues, by BlackDuck 

  Tomorrow at 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM EDT will take place the “Unraveling the Complexities of the GPL” Webinar. Mark Radcliffe (DLA Piper) and Karen Copenhaver (Choate, Hall and Stewart) will cover the three main issues regarding GPL license use and obligations:

  – What constitutes a derivative work?

  • What constitutes a separate and independent work?

  • What constitutes distribution?

The webinar won’t cover the basics of GPL.