Kernel Builders Appeal For Open Source Drivers

The Linux kernel development community has released a statement emphasizing the need for open source drivers. The statement, signed by 135 developers, is aimed at preventing future vendors from following the closed source path.

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MySQL 6 will be fully open source

MySQL AB, property of Sun Microsystems, reversed its decision about releasing advanced MySQL 6 features under a closed source license. Last month it was announced that the upcoming version of the widely used database server would not contain certain closed source encryption and compression backup extensions. Reportedly, those would be included only in a paid enterprise version. Now, according to a blog post at mysql.com, the decision has been reversed and MySQL will remain fully open source.

Summer Programming Opportunities for Students (Summer of Code)

The FreeBSD Project is happy to again participate in Google's Summer of Code program. This program provides $4500 in funding to allow students to spend the summer writing open source software. If you or someone you know would be interested in this program, please visit our website at :

http://www.freebsd.org/projects/summerofcode.html

There you will find a large list of interesting projects in diverse areas of modern Unix operating system development. Some example tasks involve writing kernel/networking regression test suites, working on peripheral device driver infrastructure, improving multibyte character support, improving the IPv6 support in userland utilities, and much more.

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Developing a grid application with open source tools

Using open source tools for developing grid applications opens up a wealth of possibilities. The first is a very rapid development process, especially if you take advantage of script languages like Perl or Python and deployment environments like Apache. There is also a wealth of examples available that can help you. Examine the advantages and disadvantages of developing a grid solution using open source technology.

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Netgear KWGR614: el router wireless Open Source

El router wireless KWGR614 muestra del compromiso de Netgear con la comunidad de Software Libre: está diseñado para que desarrolladores y aficionados a la programación en Linux puedan modificar las características internas y personalizar el router a su gusto. Por ejemplo, podrán crear un interfaz de consola, desarrollar aplicaciones o añadir parámetros y crear nuevas funciones para ellos.

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Intel launches open-source project

Intel launched its first official open-source software project today, a tool that makes it much easier to program multi-core chips working together.

"We did it because our customers said, `If it's going to be a standard, it needs to be everywhere and it needs to be forever,"' said James Reinders, chief evangelist for Intel's software development products, at the O'Reily Open Source Convention in Portland, Ore.

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OpenMoko, el iPhone Open Source

OpenMoko es un esfuerzo para desarrollar la primera "plataforma móvil Open Source de comunicaciones". Entre sus características destacables están una pantalla táctil similar al del iPhone y un sistema operativo extensible basado en Linux. El lanzamiento de su modelo Neo 1973 estaba previsto para este pasado Marzo, pero el mismo fué retrasado hasta Octubre debido a “bugs críticos de hardware”.

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Sun to Open Cluster Code

High availability clustering technology has long been the domain of expensive, proprietary systems.

Sun Microsystems may well be changing that; the systems vendor will open source its Open HA (High Availability) Cluster code to Sun's OpenSolaris community in stages over the next 18 months.

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Open Sound System source code released

The source code for Open Sound System is now available under the GPLv2 or the CDDL 1.0 licenses (depending on the operating system).
The source code includes drivers for most consumer PCI and USB audio devices and operating system support, including binary package generation and sample test programs. Complete documentation and API specification is also being made available to the open source community.

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Opening Sources, Opening Minds

The term "open source" has several meanings. First, it is the name of a school of software design whose free products can be modified by users. However, open source also refers to a philosophy of sharing.

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Free Software vs. Open Source

Tanto Open Source como Free Software son movimientos sociales, preocupados sobre lo que puedes o debes poder hacer (derechos) con los programas (software). Tienen diferencias filosóficas pero pocas diferencias practicas.

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Presentado el primer automóvil Open Source

c,mm,n (pronunciado "common"), un proyecto de la Sociedad de la Naturaleza y el Medio Ambiente de los Países Bajos, fué presentado en la feria AutoRAI de Amsterdam. Se trata del primer automóvil Open Source del mundo. ¿Y qué significa ésto? Pues que todas sus especificaciones, dibujos técnicos, etc. están disponibles libremente a quienes que quieran descargárselos. La idea hacer posible que todos puedan modificarlo según sus necesidades particulares y luego devuelvan esas modificaciones de regreso al resto de la comunidad.

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