P2P Foundation aims to collaborate with Wikisprint

March 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment

The true potential of collaborative initiatives around the world is yet to be known. However, a sneak preview will take place on March 20, when hundreds of communities, networks, and institutions from widely diverse backgrounds and hailing from over 20 countries get together and take part in a global Wikisprint. The goal of this one-day sprint, sponsored by the P2P Foundation,[he]nbsp[/he]is to gather as many people as possible from different backgrounds and geographic areas, to map open projects and initiatives that are related to the commons and new paradigms of organization happening all over the world.[he]nbsp[/he]
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P2P Foundation aims to collaborate with Wikisprint

March 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Wikisprint

The true potential of collaborative initiatives around the world is yet to be known. However, a sneak preview will take place on March 20, when hundreds of communities, networks, and institutions from widely diverse backgrounds and hailing from over 20 countries get together and take part in a global Wikisprint.

The goal of this one-day sprint, sponsored by the P2P Foundation, is to gather as many people as possible from different backgrounds and geographic areas, to map open projects and initiatives that are related to the commons and new paradigms of organization happening all over the world. 

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Python v. Python: Software foundation fights for trademark in EU

February 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment

The Python programming language has been around for more than two decades, but today it is fighting for its name in Europe. The Python Software Foundation’s chairman yesterday said the Python trademark is “at risk in Europe” because a cloud server and storage company that also uses the name Python is trying to get ownership of the mark. In a blog post, Foundation Chairman Van Lindberg (who is also an IP and open source lawyer) asked community members for help, both financially and by supplying material that might help the Foundation bolster its claim to the trademark.
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Perl Foundation looking to extend Improving Perl 5 grant

February 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Since September 2011, Nicholas Clark has been working on improving the Perl 5 Core, funded by a $ 20,000 grant from the Perl Foundation. The term of the work is coming to an end and Clark is now seeking another $ 20,000 to continue the work of the original Improving Perl 5 grant. The Foundation is consulting with the community before making the final decision whether to go ahead with the extension which would see Clark devoting another 400 hours of dedicated work to the project.
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Microsoft to support Git in Team Foundation Server

February 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Microsoft is once again trying to show it will play nice with open source by adding support to Git in the next TFS update
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Linux Foundation Puts Out Linux 3.4 “LTSI” Kernel

January 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment

From the Linux Foundation’s Consumer Electronics Workgroup is a Linux 3.4 kernel that’s part of their Long-Term Support Initiative. The LTSI Linux 3.4 kernel will be maintained for two years while back-porting some of the features of newer Linux kernel releases…
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Linux Foundation UEFI Secure Boot key for Windows 8 PCs delays explained

November 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment

James Bottomley explains why the Linux Foundation answer to booting Linux on Windows 8 PCs has been delayed. Spoiler: It’s Microsoft’s fault.
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Linux Foundation struggles with Microsoft’s Secure Boot signing service

November 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Despite several attempts, the Linux Foundation’s James Bottomley has not managed to get Microsoft to sign the mini bootloader for starting Linux on systems with UEFI Secure Boot. In a blog post, the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board (TAB) member says that he successfully managed to use a Linux system for various preparatory bootloader signing tasks, although Microsoft stipulates that a specific Windows platform must be used. However, Bottomley said that to upload the CAB file containing the bootloader, he had to use a virtual machine with Windows 7 because this step requires Silverlight, and the open source Moonlight implementation of Silverlight didn’t work.
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Linux Foundation Struggles With Microsoft UEFI Signing

November 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment

James Bottomley has written about the problems being faced by the Linux Foundation in having a Microsoft-approved validly-signed UEFI pre-bootloader…



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Linux Foundation support for booting Linux on Windows 8 PCs delayed

November 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Thanks to Microsoft’s implementation of secure boot, installing Linux on Windows 8 PCs is tricky. Unfortunately, the Linux Foundation’s plan to address this problem has been stalled.
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HP upgrades Linux Foundation membership to Platinum

November 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment

HP has increased its support for the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization that promotes the growth and development of the free Linux operating system, by upping its membership level from Gold to Platinum status. The new membership level, which requires HP to pay $ 500,000 in annual dues to the Foundation, puts the PC maker in rarified company. Only Fujitsu, IBM, Intel, NEC, Oracle, Qualcomm, and Samsung also participate at the Platinum level.
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Linux Foundation Sponsors Now Includes Microsoft?!

November 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment

I’m not exactly sure how Microsoft ended up being a Gold Sponsor of the Linuxcon event. At the Gold Level for an event, sponsorship is worth approximately $ 20,000 and it looks like it also comes with a guaranteed session speaking opportunity too.
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